Amaranth ‘Callaloo’ seeds
CultivateKaurna Country, O'Halloran Hill, South Australia, Australia
$1.80
Amaranthus tricolour
Young leaves can be used in a salad and larger leaves can be cooked like a spinach. A fantastic leafy green for warm, dry seasons.
Sowing instructions:
Can be direct sown outdoors in early Spring to early Summer, or sown in punnets.
Seed should be sown 6mm deep and 15-20cm apart. Keep soil moist.
Can be grown all year round in the tropics.
Plant information:
Seedlings emerge 7-10 days after sowing.
Plants grow up to 1m tall and 0.5m wide (depending on plant spacing).
Leaves can be harvested from around 5 weeks after sowing. Whole plants can be harvested 9 weeks after sowing.
Pinching growing tips out will make the plant bushier.
Plants can be sown every 2-4 weeks for successive harvests.
Approx 100 seeds in a packet.
8 in stock
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