When is it time to harvest Amaranth and how are you?

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• When is it time to harvest Amaranth and how are you?
• Recognizing harvesting: signs
• Usually harvestable in September
• Do not reap after rain
• How to harvest Amaranth?
• What are the yields?
• Dry, clean and store after harvesting
• Tips

The amaranth is ready to be harvested if it is shaken out

When is it time to harvest Amaranth and how are you?

He also calls himself Foxtail and has come from South America in our latitudes. As a nutritious pseudo-cereal, it is popular in the whole-food kitchen and tastes in many varieties of food. How do you harvest it?

Early Article The amaranth in bloom: flowering time and flower appearance

Recognizing harvesting: signs

The fruit stalks of the foxtail are ready for harvest when they are dried and the grains contained rustle while shaking. It is best to examine individual grains. Are the grains still glassy? Then they are not really mature.

Usually harvestable in September

Depending on when you have sown your amaranth and it is in bloom (between July and September), the right harvest time varies between early September and mid-October. In cool regions, the grains often do not quite mature. Therefore, you should always grow Amaranth only in warm regions.

Do not reap after rain

Generally, you should never harvest amaranth when it has rained a few days before. It should be dry. Otherwise, you will have difficulty harvesting and drying later. It can also lead to rot or mold faster.

How to harvest Amaranth?

If you have grown only a few plants for your own use, you do not need special machines for harvesting amaranth. Then it is sufficient to cut off the fully ripe fruit stalks. However, if you have grown more than one hectare of amaranth, you may need a combine harvester for the harvest. There are special machines designed to harvest amaranth.

What are the yields?

In today's industry yields of up to 1,200 kg per hectare of land are possible (amaranth grains). But usually only about 700 kg per hectare are harvested. In addition to the grains, individual leaves can be harvested at an earlier date. They can be prepared like spinach.

Dry, clean and store after harvesting

So it goes on after harvest for their own use:

Tips

Attention: If it is harvested too late, Amarath likes to spread like weeds!