FREE: Organic Lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album) - 200+ Seeds

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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 of micronutrients.
Wild Blessings http://wildblessings.com/2011/06/01/lambsquarter-chenopodium-album/
Lambsquarters 2nd highest nutrition of wild foods. Amaranth #1
Use as spinach , salads, stir fry, soups, casseroles. Grind seeds to dark flour - make gruel/ bread
Leaves dry well, can be reconstituted. Powder to make delicious flour, mix with bit of water for a tortilla
NUTRITION / 1/2 cup
SEEDS
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 /LEAVES
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
Toothaches - Chew raw
Gelatin caps w/ Lambsquarter is a potent vitamin
Grows throughout the US. Wild seedlings emerge mid - late spring usually before last frost. Some germinate into summer
If garden's ready for next year - even couple sq ft, take 1/3 of seeds, mix w/ sand, broadcast now (on top of snow OK). Tiny seeds (1mm.). Sand lets you spread evenly. Rake lightly, require lite to germinate. Put rest (or all) in zip lock & freeze - 4-5 wks & sow in spring when soil's workable
Transplant easily w/ almost no setback. 3% are brown & germinate easily. Most are black w/ varying dormancy. Some viable for decades. 10-30% germinate this season. That's why 200+ seeds. Rest germinate next & next, etc
Sow some indoors in a small tray 6-8 weeks before average last freeze. Germination increases w/ lite, strong day & night temp fluctuation, & w/ nitrate in soil. Decent amount of compost in mix increases germination. For temp fluctuation place tray in fridge after dark & return to windowsill in AM til 1st seedlings show. Pot on & move into garden w/ minor hardening off around last freeze
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