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Red Leaf Vegetable Amaranth Specialty Green Seed — amaranth bed

Red Leaf Vegetable Amaranth Specialty Green Seed — cut rosettes

Red Leaf Vegetable Amaranth Specialty Green Seed — kitchen leaves

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Amaranthus tricolor

50Days to maturity

A seed worth growing

Red Leaf Vegetable Amaranth Specialty Green Seed

Item #HSC-GRN-030-PKT

Red callaloo for hot summers.

In the Caribbean this is red callaloo. Rounded to heart-shaped green leaves are washed with burgundy, deepest on the undersides, and the flavor is close to spinach. It is a classic in soups.

Cut out the growing tip and plants answer with colorful rosettes that brighten salad mixes. Thrives in heat.

About 50 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 500 seeds
Average 48,900 seeds per oz.

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Quick Facts

Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for leaf amaranth — Seed size & germination

Latin Name: Amaranthus tricolor
Days To Maturity: 50 days
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow in warm soil

About 70°F; 1/8–1/4" deep.

Thin to 6"

Or sow thickly for baby leaf.

Pick from 1' tall

Pinch tips to branch.

Loves heat

Best in humid summers.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Amaranthus tricolor

Climate

Easy, and happiest in hot, humid summers.

Baby leaf

Sow 3–5 seeds per inch in rows at least 2" apart.

Full-size plants

Wait for soil around 70°F (21°C). Sow 12–15 seeds per foot, 1/8–1/4" deep, and thin to 6".

Harvest

Start picking once plants are 1' tall; they keep putting out young leaves. Pinch the growing tips to make plants branch, or cut small plants whole for rosettes.

Disease

Rotate crops and keep beds clean.

Seeding rate

About 1,600 ft. of row per oz., or 1.2 lb. per acre at 15 seeds per foot in 18" rows.

Packet

500 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 48,900 on average.

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