Comments on: Plant Profile – Quinoa http://www.porchsideecology.com/blog/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/ Living a life of abundance - edible landscapes, environmental regeneration Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: article about growing quinoa « Quinoa Cookbook Project http://www.porchsideecology.com/blog/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/comment-page-1/#comment-25 article about growing quinoa « Quinoa Cookbook Project Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:14:46 +0000 http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/?p=452#comment-25 [...] chap grew quinoa and he says it’s pretty easy: http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/ Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)QuinoaIs my Quinoa Clean..wah?My New Health [...] [...] chap grew quinoa and he says it’s pretty easy: http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/ Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)QuinoaIs my Quinoa Clean..wah?My New Health [...]

]]> By: Anna http://www.porchsideecology.com/blog/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Anna Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:41:52 +0000 http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/?p=452#comment-24 Great write up, thanks! I'm just about to plant my very first experiment in quinoa. Great write up, thanks!
I’m just about to plant my very first experiment in quinoa.

]]> By: Chris Prudhomme http://www.porchsideecology.com/blog/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Chris Prudhomme Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:18:16 +0000 http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/?p=452#comment-23 I was way too generous in my yield quantity. I have revised the yield to 1/4 lb - 1/2 lb per plant. That said, my biggest plant (the one to the right in the first picture) had a massively large seed head along with side shoots that also were bearing seed, my dog (or the wind) knocked that plant over so I lost the main seed head, the seeds produced from the branches though were still the biggest harvest (around 1/2 lb) so I imagine that the yield from the one plant would have been at least 3/4 lb. I was way too generous in my yield quantity. I have revised the yield to 1/4 lb – 1/2 lb per plant.

That said, my biggest plant (the one to the right in the first picture) had a massively large seed head along with side shoots that also were bearing seed, my dog (or the wind) knocked that plant over so I lost the main seed head, the seeds produced from the branches though were still the biggest harvest (around 1/2 lb) so I imagine that the yield from the one plant would have been at least 3/4 lb.

]]> By: Chris Prudhomme http://www.porchsideecology.com/blog/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Chris Prudhomme Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:11:53 +0000 http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/?p=452#comment-22 I haven't, though it would surprise me if someone is not currently trying it successfully. From the reading I have done, the important factor is that the temperature does not get too hot during the growing season. We had some brief periods of 95+ degree weather, and the plants were ok, but that was well after it had done the majority of it's growth. So I'm guessing that places which transition quickly from cold winter to hot summer will have trouble growing quinoa. Here is some good info on growing it from a Canadian seed supply company. http://www.saltspringseeds.com/scoop/powerfood.htm I haven’t, though it would surprise me if someone is not currently trying it successfully. From the reading I have done, the important factor is that the temperature does not get too hot during the growing season. We had some brief periods of 95+ degree weather, and the plants were ok, but that was well after it had done the majority of it’s growth.

So I’m guessing that places which transition quickly from cold winter to hot summer will have trouble growing quinoa.

Here is some good info on growing it from a Canadian seed supply company. http://www.saltspringseeds.com/scoop/powerfood.htm

]]> By: mrbeckbeck http://www.porchsideecology.com/blog/2009/09/14/plant-profile-quinoa/comment-page-1/#comment-21 mrbeckbeck Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:08:05 +0000 http://porchsideecology.com/abundance/?p=452#comment-21 Great quinoa profile! Curious if you've heard of people growing it in the northern OR/southern WA valleys? Working on plans for a productive forest garden farm up this way, and just thought I'd cast a line your way. Keep up the good work. :) Great quinoa profile! Curious if you’ve heard of people growing it in the northern OR/southern WA valleys? Working on plans for a productive forest garden farm up this way, and just thought I’d cast a line your way.

Keep up the good work. :)

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