How to grow Amaranthus caudatus, or Love Lies Bleeding. A fabulous flowering edible annual.
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- This week we force our way into Stephen's vegetable garden to look at the amazing Amaranthus caudatus, a sensational flowering annual that's as at home in the flower bed as the casserole dish as the flower vase! We even get a quick recipe suggestion!
0:00 introduction
1:43 Amaranthus caudatus introduction
1:52 growing as an ornamental
2:12 eating the leaves
2:52 a quick recipe!
3:30 use as a cut flower
3:50 common name
4:17 growth habit
4:39 propagation
6:42 ideal growing conditions - Навчання та стиль
Thank you so much for covering this plant! I plan on growing it for its ornamental value but now I believe I’ll plant it with my vegetable garden!
A pleasure. Regards Stephen
To us asain hmong communities to us its a medicine herb we used to pluck the whole plant boil it and pour it in the bathtub added it with cool water n take a warm bath with it by just soaking ur body to relax n prevent body from stroke/stiffness/weakness in the arm hand leg or the body so yeah just sharing some good use of this plant with yah thats all..u dont have to boil the flower but the leaves n steam is usedable lol
Oh interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for your discussion of amaranthus; I grew up eating ones with green flowers and red leaves - we call it African spinach, which I grew in my garden last year. Therefore, when I found and bought the species that you showed and discussed, I had to make sure it’s edible and not poisonous. Thank you again for this helpful segment; God bless you both.
Many thanks for finding us!
amaranth is the one of the most nutritional plants period
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I'm so happy that I found your channel!!!
Welcome!!
I pick these and eat them before it seeds. Common plant for Greeks. It is boiled in water (drained) and served with olive oil , lemon, and salt.
Thanks for watching - sounds delicious!
Greetings from Louisiana! You guys are so charming! I found your channel looking for info on amaranth and im glad i did. Great video!
Thanks for the kind words and welcome aboard
Never new Love Lies Bleeding was edable. I've always used it as a bedding plant here in the UK.
Thanks guys another great show.
Thanks for watching - stir fry in the flower bed!
I agree with Mr Lucas. They're beautiful & eye catching.
Thanks for watching! I've yet to cook the leaves though! Matthew
Wonderful information! Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Hello from Catahoula Lake in Louisiana. Gonna plant several types of amaranth this year. My dirt driveway is over 700 ft long so I`m gonna try to get some food growing wild along it and plant some of this type and the giant orange type in my yard and care for it well to get more seeds.
Thanks for watching and good luck with your edible driveway!
I grow these and absolutely love them 😂 im in zone 6a
They are fabulous aren't they. Regards Stephen
It grows best, like everything, exactly where it wants to,😊
Yes! With a little gentle editing!
gorgeous
Thanks for watching!
What a coincidence. I sowed amaranth seeds this spring. They're in my greenhouse. Now I'm going to run out to see if they've sprouted!
Thanks for watching - fingers crossed!
@@thehorti-culturalists They've sprouted!
@@MyFocusVaries Hurrah!
This plant got me interested in plants at a young age. It will reseed in the climate of the Canadian prairies and even lay dormant for several years until you disturb the soil again!
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Thank you
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Tastes like a green leaf Then tosses it. I have a seed packet. I am going to try to plant it in my front flowerbed. Thanks for venturing into the veggie garden.
Thanks for watching - who knows when we'll venture in again!
I planted mine 2 years ago and absolutely love them ❤
Lambsquarter is their cousin. So's quinoa.
I have lots of seedlings popped up. Just hoping they fare well in Scotland.
As an annual they should be fine. regards Stephen
Such a wonderful video, and greetings from the Netherlands! With our gray, wet weather, I grow indoors first at a sunny window. Funny enough, I toss the seeds in the same pots with mature succulents and the amaranth never fails. This sort of defies constant watering for these plants (as succulents need much less). Could it be that the amaranth seedlings draw water from the succulents?
I think you are right. Regards Stephen
Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b
Matthew 👍and Steven 👍
Thanks for watching!
@@thehorti-culturalists my pleasure 🤗💕
Will they self seed in zone 5? Think it's OK to toss some seed on my hillside or should I start in my greenhouse?
they should self seed for you however I'd put some aside just in case. Regards Stephen
Im growing it this year... why is my flower are like white... they are very young plants.. does the red comes later?
It could be a different cultivar as other colours do exist. I don’t thing they are likely to turn red later. Stephen
I'll get better info in the comments section!
Not quite sure what you mean by your comment but it sounds derogatory to me. sorry if we don’t come up to your expections. Regards Stephen
Hello, could I buy a bit of seeds?
Sorry but I didn't collect seed last year. I would imagine it is fairly easy to source through any heritage seed firm. Regards Stephen
can you eat the flowers ?
Not as far as I know. they look like you would be eating velvet curtain tassels!
@@thehorti-culturalists Thanks for the reply, I do love velvet curtain tassels, I imagine a flower version might be tasty !
@@thehorti-culturalistsare the seeds edible?
I have poke weed coming up all over. I thought it was the amaranth I planted in my garden. I don't think amaranth is coming up anywhere.
Don't eat the poke weed ! all you can do is pull it out and start again with the Amaranth. Best of luck. Regards Stephen
“ Poke Salad Annie”. Great song by Tony Joe White that is about the poor people down south forced to eat this slightly poisonous weed. Apparently if you boil it, chuck the water and boil it again you can get away with it. I’ve tried it and it’s not bad, but would rather have a silver beet.
@@thehorti-culturalists I just found several amaranth growing in the garden too! So happy!
People use to pick pokeberry leaves and sell them too canning companies as a source of income in the southern parts of America during the 1930's FYI I have seen pictures of the cans of poke berry leaves
Are they perennials?
No they are annuals. Regards Stephen
I feel as though you are much too hard on yourself on your vegetable growing efforts. Growing vegetables feels like a whole seperate skill onto itself as with herbs.
I aimed to grow a lush hurb garden and promptly gave up and planted a bunch of annuals in the bed instead 😅
The best laid plans...are often adapted! Thanks for watching!