[Tammy]

Has anyone ever planted quinoa before? My mom gave me some seeds to try so I tossed a bunch in a large pot near the house. I have about 50 starts in there, maybe a couple inches high, but I have no idea what this plant is supposed to look like when it matures, how big it gets, if I need to thin these out, or how long it takes. Based on what quinoa looks like, I'm guessing that maybe it grows little seed pods? but I really have no idea.

anyone have any experience with quinoa?

 

[Tammy]

thanks for that. I also did a google search (after I posted this question) and found that they are usually not great for containers. And we are in the upper 90's now and will likely stay that way for several wks. I'll just keep watering it just to see what they do, and probably move it to a shadier area, but not expecting to actually get any quinoa from it. I think I read on whatever site I hit when I googled that a 4x8' planting of quinoa only yielded around 2-3 servings of quinoa! LOL.
so not worth it, and quinoa is cheap.