Can Anyone Identify This Plant?

Discussion in 'Gardening' started by waterboi13, Sep 10, 2014.

  1. I forgot the name of this plant, I picked up a variety of different colors of this plant earlier this spring in the "vegetable" section of the local garden store. Now that seasons are starting to change I decided to clone it so I wouldn't have to waste so much money planting my garden next spring again. Just wondering if anyone has any idea of what it is. Also have it in a burnt orange color, and red.

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    I don't think its a vegetable though, they didnt change at all throughout the season. But they do look nice in the garden.
     
  2. Not sure but... Looks like a variety of Amaranth, the leaves were the vegetable, and that flower is full of amaranth grain/seeds..
     
  3. Do any of the plants look like this:
     
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  4. Thanks! That does sound about right. Time to go harvest all that is left!
     
  5. #5 Judgement, Sep 12, 2014
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    PS. there are thousands of seeds in those flowers. My preferred method of separating the seeds is to cut off the flowers, wrap it in a paper towel, stick it in a paper bag for a week or two till it has dried out a bit. Then I fold a piece of paper (or use a paper plate that isn't one of the flat ones), roll the flowers between my hands until seeds stop dropping out, then gently blow on the seeds stirring them a bit as I go (while outside) and the light-weight chaff easily separates from the seed leaving you with nothing but seed.
     
    You'll have more than enough seed for a new crop and then some.. there are plenty of culinary uses if you have enough.
     
  6. That's a great thing to hear. I will be cutting and drying out most of them starting today. I just got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as well as I already have Crohn's disease so I've been looking for a new grain that works well with me. Looks like I had it this whole time in my own backyard 😜
     
  7. Well you're definitely gonna have enough to start a small farm of the stuff. Also, a lot of the organic grain companies sell flours made out of a lot of the "ancient grains". Most people I know like to experiment with a mixture of flours  instead of using all of one grain to get a better texture.
     
  8. I would mix with other grains but pretty much every other grain causes inflammation for me. Will probably mix with some black bean flour though. I wouldn't mind trying to make my own pasta noodles with it.
     
  9. I probably have about 30 some flowers of it. Drying out a few now to see what weight they will give me. I won't mind having a pound or so layin around.
     
  10. I'm sure some of the other alternatives grains would be acceptable. You know what you have to avoid and what you should consume though so I'll leave that to you, good luck.
     
  11. if it isn't amaranth and the seeds are black, tiny and shiny it's celosia. . . a common and prolific cut flower.
     

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