The use of five colors of amaranth

Five-color amaranth plant is short, bright leaves, is a good material for the layout of felt flower beds, breeding should pay attention to the variety color match. How to raise the five-color amaranth? What's the use? Let's learn about it next.

I. Culture methods of five-color amaranth

1. Soil: when cultivating amaranth in pots, the basin soil should be rich in humus, loose, fertile and dry sandy loam, and avoid clayey loam. When five-color amaranth is potted, there are generally 3-8 plants per pot.

2. Environment: Amaranthus multicolor prefers warm and humid environment, which is not heat-resistant, drought-resistant and extremely cold-resistant. The culture temperature should be about 15 ℃ in winter. Too low temperature can easily lead to death by freezing. Five-color amaranth culture is simple, generally as long as appropriate watering in its growing season, keep the basin soil moist, but also pay attention to timely watering of five-color amaranth in times of drought.

3. Fertilization: the cultivation of amaranth generally does not need fertilization, but in order to promote the growth of amaranth, 0.2% ammonium phosphate can also be applied or 2% nitrogen fertilizer can be sprayed to amaranth once a month to make the plant grow well and improve the ornamental effect.

4. Pruning: five-color amaranth has luxuriant branches and leaves and is resistant to pruning. Usually use five-color amaranth to make a variety of patterns, text and other flat or three-dimensional image, when the cultivation of five-color amaranth requires soil colonization, can be formed in a few days. In the growing period of five-color amaranth should be often pruned to inhibit its growth, so as not to disturb the design pattern.

5. Reproduction: five-color amaranth is generally propagated by cuttings, and the selected soil can be sand, perlite or soil. The suitable temperature of the bed is 22-25 ℃. Amaranthus multicolor can take root in 1 week and transplant in 2 weeks.

II. Uses of five-color amaranth

Five-color amaranth can be used as flower beds, ground quilts, potted plants, etc., is a good material for mold flower beds. The plants of amaranth are low and resistant to pruning. Leaves are red, yellow, green or purplish brown and other types, the use of pruning and different color characteristics, often used for garden pattern layout, or "welcome" and other sub-samples. Can also be used during the festival with different colors of potted plants combined into a theme pattern, in order to add festive atmosphere.

The above is the introduction of five-color amaranth culture methods and the use of five-color amaranth. I hope it will be helpful for everyone to cultivate five-color amaranth. Potted five-color amaranth is suitable for balcony and windowsill decoration.

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