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RE: Amaranth: The Immortal Grain // Plants for Every Homestead
Amaranth! We've grown a few different varieties out here. Boy do they proliferate! You only need to plant it once. We planted a few different varieties we'd gotten from Baker Creek the first year we moved here, then it nearly took over the entire garden. Every year I have to keep it tamed back, every year we have WAY more than we need, but it's not a bad problem to have! We originally planted it as a trap crop for Cucumber beetles and other pests and it worked really well. We've also been playing around with flax.
Hahah sounds about right! That's how it is here, too. Personally, I love it coming back again and again! Great idea about using it as a trap plant - obvs from that overeaten leaf pic above bugs love it!
What are you findings with flax? We grew some our first summer, but didn't really harvest it and it didn't self sow.
The flax was beautiful the first year we planted it, did very well and is pretty hardy, drought resistant. Our garden plot is blasted with all-day sun, they never wilted. It ended up self-sowing, but, I didn't encourage it as much as I should have. I think this season, I'll re-focus on the flax. You can use flax for just about anything from flour to fiber!! (But I know you know that!)