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| Brand: | Botanical Interests |
| Style: | BI0146 |
| Our Price: | $1.59 |
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Amaranth Edible Red Leaf Heirloom
Amaranthus tricolor
Days to maturity: 42 - 54
Grow this amaranth for its nutritious, flavorful foliage with a hearty spinach flavor that is sweet and slightly tangy. Amaranth loves the heat and makes a great salad ingredient when spring greens crops have been harvested or are bolting. Steam, stir-fry, sauté or mix with spaghetti sauce, rice or meatloaf. Unlike wheat, the seed is also easy to harvest,is 20% protein, and ranks 75 out of 100 as a complete protein: higher than milk, soybeans, or whole wheat.
This packet plants thirteen 10 foot rows.
Days to Emerge: 5 - 15
Seed Depth: 1/8" - 1/4"
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 18"
Row Spacing: 12"
Thinning: When 1" tall thin to 1 every 6" - 12"
When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost; grows fastest when temperatures are warm. Will germinate in cool soils, though; you might get a jump start by early spring sowing (particularly if growing for seed/grain which takes 90 - 110 days).
When to start inside: Not recommended; does not transplant well.
Artist: Carolyn Crawford
Amaranthus tricolor
Days to maturity: 42 - 54
Grow this amaranth for its nutritious, flavorful foliage with a hearty spinach flavor that is sweet and slightly tangy. Amaranth loves the heat and makes a great salad ingredient when spring greens crops have been harvested or are bolting. Steam, stir-fry, sauté or mix with spaghetti sauce, rice or meatloaf. Unlike wheat, the seed is also easy to harvest,is 20% protein, and ranks 75 out of 100 as a complete protein: higher than milk, soybeans, or whole wheat.
This packet plants thirteen 10 foot rows.
Days to Emerge: 5 - 15
Seed Depth: 1/8" - 1/4"
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 18"
Row Spacing: 12"
Thinning: When 1" tall thin to 1 every 6" - 12"
When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost; grows fastest when temperatures are warm. Will germinate in cool soils, though; you might get a jump start by early spring sowing (particularly if growing for seed/grain which takes 90 - 110 days).
When to start inside: Not recommended; does not transplant well.
Artist: Carolyn Crawford
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