Common cultivated varieties of amaranth

Amaranth is mainly divided into green amaranth 1, red amaranth and color amaranth, among which there are many high quality varieties. At present, due to the good taste and adaptability of amaranth, there are many people who like it. Some people want to plant amaranth, but they should also consider which variety to plant. I hope the introduction can help you understand the variety of amaranth.

Green amaranth

1. Green rice amaranth

Shanghai varieties have the advantages of exuberant growth, strong branching, fast growth and direct sowing. Leaves are generally oval, the leaf color is lighter, showing yellowish green leaves a little wrinkled. The taste is tender and the meat is thick. Relatively heat-resistant, is a high-quality mid-ripe variety, the yield is very high, about 1800 kg per mu. The Yangtze River Basin is sown in spring and autumn.

two。 Willow leaf amaranth

Guangzhou variety, characterized by lanceolate leaves, slightly curly edges, leaf tip, petiole is white, unlike amaranth, amaranth is green. It is not only heat-resistant but also cold-resistant, and is very suitable for protected cultivation except open-field cultivation.

Second, color amaranth

1. Amaranthus angustifolia

Changhai varieties, the leaves are also long-ovate, relatively long, the leaves are also pointed, the main characteristics are purplish red veins, leaf edges are green. Petiole is also red, generally early-maturing varieties, not very heat-resistant leaves are not very cold-resistant.

two。 Round leaf red

The characteristic is that the leaves are relatively round and slightly wrinkled. Like the pointed leaves, the edges of the leaves are green, but the veins are all red. More heat-resistant, more heat-resistant than red rice amaranth, but the quality is not the best, generally sowing in March and August, the advantage is relatively late bolting, can be more harvested, the yield is medium, about 1500 kg per mu.

3. Red amaranth

1. Round-leaf red amaranth

The growth potential is as exuberant as amaranth, the advantage is that the stem is thicker, the branching force is good, not only heat-resistant, cold-resistant, but also moisture-resistant, can be planted in relatively humid soil. It is characterized by more green on the edge of the leaf and purplish red near the petiole.

two。 Big round red amaranth

It is characterized by bright red color, few green edges and few folds of leaves; the advantage is weak and tender, no old fiber, soft taste, mainly cultivated in summer and autumn, very heat-resistant and cold-resistant. Bolting is as late as round leaf scarlet. The growth time is very short, and it can be harvested in 20 days in summer, with a high yield of about 4000 kilograms per mu.

It should be noted that the main types of amaranth are green amaranth, red amaranth, color amaranth, not varieties, there are many varieties, each kind of each region has different varieties, the above introduced some representative varieties for everyone to understand.