A common farmland weed that farmers both love and hate is now making them rich, earning 10,000 yuan per mu

For friends living in rural areas, wild plants such as wild vegetables and weeds are a common sight. A casual walk along the village roadside will reveal patches of wild vegetables and weeds. For these wild vegetables and weeds, most farmer friends are very fond of them, because some are not only tasty and nutritious, but can also be used as herbal medicine to treat illnesses. However, some weeds were once harmful weeds in farmland, annoying many farmer friends. Now, as their value has been discovered, these harmful weeds have been turned from waste into treasure, becoming a path to wealth for some farmer friends. Below, the author introduces one such plant.

Many farmer friends surely know this weed. It is lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album), also called wild lamb's quarters and grey smartweed-head grass. Speaking of this weed, many older farmer friends both love and hate it, because lamb's quarters is a common harmful weed.

Lamb's quarters often grows by rural roadsides, on wasteland and in farmland. Its root system is well developed and its stems are tough, making it very difficult to remove. Moreover, lamb's quarters has a stronger ability to absorb nutrients than many crops, often robbing crops of nutrients, causing poor crop growth and even reduced yields. Therefore, for many farmer friends who work the land, lamb's quarters is very detestable, annoying farmers the moment they see it.

Yet it is exactly this major harmful weed in farmland that the author saw a farmer friend specifically cultivating. After dinner in the afternoon, while the author was taking a walk in the village, I saw an older farmer friend busy in the field. Walking closer, it turned out he was tending the farmland. The author saw that the field was full of lamb's quarters. I originally thought this farmer friend was preparing to remove the lamb's quarters, but unexpectedly this farmer friend said he was weeding the lamb's quarters to keep those weeds from affecting the growth of the lamb's quarters.

After learning more, it turned out that this farmer friend specifically cooperates with several restaurants in the city and specifically grows lamb's quarters, selling it in the city for 10 yuan per jin.

With the current improvement in living standards, people increasingly like green food, and lamb's quarters has become one of them. Lamb's quarters is rich in nutrients, especially calcium, with a calcium content as high as 209 mg per 100 grams. Moreover, lamb's quarters also has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, lowering blood pressure, relieving pain, killing insects and stopping diarrhea. It can prevent digestive tract parasites and eliminate bad breath. Therefore, lamb's quarters has now become a seasonal health wild vegetable in city restaurants, suitable for all ages.

It is precisely because lamb's quarters is now loved by many city people that it has become a rare wild vegetable in the city.

Many farmer friends, because lamb's quarters is popular in the city, have also begun to specifically grow lamb's quarters. The farmer friend the author met is just like this. According to his introduction, he now makes his fortune by growing lamb's quarters, earning an annual income of about 10,000 yuan per mu, which is not bad.

The author reminds: although lamb's quarters has good nutritional value, it is a photosensitive plant, so lamb's quarters should not be eaten in too large an amount at one time. After eating or contact, strong direct sunlight exposure should be avoided.

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