How to plant amaranth seeds? How much is it per mu? What varieties do you have?

Amaranth, also known as Yanlai Hong, old and young, old and young, tricolor amaranth, soft and smooth, strong vegetable flavor, imported sweet fragrance, cultivated all over the country, sometimes semi-wild. So how do you plant its seeds? How much is it per mu? What are the methods? What varieties do you have? Let's learn about it together.

Planting methods of amaranth

I. growth and development and requirements for environmental conditions

1. Temperature: amaranth is warm, heat-resistant and cold-resistant. The suitable temperature for growth is 23 ~ 27 ℃, the growth is slow below 20 ℃, the temperature is too high, and the degree of stem fibrosis is high. When the temperature is below 10 ℃, it is difficult for seeds to germinate.

2. Light: amaranth is a kind of crop with high temperature and short day, which is easy to blossom and seed under the condition of high temperature and short day. When the temperature is suitable for long sunshine in spring and summer, bolting is late, the quality is tender and the yield is high.

3. Soil, water and nutrients: amaranth has strong adaptability to soil, and alkaline soil grows better. Amaranth has strong drought resistance, but when the water is sufficient, the leaves are tender and the quality is good. Amaranth is not resistant to waterlogging and requires soil drainage and irrigation. In addition, the fertile soil is beneficial to obtain high yield.

Second, conventional cultivation techniques

1. Cultivation season and mode: amaranth is a temperature-loving and heat-resistant vegetable, which can be cultivated in frost-free period from spring to autumn, late bolting and flowering in spring sowing and tender quality. Sowing in summer and autumn is easy to bolting and flowering, and the quality is old. The open field in North China and Northwest China is sown from late April to early September, and harvested from late May to early October. The growing period is 30-60 days.

2. Cultivation techniques: land preparation and bed preparation: the cultivation of amaranth should choose plots with flat terrain, convenient drainage and irrigation and less weeds. Harvesting seedlings, tender stems and leaves are generally sown, ploughing depth is 15 cm before sowing, and 15002000 kg of rotten organic fertilizer is applied per mu. The quality of soil preparation is high, and the soil on the border must be fine and smooth, otherwise it will affect the seedling emergence rate and seedling evenness.

How many seeds per mu of amaranth?

The seeds of amaranth are very small, and the amount of seeds used per mu is 0.25 to 0.5 kg. 25 grams of seeds can grow about 50 square meters.

What kinds of amaranth do you have?

At present, amaranth is cultivated all over the north, and most of the seeds are introduced from the south. There are many varieties of amaranth in southern China, which can be divided into three types: green amaranth, red amaranth and colored amaranth according to the different leaf color.

(1) Green amaranth: leaves and petioles are green or yellowish green. It has strong heat resistance and tastes harder than red amaranth when eating. It represents varieties such as amaranth in the suburbs of Shanghai, willow amaranth in the suburbs of Guangzhou and amaranth in the suburbs of Nanjing.

(2) Red amaranth: leaves and petioles are purplish red. It has moderate heat resistance and is softer and waxy than green amaranth. Its representative varieties are Dahongpao in the suburbs of Chongqing, amaranth in the suburbs of Guangzhou and amaranth in the suburbs of Kunming, among which Chongqing Dahongpao is particularly drought-tolerant.

(3) Color amaranth: green leaf margin, purplish red near leaf vein. Precocious, slightly stronger cold resistance, texture than green amaranth for soft waxy. It is more cultivated in the south than in spring. Its representative varieties are red amaranth with sharp leaves in Shanghai and red amaranth with sharp leaves in Guangzhou.

Attached: the latest price of amaranth

Wuxi Chaoyang Co., Ltd. Agricultural products wholesale market-amaranth price: 2.21 yuan / kg

Zhejiang Jinhua Agricultural products Wholesale Market-amaranth Price: 4.20 yuan / kg

Suzhou Nanhuanqiao Market Development Co., Ltd.-amaranth price: 3.20 yuan / kg

Beijing Dayang Road Agricultural products Wholesale Market-amaranth Price: 5.00 yuan / kg