Grow guide
How to grow Red Callaloo Amaranth
Amaranthus tricolor
- Type
- Amaranth
- Zones
- USDA zones 2–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 35–60 days
- Spacing
- 9″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 14 days
Care
- Water Weekly
- Thin As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Caribbean leafy green with red-on-green leaves; thrives in summer heat when kale bolts, harvest young leaves cut-and-come-again.
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Grows well nearby
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