What is the other name of bittern?

Bittergrass is also known as bittersweet, geranium, dishgrass, duckweed, bitterball, rabbit grass, bugloss, soil dandelion, day lily, bitter dish, bittersweet. , Baijiangcao, Tomb Head Back.

Gesneria is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. The stem is unbranched or only branched at the upper part, the leaves are pinnately deeply lobed, usually sessile, and the base is enlarged to hold the stem. The flower heads are arranged in a corymb shape at the stem end, with two to three rows of involucres. The tongue-shaped flowers are yellow, bisexual, and can bear fruits. The fruit is an achene, flattened, reddish-brown when mature, with three raised longitudinal ribs on both sides. Gesneria germinates in April and blooms from June to July.

Kanzu is native to Europe and was accidentally introduced to China. It is distributed all over the world. Amaranthus grows fast, has strong vitality, is tolerant to barrenness, salt and alkali, shade and drought, and likes moist and loose soil. It grows particularly vigorously in farmland that has been plowed in spring. Amaranth is generally propagated by seeds.

Feed use

As livestock feed, bittern is a good forage with high utilization value in agricultural areas. The stems and leaves of bittern are tender and juicy. The water content of the young stems and leaves is as high as 90%. They are thornless, hairless and slightly bitter. It is a good green feed. Pigs and geese like to eat the most; rabbits and ducks like to eat; goats and sheep eat happily; horses and cattle eat in small amounts.

Before the flowering period, chop it into pieces and feed it raw or cooked. Feed rabbits with 650 grams of chicory every day, and its feed intake rate can reach 77. Chop it up and feed it to chickens and ducks. Effect. Chicory hay is a good forage for horses, cattle, and sheep, and its palatability can be rated as a food grade.

Under wild conditions, the fresh grass yield of grasses dominated by Amaranth can generally reach 30,000-45,000 kg/hectare; the weight of a single plant is 150-250 grams. Under cultivated conditions, the fresh grass yield The yield can reach 37,500-60,000 kg/ha, and the high yield can reach 75,000 kg/ha. Feed base.

The stems and leaves of Amaranth are crisp and tender, cannot tolerate being trampled by livestock and poultry, and have poor heat resistance, so it is best to cut and utilize them. It is especially suitable to use it before the flowering period. In addition to green fodder, green hay can also be dried to make grass powder; it can also be used as silage. Green grass is suitable for feeding pigs, geese, rabbits, goats, and ducks; hay is most suitable for horses, cows, and sheep.