How to tend a Chenopodium album

Also known as: Anserina candidans (Lam.) Montandon, Atriplex alba (L.) Crantz, Atriplex viridis (L.) Crantz, Blitum viride (L.) Moench, Botrys alba (L.) Nieuwl., Botrys alba var. pauper Lunell, Botrys ferulata Lunell, Botrys pagana (Rchb.) Lunell, Chenopodium agreste E.H.L.Krause, Chenopodium album var. candicans Moq., Chenopodium album subsp. collinsii Murr, Chenopodium album var. coronatum Beauge, Chenopodium album var. cymigerum W.D.J.Koch, Chenopodium album f. cymigerum (W.D.J.Koch) Aellen, Chenopodium album var. dacoticum Aellen, Chenopodium album subsp. densifoliatum Ludw. & Aellen, Chenopodium album var. desertorum Kuntze, Chenopodium album f. dubium Arlt & Jüttersonke, Chenopodium album f. glomerulosum (Rchb.) Aellen, Chenopodium album var. glomerulosum (Rchb.) Peterm., Chenopodium album f. lanceolatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Schinz & Thell., Chenopodium album f. leiospermum Kuntze, Chenopodium album var. missouriense (Aellen) Bassett & Crompton, Chenopodium album f. opuliforme Aellen, Chenopodium album f. ovalifolium Aellen, Chenopodium album f. paucidentatum Aellen, Chenopodium album subsp. pedunculare (Bertol.) Murr, Chenopodium album var. polymorphum Aellen, Chenopodium album f. pseudozschackei Aellen, Chenopodium album var. spicatum W.D.J.Koch, Chenopodium album f. spicatum (W.D.J.Koch) Aellen, Chenopodium album var. stevensii Aellen, Chenopodium album var. subaphyllum (Phil.) Reiche, Chenopodium album var. viride (L.) Pursh, Chenopodium album subsp. bernburgense Murr, Chenopodium bernburgense (Murr) Druce, Chenopodium bicolor Bojer ex Moq., Chenopodium borbasiforme (Murr) Druce, Chenopodium borbasioides f. hircinifolium (Aellen) Hyl., Chenopodium browneanum Schult., Chenopodium candicans Lam., Chenopodium catenulatum Schleich. ex Steud., Chenopodium concatenatum Willd., Chenopodium densifoliatum (Ludw. & Aellen) F.Dvorák, Chenopodium diversifolium var. montuosum F.Dvorák, Chenopodium elatum Shuttlew. ex Moq., Chenopodium glomerulosum Rchb., Chenopodium laciniatum Roxb., Chenopodium lanceolatum Muhl. ex Willd., Chenopodium lanceolatum R.Br., Chenopodium lanceolatum var. antiquitum F.Dvorák, Chenopodium lanceolatum f. opizii F.Dvorák, Chenopodium lanceolatum f. sessiliflorum F.Dvorák, Chenopodium leiospermum DC., Chenopodium lobatum (Prodan) F.Dvorák, Chenopodium missouriense Aellen, Chenopodium missouriense var. bushianum Aellen, Chenopodium neglectum Dumort., Chenopodium neoalbum F.Dvorák, Chenopodium opulaceum Neck., Chenopodium ovalifolium F.Dvorák, Chenopodium paganum Rchb., Chenopodium paucidentatum (Aellen) F.Dvorák, Chenopodium pedunculare Bertol., Chenopodium probstii Aellen, Chenopodium probstii f. lanceolatum Aellen, Chenopodium probstii f. parvoangustifolium Aellen, Chenopodium pseudoborbasii f. aellenii F.Dvorák, Chenopodium pseudoborbasii f. albiforme F.Dvořák, Chenopodium pseudoborbasii f. borbasiiforme F.Dvořák, Chenopodium pseudoborbasii f. longipedicellatum F.Dvořák, Chenopodium pseudoborbasii f. ramosum F.Dvořák, Chenopodium riparium Boenn. ex Moq., Chenopodium serotinum Ledeb., Chenopodium subaphyllum Phil., Chenopodium superalbum F.Dvorák, Chenopodium superalbum f. kuehnii F.Dvořák, Chenopodium viride L., Chenopodium viridescens (St.-Amans) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Chenopodium vulgare Gueldenst. ex Ledeb., Chenopodium vulpinum Buch.-Ham., Chenopodium zobelii Murr ex Asch. & Graebn., Chenopodium zobelii f. hircinifolium Aellen, Chenopodium zobelii f. multidentatum Aellen, Chenopodium album subsp. pseudopulifolium (Scholz) Murray, Chenopodium album var. lanceolatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Coss. & Germ., Chenopodium album var. paganum (Rchb.) Syme, Chenopodium album var. pseudopulifolium (Scholz) Abrom., Chenopodium album f. heterophyllum Wang-Wei & P.Y.Fu, Chenopodium album var. laxiflorum Wang-Wei & P.Y.Fu, Chenopodium ferulatum Lunell, Chenopodium album var. viride (L.) Moq., Chenopodium album var. album , Chenopodium album subsp. hastatum (C.Klinggr.) Graebn., Chenopodium zobelli A.Ludw. & Aellen

Watering

Water every 10-15 days commonly

Sunlight

Like half shade, may grow in places with bright scattered light

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Apply enough base fertilizers

Pruning

No need pruning

About this plant

Origin
Temperate and Tropical areas
Category
Chenopodiaceae, Chenopodium
Size
Diameter ≥ 10 cm, height 15-18 cm
Blooming period
Flowering and fruiting period May-October
Flower colors
pink, green, fruit color black
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