1/3/2024 0 Comments Red amaranth seedling![]() ![]() Each 3.5 grams contains about 3,500 seeds. It is still available there as a treat called "alegria" which translates from Spanish to joy or cheer. Whether to add some floral to your garden, to eat the leaves or to use the seeds as a grain or ground into flour - Amaranth does not disappoint. One such recipe is made by toasting the seeds (like popping corn) and mixing them with honey or molasses. The Aztecs, and other peoples of what is now Mexico, used it in the preparation of various ritual food and drinks. Known as "kiwicha" in the Andes today, it was one of the Incas dietary staples. Like quinoa, amaranth has a very long history as a South American food crop. Even if you don't harvest it, small migrating birds will be attracted to it in their fall travels and thank you for providing a meal. Its seeds, as a "pseudo-grain," contain many amino acids and nutrients and can be eaten raw, sprouted, toasted, or ground into flour. More mature leaves are used as a tasty cooked green and taste similar to spinach. ![]() ![]() It has an earthy slightly sweet flavor that. Harvested at 20 to 30 days, its young leaves are tender and mild and make a nice addition to a mixed greens salad. Amaranth Red Garnet (Amaranthus tricolor L.) is a brilliant magenta microgreen praised for its beautiful appearance. Seeds can take fourteen to twenty-one days to germinate at soil temperatures between 70 to 75✯. Choose a location that receives full sun and plant in the garden using a final spacing of fourteen inches. Since they reach six feet or more in height, plan you plantings accordingly.Īmaranth is generally sown as a summer annual, but if you live in areas that have cooler, shorter seasons, sow seeds indoors in the early spring and transplant outside after all danger of frost has passed. 90 to 120 days - The plants of 'Red Garnet' amaranth are a beautiful maroonish-red color with fuchsia-red flower heads making it an attractive addition to your ornamental gardens. ![]()
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