Posted on 05/24/2013 3:09:29 PM PDT by greeneyes
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No. I read all about Amaranth, but don’t remember that exact info. You know once upon a time I had a near photographic memory. I could just close my eyes and see the majority of the pages I had read.
Oh my how the memory has fallen and faded! I’ll try to remember to look it up tonight after I get some chores done.
I have taken some pics, but I am not yet at the endo of the reel, and I have not developed them yet. Then I’ll have to try and figure out how to post them. I did post some in 2011 I think it was, but don’t remember much about it.
Hubby has a digital camera, but I just use my old standby or one of the disposables that are laying around.
Thanks.
Finally back after lightning took out my modem & network card Monday night.
Yes; sometimes the seed cover doesn’t come of the cotyledons when they emerge. Usually, as the proto-leaves expand, it will pop off; or you can gently tease it off with a toothpick or such.
Very common in the onion family; a ‘sometimes’ in the squash/melon family; never seen it in beans or peas. Not sure about others.
Then there are others, like corn, avocados, & nuts, where the seed splits, sending a shoot up & roots down, and the seed stays put where it sprouted.
Never eaten carrot tops; I meant put the baby carrots on the table.
We have bought sprout mixes with radish seedlings in them; they are slightly peppery, so the tops, I would imagine, could easily go into a salad.
Ok thanks for the explanation. We have had the usual changing weather situation today. Three episodes of high winds, thunder, lightning and rain. Episodes of sun temperatures hot and cool. LOL
Ya gotta love it. Never a dull moment with Missouri weather. Makes me remember that old adage: If you don’t like the weather in Missouri, just stick around - it will change.
I know what you mean about the weather. Thunderstorms; high winds & gentle rain; high winds & clear & warm; still, muggy, and too warm...and that in less than a week.
In among it all, since Saturday, I did manage to get 3-80’ rows tilled, fertilized, rained on & settled, then planted to black oilseed sunflowers; transferred 8 rhubarb divisions to the main patch to fill in gaps in the old planting. Also got the rest of the dry beans planted, and finished the chicken yard, except for a gate; a piece of chicken wire suffices for now, and they love it...when it isn’t raining.
And that doesn’t even cover what Mrs. AR has been doing. If it wasn’t for all the time we spend sitting on our butts, I just know we could really get things accomplished.
Well, I guess we will learn together about what amaranth plants develop into!
I know what you mean about memory. Sometimes it feels like the only thing that comes from my fuzzy head is lint! I discontinued one of my medications recently which I learned had side effects affecting memory, and that has made a great deal of difference! But I still have the formerly-blond-but-now-gray-haired moments!
I do have a digital camera, but also do not know how to post them at all. I understand you have to store them somewhere online, not just in your computer, and I’m not really interested in doing that. But I certainly could be wrong about that. I’d love to know how to post them directly. In any case, I’m glad you are preserving the pictures of the interesting things in your life, whether by film or digital!
BTW, did you get the FReep mail I sent you a few days ago by any chance? (Perhaps with my fuzzy head, I forgot to mash the send button....)
What you say makes a lot of sense! Thanks!
I’ve never raised any carrots, but I can easily see that I would want to eat the little embryo root. I guess I can experiment with tasting a few tops, (don’t have any planted yet, but I have PLANS!!) but I’ve done a lot of sprouting as well over the years, and the radish greens ARE very good as younglings.
I just bought the new edition of the Square Foot Gardening and have read the Intro and first three chapters. I’ve learned so much from just that much!
A tip on your carrots: they need a lot of moisture, as they are very shallow to start out & dry out quickly. The seed also is so shallow, they wash out easily.
I finally figured out that barely scratching the seed into the soil surface, then giving them a light covering of straw or dry (not green!) grass clippings keeps the seeds damp & cool; it also prevents washing out of the seeds when watering or if it rains.
I prefer coarse straw, as it it doesn’t pack down, and lets more light through. My grandfather used wide boards(!!) but I never had any luck with that, unless you call having a slug & snail hatchery ‘luck’.
Give them a light spray once or twice a day, depending on weather; after about 10 days, you can peek at a small area to check to see if they’ve germinated, but keep them covered until they get their first true leaves. Once they have a couple of real feathery leaves, pull back the mulch so they get more light.
Bless you my FRiend for the instructions! Thank you so much! I will be sure to follow that!
FWIW, Darlin’ put the following on the refrigerator for me, and just reminded(!) me of it:
From Dr. Oz 4/11/12
Memory Foods:
1. Beets
2. Cashews
3. Avocado
And of course we all are aware that fish are noted for being memory food as well.
I just learned that purslane is one of the highest plant omega 3 sources aside from flax.
Parsley?!? Hallelujah!!!!!!!!
LOL! I KNOW!!! I was so fustrated last year! (It’s a miracle! LOL!)
My mistake was in not knowing that the process I was using to create my sprouts was too hard on it. I cant sprout it on a paper towel like I’ve been able to do most things. It has to be sprouted in the medium in which it will be planted, ie. a soil cup or the dirt itself.
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