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Quinoa & Amaranth harvest

Last post 25-10-2009 1:17 PM by miranda. 3 replies.

• 24/10/2009 08:02 AM
  Roundelder Location: NW Cumbria Joined on: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 175	Reply | Contact Does anyone have any experience of "harvesting" Quinoa and/or Amaranth seeds? In particular any effective way of separating the seed from the "chaff". Cheers Roundelder Wide awake Roundelder

• 24/10/2009 02:05 PM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact I have a guide that we were sent with some seed, Roundelder, but will have to find it. I'll let you know when I do!

• 25/10/2009 10:50 AM	In reply to
  Roundelder Location: NW Cumbria Joined on: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 175	Reply | Contact Right thanks Miranda. My son has grown some and is keen to find an efficient way of reaping the "seed" harvest. Wide awake Roundelder

• 25/10/2009 01:17 PM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact Here you go, Roundelder: http://www.realseeds.co.uk/amaranthprocessing.html Quinoa needs to be washed before you use it as the grains have a covering of saponin, which in the wild helps to stop it being eaten.