Posted on 06/17/2017 5:29:37 AM PDT by greeneyes
I always learn something new on this thread. I would think you’d have to have a whole lot of lambs quarter seeds to make even a cup of flour. When we had our dairy goats I would always just pull them about 2 feet tall, cut off the dirty root ball and give them to the goats to eat. That and the wild Jerusalem artichokes. Next time I pull some young ones I’ll have to taste a few leaves.
I’ll have to pick one tomorrow and see it it matches up with yours. It’s a pretty little vine-y thing.
Yes, it resembles a stirrup on a small saddle. (stirrup hoe is another name for it)
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
Oy!!!!! Will have to look that one up.
Wow I bet that will be spectacular when it blooms. Bet the hummingbirds love it.
All red flowers should be measured by this plant and Hummers swarm around it...
Yes, that’s exactly what mine looks like. It is awesome! I don’t even remember where I got it. But I sure hope I can find another when I need it.
You should be able to divide a few corms from under it?
Oh, you do have to have a whole lot of seeds, but there are *tons* on one plant. I got about 5 quarts of seeds off of two patches last year (maybe 4 feet on a side for each patch?). The patches are much bigger this year AND I know what I’m doing better, so I am going to take notes on seeds per square foot and see what I get. The taste is...sort of pumpernickel-ish, but sweeter. I’ve made muffins with them by replacing about 1/3 of the flour with lamb’s quarter flour - there’s definitely a strong taste to it, but the muffins were goooooood when I made a batch with golden raisins and walnuts.
I love my lamb’s quarters because they have merrily colonized the sandiest, hardest, most dog-trodden corners of my yard and are growing like gangbusters (also because they provide me with a good spinach substitute right through August). They’re taproot feeders and pull up nutrients from below where most veggie roots reach, so when I harvest the grain I chop up the mature stems and toss them in the compost.
Impressive, do you know what the protein factor is?
The closest thing I’ve been able to get to reliable info is from wildblessings.com, so I can’t swear to accuracy. But they list nutritional information on a half-cup of seeds as:
Protein 19.6 grams
Fat 4.2 grams
Carbos 57.7 grams
Fiber 27.1 grams
Calcium 1036 mg
Potassium 1687 mg
Niacin 3800 ug
Iron 64 mg
If you want, I can PM you a link to the writeup I did for a friend who’s trying to grow lamb’s quarters, which contains pretty much everything I have learned about them. :)
The closest thing I’ve been able to get to reliable info is from wildblessings.com, so I can’t swear to accuracy. But they list nutritional information on a half-cup of seeds as:
Protein 19.6 grams
Fat 4.2 grams
Carbos 57.7 grams
Fiber 27.1 grams
Calcium 1036 mg
Potassium 1687 mg
Niacin 3800 ug
Iron 64 mg
If you want, I can PM you a link to the writeup I did for a friend who’s trying to grow lamb’s quarters, which contains pretty much everything I have learned about them. :)
Interesting thanks. I’ll pass on the link though.
Huh?
Have you tried digging up one or two stalks to find some bulbs under the plant to transplant?
That was probably meant for someone else! We were discussing the hula hoe. Which I am just about to take out to the garden!
Love the pics. Thanks.
You can still plant most anything else you want to. Just look at the days to maturity. First frost happens at around October 15 - that’s more than 100 days and with row covers could easily go additional several weeks. Even peanuts.
Corn, Green Beans, Roma tomatoes, Midget Minnesota melons etc. many warm weather crops. I would even plant some lettuce (low-bolt type) if you have a spot that is shaded from the afternoon sun.
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