Grow guide
How to grow Grain Amaranth
Amaranthus cruentus
- Type
- Amaranth
- Zones
- USDA zones 4–10
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 90–125 days
- Spacing
- 12″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Harvest Once
- Fertilize Once at planting
- Water Rainfall dependent
Notes
Heat-loving, gluten-free. Sow May in 7B; harvest seedheads in fall.
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