Amaranthus caudatus, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Love-lies-bleeding, ndi njere yakale yomwe ili ndi zabwino zambiri zamakono. Nkhaniyi ikufotokoza za kadyedwe, kalimidwe, ndi kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka Amaranthus caudatus pa ulimi.
Amaranthus caudatus ndi njere zakale zomwe zapezanso chidwi masiku ano chifukwa cha zakudya zake komanso kusinthasintha kwa malo osiyanasiyana. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa m'magazini ya Food Science & Nutrition, Amaranthus caudatus ali ndi mapuloteni ambiri, fiber, minerals, ndi antioxidants zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zofunikira kwambiri pa zakudya zathanzi. Komanso ndi mbewu yopirira chilala yomwe imatha kulimidwa m'madera owuma komanso owuma, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale gwero lachitetezo cha chakudya m'malo omwe madzi alibe madzi.
Paulimi, Amaranthus caudatus atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza ngati mbewu yovundikira, mbewu ya chakudya, ndi mbewu yambewu. Monga mbewu yophimba, imathandiza kupewa kukokoloka kwa nthaka, kupondereza udzu, ndi kukulitsa chonde m’nthaka. Monga mbewu yodyetserako ziweto, imapereka chakudya chopatsa thanzi kwa ziweto, pomwe ngati mbewu yambewu, imatha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chakudya cha anthu, monga kupanga ufa, chimanga cham'mawa, ndi zokhwasula-khwasula.
Pomaliza, Amaranthus caudatus ndi mbewu yosinthasintha yokhala ndi zakudya zambiri komanso zaulimi. Kulima kwake kungathandize kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira, kusunga nthaka, ndiponso ulimi wodalirika. Pamene alimi ndi akatswiri a zaulimi akufufuza njira zopititsira patsogolo luso la ulimi, Amaranthus caudatus ikhoza kukhala mbewu yofunika kwambiri m'zaka zikubwerazi.
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