A malignant weed in rice paddies that farmers loathe, yet now some people are getting rich off it

In rural areas, the most common thing is wild grass. Whether on land such as open fields and mountain forests, or in water such as paddy fields and lakes, all kinds of wild grass can be seen. Farmers have mixed opinions about these wild grasses. Take houttuynia cordata, for example: because it gives off a strange odor, many people dislike it, but it is also a very good wild vegetable, which makes many people love it. So no matter what kind of wild grass it is, it always has two sides. Below, the author will introduce one such wild grass that was once a "malignant weed" that farmers deeply hated, but now some farmers are using it to get rich.

This wild grass is an aquatic wild grass. It is actually a very common wild grass. Anyone who has gone fishing has basically seen it in rivers and lakes, though many people cannot name it. This aquatic wild grass is "curly pondweed" (Potamogeton crispus). In rural areas, farmers also call this wild grass shrimp weed, shrimp grass, wheat-yellow grass, crab grass, and so on.

Curly pondweed most likes to grow in ponds, lakes, streams, ditches and paddy fields, and it is a perennial aquatic wild grass. Speaking of this curly pondweed, the author remembers that it was once regarded as a "malignant weed" in paddy fields, and many farmers deeply hated it.

The author remembers that such a thing happened in the village where he lived. Farmers who have planted rice should all know that after rice seedlings are planted, water is usually pumped from nearby canals or ponds to irrigate the paddy fields, and at this time the seeds, rhizomes and turions of curly pondweed are often pumped in as well.

Under normal conditions, the seeds, rhizomes and turions of curly pondweed can reproduce rapidly. Moreover, the leaves of curly pondweed are dense, usually with a thick and broad base, and the edges often have sharp teeth. After turions fall off, they sink to the bottom of the water and can reproduce again. This causes curly pondweed to multiply in large numbers, not only taking away crop nutrients, but also harming crops and leading to reduced crop yields. Therefore, many farmers who grow rice deeply hate curly pondweed.

However, although curly pondweed causes great harm to crops in paddy fields, on the other hand, curly pondweed is also a very good wild grass, because it is one of the favorite feeds of fish. In particular, grass carp, blunt snout bream, and long-snouted mandarin fish like to eat curly pondweed most. Curly pondweed can also provide a large amount of organic matter and nutrient salts for water bodies, promoting the massive proliferation of planktonic bait resources, which is beneficial to the proliferation of bait resources for economically important fish such as common carp, crucian carp, and black carp, promotes their growth, and increases yield. Therefore, many farmers engaged in aquaculture love curly pondweed.

In addition, the tender stems and leaves of curly pondweed are now also a first-class wild vegetable, and its nutritional value is quite rich. Each kilogram of curly pondweed contains 281 mg of vitamin C and 550 mg of carotene, which shows its value. So although curly pondweed is a "malignant weed" in paddy fields, that does not stop other farmers from liking it. Now in rural areas, some farmers specifically grow curly pondweed to get rich. According to farmers who grow curly pondweed, curly pondweed has strong reproductive capacity, high yield, strong adaptability, and is easy to manage, and one jin costs about 30 yuan, which is quite good.

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