Lambsquarter, Magenta Spreen (Organic)

Chenopodium giganteum. 30 days baby, 60 days full.

An exciting relative of spinach, quinoa and wild lambsquarters. The young plants have a great mild tangy flavor. Light green leaves have a shimmering magenta color in the leaf centers. Excellent in salad when young, or lightly cooked as a pot herb, stir fry green, or any way spinach is used. Much more heat tolerant than spinach and similarly packed with nutrients. Not as weedy as wild lambsquarters but it can go feral in the garden if the seed is left to shatter. Some gardeners love this trait as it lends a self-perpetuating element to the annual garden. Aka, Giant Goosefoot.

Lambsquarter seed is known to have high dormancy and benefits from cold stratification to germinate. For seed lots that exhibit higher than 25% dormancy, Total Viability is printed on the seed packet and includes the germination percentage plus the dormant seed percentage as determined by an independent laboratory. Dormant seed is the portion of a seed sample that does not germinate during the short time period of the seed test, but is determined to be alive and respiring. Dormant seed is likely to germinate with cold stratification and/or longer germination times.