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  • who grows quinoa and where?

    Anyone on here grow quinoa?
    How do you grow it?
    Is it easy?
    What do you eat it with?

    Thanks guys
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  • #2
    I'm growing quinoa this year for the first time, but I already eat commercially grown quinoa all the time.

    We eat it like rice, with sauces or in stir frys. Or we put it in falafel, or cold salads.


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    • #3
      There's an article about it in the latest (May) GYO mag.

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      • #4
        Just picked up my subscription this morning, been waiting a few days for it to come in. Will defo be sending off for those seeds to. Canny deal there x
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        • #5
          Quinoa is a true wonder food, one of the healthiest foods you can eat. Rich in nutrients and an excellent source of complete protein it is set to be a key food crop in the coming years.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by 4390evans View Post
            Anyone on here grow quinoa?
            How do you grow it?
            Is it easy?
            What do you eat it with?

            Thanks guys
            I direct sow quinoa quinoa as early as the soil can be worked (after the snow has melted and the top soil defrosted in march/april). Quinoa is frost hardy! But don't plant it when the soil temps are hot, quinoa won't germinate in super warm temperatures.
            Is its easy? YES it is easy. You can do it : )

            This is a family favourite called Best Ever Chocolate Quinoa Cake.
            Best-Ever Chocolate Quinoa Cake {gluten-free}

            and in the spring we made quinoa cakes with wild mushrooms and fiddleheads, with kale & shaved fennel salad - yum!

            What do you make with quinoa?

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            • #7
              It's a shame that the veggie mob's/latest diet-fad crowd's enthusiasm for quinoa means the people who grew it as a staple now can't afford to eat it.

              http://http://www.theguardian.com/co...e-truth-quinoa

              Makes sense to grow it ourselves.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by sparrow100 View Post
                It's a shame that the veggie mob's/latest diet-fad crowd's enthusiasm for quinoa means the people who grew it as a staple now can't afford to eat it.

                http://http://www.theguardian.com/co...e-truth-quinoa

                Makes sense to grow it ourselves.
                Hey Sparrow100: That is too bad that some people who grew it as a staple can't afford to eat it now. There is a really great and recent well researched discussion article at Agricultural Bioversity webblog. Well worth reading if you are interested in learning about the Latin American perspective on the issue.

                You can find it here:
                Quinoa misconceptions unmasked
                or here: http://www.save-foundation.net/engli...ews_14_1en.pdf

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                • #9
                  I'm trying some rainbow is it me or does it look like a weed ?? Or have I been duped and im actually just growing weeds ?


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                  • #10
                    Yeah I' m growing it this year for the first time and it looks like a weed , fat hen to be precise to which it is closely related. I actually think I hoed the first sowing off I restarted mine in modules and will be planting out this weekend


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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by snakeshack View Post
                      Yeah I' m growing it this year for the first time and it looks like a weed , fat hen to be precise to which it is closely related. I actually think I hoed the first sowing off I restarted mine in modules and will be planting out this weekend


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                      yeah fat hen that's alright then lots of allotment members are shrugging there shoulders at my weed growing


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                      • #12
                        How tall are yours ? Mine seem to be really slow starters and are only a couple of inches tall. I decided not to plant out and potted them up into 3 inch pots to grow on and avoid confusion with the weeds.i have a lot of weeds from this years manure and they are very difficult to distinguish apart


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                        • #13
                          Mine are about 3in talk I started them in pots in feb planted out now so will see how they get on


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                          • #14
                            who grows quinoa and where?

                            I have 12 planted out now and they are about a foot high, still look like a weed though
                            Last edited by snakeshack; 16-06-2014, 07:13 PM.
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                            • #15
                              I grew some a couple of years ago and it did look like fat hen, but fat hen is also edible. They grew fairly easily and I got a decent harvest, but we found the whole processing to get the bits off took forever and even once we'd done all that and given them a good soaking and a wash, they still didn't taste like the shop bought stuff. I'll have to try again next year, but I was pretty disappointed.
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