{"id":8232,"date":"2010-08-04T00:38:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8232"},"modified":"2012-09-13T11:57:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T18:57:49","slug":"amaranth-salad-leaf-ornamental-and-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/amaranth-salad-leaf-ornamental-and-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaranthus &#8211; Salad Leaf, Ornamental and Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Amaranth \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4850147670\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4098\/4850147670_675235b374.jpg\" alt=\"Amaranth purpurea\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A family of plants that looks good, tastes good and by golly it does you good &#8211; what more can you want.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amaranthus (singular Amaranth) has other names in other cultures. I like the African name &#8216;Chewa&#8217; or the Caribbean &#8216;Callaloo&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Chinese use &#8216;Bayam&#8217; in stir fries<\/li>\n<li>The plant has had synthetic red dyes named after it and the Hoppi red Dye variety has long been known for it&#8217;s deep red.<\/li>\n<li>Amaranth &#8216;Red Army&#8217; is sold by\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=amaranthus\"> Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a> as a green veg like mustard and cress see below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Amaranth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4849467648\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4123\/4849467648_aca92e9c32.jpg\" alt=\"Amaranth\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thompson Morgan&#8217;s Growing Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grow seeds of Amaranth Red Army microgreens for instant colour and visual appeal, with a mild flavour, brightening salads and garnishes. Micro greens are eaten as young seedlings prior to the first true leaves, when they are full of an intense range of flavours.<\/li>\n<li>They are quick and easy to grow indoors all the year round.<\/li>\n<li>Grow in a similar way to mustard and cress. Fill seed trays with vermiculite, then sprinkling the seeds liberally, but not too thickly on the surface. Place the trays on a warm windowsill or in the greenhouse.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure the seeds are constantly moist and as the seedlings emerge, especially during summer, mist spray or water carefully as necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Cut these &#8216;Living Seedlings&#8217; as they develop for immediate use or keep in a plastic bag in the fridge<\/li>\n<li>Just like sprouting seeds and salads leaves, they are very rich in healthy nutrients, ideal for spicing up sandwiches and salads or to garnish soups.<\/li>\n<li>Seedlings mature quicker in the warmer, longer days of summer, and take a little longer during the depths of winter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family of plants that looks good, tastes good and by golly it does you good &#8211; what more can you want. Amaranthus (singular Amaranth) has other names in other cultures. I like the African name &#8216;Chewa&#8217; or the Caribbean &#8216;Callaloo&#8217;. Chinese use &#8216;Bayam&#8217; in stir fries The plant has had synthetic red dyes named after it and the Hoppi red Dye variety has long been known for it&#8217;s deep red. Amaranth &#8216;Red Army&#8217; is sold by\u00c2\u00a0 Thompson &amp; Morgan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/amaranth-salad-leaf-ornamental-and-cereal\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}