Looking for the perfect flower to add interest, texture, and color to your fall bouquets? Today, Lisa and Layne discuss all things amaranth. They compare the upright and trailing forms of amaranth and cover how to prevent leggy seedlings, the ideal head size for use in mixed bouquets, pinching and spacing, dealing with pest pressure, the proper harvest stage for fresh and dried use, favorite varieties, and more. Listen to the podcast and learn how to grow these textural fall favorites!
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11 Comments
Hello Layne. I really enjoyed and learned a lot from the episode today. I really appreciate you and Lisa's podcast today. Please let Lisa know she is appreciated. I'll be watching Fri😅days😅 show. Thanks again, everybody, for all the hard work you guys do to teach us . ❤😊
Two years in a row my amaranthus wont grow more than 8 inches high. Tightly spaced in heavy heavy clay. .
The lime green is a total fail.
The few planted near the house grow larger….
Second year for me and Im in the middle of nowhere and cant afford to haul better soil.
It will take time to improve my heavy clay and I plan to dig in straw this fall
I love these videos! Always my favorite. Thank you ❤
I am trying globe amaranth next year.
Thank you for this. I actually was hoping you would cover amaranthus. I was looking at mine, last week which is 10 foot tall. I direct seeded back at the end of May, it was easy and they look great. Had I this information prior I would have not thinned them out as much! Now I know, and they will still be fun.
Thank you ladies, this is extremely helpful! I love Amaranth and has beautiful Hot Biscuits last year (and yes with the flea beetles 😅). This year, all my Amaranth was a bust! But-since I have just over 60 days left in my season, I think I’ll start more. Thank you!
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Hi ! LayneI , I grew 5' tall wine color from late spring.. pest damage at a minimum. But had a wooly aphid on it.. made a hole in it and white fuzz around it.. I was going to exterminate the bugger bit desided to let it live.. I pulled the stem back and let go and it went flying😆 ☺️The next morning the stem was completely healed up! That happened twice.
I harvested them on Monday with no sign of pests. I cut now because they looked like seeds where ready to start. So pretty..
I am going to plant some seeds and see if they succeed to maturity but frost date in mid Oct. fun crop for sure.
I'm drying about 4 stems upside down, I didn't know they could be dried upright. Thanks for that tip!
Thank you ladies for sharing these knowledge; wonderful info as always! I have only grown celosias but planning on trying amaranth next year, so these questions are quite spot-on for me❤ Really appreciate the thought and time you spent on preparing the seed talk sessions
Thank you for sharing so much helpful information!