What did they use?
Aztec farmers worked hard to grow maize(sweetcorn).They used digging sticks called victli to cultivate the land.Amaranth was used when the maize ripened before it was ready.For their chinampas,the Aztec farmers wove giant reed mats and placed them over the top of the water.They made a fence around the mat and then placed mud,silt and rotton vegetables on he mat.Then the farmers hammered wooden stakes around the edge of the chinampa.