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Post by littleminnie on Jun 28, 2014 18:16:33 GMT -5
There are all these amaranth weeds all over. They look dried and like last year's growth. So are they useful for seed/eating? I looked up how to harvest the seed but it was for purposeful growing when seeded in spring and harvested after frost.
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Post by flowerweaver on Jun 28, 2014 21:23:43 GMT -5
Do you know which amaranth it is? It might be Palmer Amaranth, aka Careless weed, which has become a 'super weed' since the use of glyphosates. I am seeing a lot of amaranths here, too, but not Palmers. Here's some info: www.eattheweeds.com/palmer-amaranth/ |
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jun 29, 2014 20:17:06 GMT -5
Palmer isn't any more resistant to a hoe than any other pigweed.
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Post by littleminnie on Jun 30, 2014 18:56:04 GMT -5
I was going to take photos but was out of power so I will try again tomorrow.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 5, 2014 20:24:47 GMT -5
 It was really windy so the pic turned out weird. It shows this year's and last year's plants I believe. |
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Jul 18, 2014 16:30:39 GMT -5
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 18, 2014 16:30:39 GMT -5
Does anyone know if and how to harvest this amaranth?
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Post by YoungAllotmenteer on Jul 19, 2014 15:03:50 GMT -5
Seed amaranth you can thresh like any other grain. I do not like it much personally. My preferred way is as a green leaf veg, but yours is way beyond that stage. Best picked like Kale, oldest leaves first and upward starting when young.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 19, 2014 17:47:42 GMT -5
I guess it is redroot pigweed/amaranth. I have been trying to learn how to use the seeds but so far not helping.
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Post by paquebot on Jul 20, 2014 0:50:06 GMT -5
Redroot pigweed amaranth isn't generally considered palatable, either seeds or leaves. The seed is generally too small to be of any culinary use. It was actually touted as pig forage in the 1930s and that introduced it all over the Midwest.
Martin
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 20, 2014 9:36:31 GMT -5
Thanks. I will leave it alone then unless starving.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 20, 2014 10:14:01 GMT -5
Minnie, it gives me a "elaofa" rash when weeding it. I do pick the leaves off and sometimes make bouquets of the pretty red ones.
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Post by Al on Aug 26, 2014 4:28:09 GMT -5
I have a row of Amaranth which is about 3' high flowering nicely. The seed came from The Real Seed Co. & was sold as Green Leafed Calalloo. Apparently used like spinach in the Caribbean. I had one meal from some leaves & felt very odd afterwards, (high temperature & gippy gut). I may have coincidentally got a virus but am feared to try it again. Maybe I should have eaten it only when the plant was young. I read after WW2 a related plant grew on Berlin bomb sites & people got ill eating the stuff. I have loads of other greens including tree spinach, tried that last night & am still standing so a will probably avoid the Amaranth. A DUFFER (Definitely UnFit).
A shame because it grew so well from a direct sowing in May. I'll keep it for the pretty flowers, much like 'Love Lies Bleeding"
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Post by hortusbrambonii on Aug 26, 2014 7:48:09 GMT -5
Is there anyone who has seeds of glyphosphate resistant Palmers Amaranth? Looks very interesting...
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Post by ilex on Oct 12, 2014 17:17:51 GMT -5
Is there anyone who has seeds of glyphosphate resistant Palmers Amaranth? Looks very interesting... What I find really interesting is how they became resistant. Very clever weed. I' ve tried Polish amaranth as a boiled green and it is very good. Better than any other mild boiled green I can think of. |
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Post by kyredneck on Oct 14, 2014 2:07:53 GMT -5
That looks to be the same amaranth that grows around here which goes good in a mix of wild spring greens. The seeds are encased, or have 'wings', and would have to be threshed/winnowed in some way to use as a grain.
Reminds me somewhat of Lamb's Quarter, which is an outstanding potherb and also produces an abundance of seed. I got the bright idee one year to sow a patch of Lamb's Quarter to harvest the seed for sprouting, as in alfalfa sprouts. I got plenty of Lamb's Quarter seed but it was no good for sprouts because of uneven germination. I've thought since that may could have been remedied with some stratification in the freezer, but didn't think of that then.
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