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Amaranth Greens: How to Sow, Grow & Harvest
How to grow vegetable amaranth: hot-weather crop, direct sowing for baby leaf or full size, disease prevention, harvest and seeding rates.
By Hensley’s Seed Co.
Vegetable Amaranth Greens - Key Growing Information
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Amaranthus tricolor CULTURE: This is an easy crop that thrives in hot, humid weather.
DIRECT SEEDING:
Baby leaf: scatter 3–5 seeds per inch in rows 2" or more apart. Full-size plants: wait until the soil is warm, around 70°F (21°C), then sow 12–15 seeds per foot, 1/8–¼" deep, and thin to 6".DISEASE: Rotate crops and keep things clean to prevent disease.
HARVEST:
Begin picking leaves once plants reach at least a foot tall; they keep producing tender new leaves. If you're picking single leaves, pinch out the growing tips so plants branch. Or cut whole young plants to use the rosette.AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: At 15 seeds per foot in 18" rows: about 1,600' per oz., 26,000' per lb., or 1.2 lb. per acre.
SEED SPECS:
SEEDS/OZ.: about 48,900 on average.
PACKET:
500 seeds per packet, enough for about 32'.
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