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| Description | An annual with edible highly nutritious seeds. This variety has different colored seed heads. Mine never became as brilliant as advertised. |
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| Pronunciation | (KEEN-wa) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | prefers temperatures less than 90 degrees F |
| Flowers | borne in a flowering panicle, very small, not ornamental, panicles are reddish, orangish, yellow, brown, etc. |
| Fruit | takes about 90-120 days until the seeds are ready for harvest, harvest when dry |
| Leaves | pubescent, powdery, smooth grayish green, edible in salads or boiled |
| Dimensions | over 24-30 inches tall |
| Propagation | seeds directly in soil after the soil has warmed up, seeding in peat pots or other "plantable" growing containeers |
| Misc Facts | An interesting thing is that the plant is related to "Lambs Quarters", which is a weed in the garden with much smaller seed heads. |
| Author's Notes | Although we eat Quinoa I grew this plant for its ornamental seed heads. |
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