FREE: Always a generous overcount - Organic Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) - 205+ Seeds (Lot # 34)

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Seed Nov 2011 6-9 ft
Use like spinach but easier to grow.
As hi in minerals as spinach, lettuce, cabbage
Good source micronutrients.

Wild Blessings http://wildblessings.com/2011/06/01/lambsquarter-chenopodium-album/
2nd highest wild food nutrition. Amaranth #1
Use as spinach , salad, stir fry, soup, casserole. Grind seed to dark flour - make gruel/bread.
Leaves dry well, can reconstitute. Powder to make flour, mix w/ bit of water for tortilla
NUTRITION / 1/2 cup
SEED
Protein 19.6 gm
Fat 4.2 gm
Carb 57.7 gm
Fiber 27.1 gm
Calcium 1036 mg
Potassium 1687 mg
Niacin 3800 ug
Iron 64 mg
SHOOTS/LEAF
Protein 3.5 gm
Carb 5.5 gm
Calcium 324 mg
Potassium 684 mg
Beta Carotene 3800 ug
Niacin 1000 ug
Iron 1.5 mg
HEALTH BENEFITS
All parts - poultice for swelling, rheumatism, arthritis
Toothache - Chew raw
Gelatin cap w/ Lambsquarter a potent vitamin

--Grow throughout US. Wild seedlings show mid/late spring usually before last frost. Some germinate into summer.

--Germination increases w/ light, strong day & night temp fluctuation, & nitrogen. Mix compost, high nitrogen fertilizer or a generous amount of coffee grounds (contain 2% nitrogen) into bed.

--Mix the seeds with an inert material (sand, vermiculite, sawdust, peat moss) slightly damp so the seeds will stick (about 1/2 quart for each 10 sq. ft.) & broadcast over the area. Best germination occurs on top of the soil or at a depth no greater than 1/10 inch. Rake very lightly or not at all. Water in.

--3% are brown & germinate easily. Most black w/ varying dormancy. Some viable for decades. 10-30% germinate this season. That's why 200+ seeds. Rest germinate next season & next, etc. Transplant easily w/ almost no setback.

--One plant produces 30,000 -750,000+ seeds. If you let one go to seed in place, the next season you'll be harvesting 'em like miccrogreens or pulling 'em as weeds.