Jag följde haralds länk till Vidaverdes bladamarant .... men där fanns också en annan avdelning som jag hittade efter en stund, där fanns både Quinoa och Amarant. Dom har gjort sina egna selektioner (för engelska förhållanden) och båda verkar odlingsvärda enl. vad dom skriver.
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'Mixed Grain Amaranths'
For the busy gardener, these are pretty good- they make up to 200,000 seed per plant, are very easy to thresh. We got a pound of grain from 6 plants with very little effort. The seeds don't need grinding - they are so tiny that you just add them to whatever you are cooking. Instructions are included, and there's a illustrated guide on this website in the Library.
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'Temuco' Quinoa
Quinoa Ð another of the 'Lost Crops of the Incas' Ð has quite a good potential as a high-protein grain crop in the UK.
The small seed are produced in abundance & easily cooked - we use them much as rice, with a nutty taste. Although many people know quinoa from their wholefood shop, few realise that the plants will grow here quite happily.
The challenge for us has been to find a variety that has open, feathery seedheads, so that the rain dries out quickly without causing any mouldiness in the seed.
Most 'improved' modern varieties (such as the one called 'Dave' that you may have heard of ) have big, very dense seedheads; great in their native dry climates but not so good over here! This one however Ð trialled by a friend in 2004 Ð seems much better than traditional offerings and gives a huge amount of seed for very little effort.