Quinoa Seeds - French Vanilla
Growing your own protein is a very exciting thing and French Vanilla Quinoa provides that satisfaction! It's named after its ice cream cone shaped seed heads, with blushing creamy tones. French Vanilla Quinoa is a prized variety, as it ripens uniformly, making harvest for grain much simpler. Be sure to eat their leaves too, both raw or cooked all summer long!
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Growth Habit: Upright growth to 6-7 feet height, with long draping flower clusters
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil Preference: Well drained, fertile soil
When to Plant: Direct seed in Spring, after risk of frost has passed
How to Plant: Direct sow seeds ¼” deep. Seeds should germinate in 10-16 days. Thin seedlings to 1 foot apart.
When to Harvest: Harvest after seeds change from green to cream and pinks.
How to Harvest: Cut stems with seeds heads and bundle them to dry indoors in a dry, dark space. You can knock the bundles inside of paper bags to easily gather seeds as they fall, then separate the yummy seeds from the papery chaff.
Uses: Edible, both baby leaves and dried seed, a nutrient dense grain, high in protein and gluten free.
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Available direct from Incredible Seeds, a Canadian Heirloom and Heritage Seed Company, offering only the best natural, non-GMO, open pollinated and untreated seeds, located in Mi'kma'ki / Nova Scotia, Canada.
French Vanilla Quinoa Seeds mature in about 100 days and is an open pollinated quinoa variety.
