I have "Pygmy Torch" (a dwarf) Amaranthus, open pollinated from own garden for a SASBE if interested. Just let me know. Ginny B.

Try buying a sack of amaranth seed from the health food store and planting those. You get a lot more seeds that way and still have plenty leftover to eat after planting unless you plan to plant acres of it. I've heard that the blond colored seeds are better eating than the black colored seeds. Its my understanding that the yellow headed varieties produce the blonde colored seeds. I grew amaranth for the first time this year and it was a red headed variety with black seeds. I didn't get enough seeds to eat but got more than enough to plant a huge patch next year. The leaves were good after steaming, very similar in texture to spinach. Very few bugs bothered my plants but mice did start to dig into the seed heads after the bulk of the seeds matured. Don't wait to harvest! Spiders liked hanging out in the protection of the seed heads. They will grow in poor soil and may get 3 foot tall - like mine did. But you can get monster sized plants with huge seed heads in good soil with plenty of water. I found they companion plant with beans well whether viney or bush type but the beans do attract pests. Threshing the seed heads is a lot of work but winnowing is dead easy. You'd think that with the seeds so small they'd blow with the chaff but the chaff is so light that just a puff of air from you is enough to blow it off. I winnow using a plastic gold panning pan.

Hi dirty gardner. I have red amaranth seeds, email me and we can see what we can do, arnp64@att.net

Hey there, I have some amaranthis seeds, but I'm not sure what they are or anything about them. My dad gave them to me, he said they are red... I would be happy to trade for some bee balm, if you have any seed... Thanks, Sam