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bigtree

(92,979 posts)
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:05 PM Oct 5

Bring out your amaranths!



I don't really know why this one got so tall.

I transplanted it out of the pepper bed which had some composted manure in it, into a hole with some pine needles and dirt I scooped up beside the house.

None of the others come close. Still going today, in D.C./Md. area.
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Bring out your amaranths! (Original Post) bigtree Oct 5 OP
this is my first year with amaranth rampartd Oct 5 #1
no, haven't gone there yet bigtree Oct 5 #3
It would certainly be worth saving markodochartaigh Oct 5 #2
you're so right! bigtree Oct 5 #4
We grew Hopi Red dye amaranth many years ago... WestMichRad Oct 5 #5
wild! bigtree Oct 5 #6
It's an Amaranthus species for sure WestMichRad Oct 5 #7
I love all the garden pictures you post but this one is exceptionally questionseverything Oct 5 #8
You may lure some ancient Aztecs with that one! GreenWave Oct 5 #9
ooh! bigtree Oct 5 #10

rampartd

(2,609 posts)
1. this is my first year with amaranth
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:10 PM
Oct 5

they grew well and i have a bunch of seeds from them. do you have any recipes?

WestMichRad

(2,703 posts)
5. We grew Hopi Red dye amaranth many years ago...
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:57 PM
Oct 5

… once.
It crossed with the native pigweed, a weed in our garden. Now we have purple leaved “amaranth” (pigweed) as a weed every year. It’s easy to identify, as it’s purplish red, even as a small seedling.
Grew some to maturity this year so we could harvest some of the seed to experiment with it as a natural dye.
So I’ll have plenty of purple weeds in our garden, probably forever!

WestMichRad

(2,703 posts)
7. It's an Amaranthus species for sure
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 04:09 PM
Oct 5

But I’m not sure which one.
I learned it as pigweed, but maybe that’s not the commonly accepted name for it.

questionseverything

(11,316 posts)
8. I love all the garden pictures you post but this one is exceptionally
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 04:11 PM
Oct 5

Because I got to learn about a super food too!

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