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The listing, Organic Lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album) - 200+ Seeds has ended.

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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Questions & Comments

. . Seeds not germinated are still viable but dormant. Add rest of mix to a spot where you want Lambsquarters in the future. 1 plant w/ produce 30,000- 100,000+seeds. You'll have all you can use and more next season.
. . Happy Bidding

Jan 8th, 2012 at 11:54:06 PM PST by

Hi Brandy,
. . Welcome to my auction & thanks for the bid. Good luck.

Jan 10th, 2012 at 7:48:44 PM PST by

Thanks Joe! Totally hoping I win this one!

Jan 11th, 2012 at 5:01:37 AM PST by

. . You're welcome! Looks good so far but no sweat anyway I have thousands of seeds & will keep listing them til almost every one has a chance at winning or the PO runs out of stamps to sell, whichever comes first.

Jan 11th, 2012 at 8:01:24 PM PST by

Here is your other auction of the same seeds going on at the same time- one is ending in 20 minutes and this one has 3 hours maybe-thought this was against listia's rules.
It's o.k. to do this?

Jan 11th, 2012 at 8:30:33 PM PST by

----What it actually says under "Prohibited Auction Items" is "Multiple identical or very similar items (more than 2)". Notice the "(more than 2)" at the end. I've noticed that some people get around this by changing the word order, dropping out words, changing the # of seeds offered, # of days, etc. & have actually had 3 or 4 listings of something I was interested in going simultaneously within a day or 2 or 3 apart.
-----I was waiting for one of my auctions to end before listing another, but in this case, after listing the first late Sunday nite, I stumbled upon a "my goals" promo on my "My Listia" page offering me 25 bonus credits per day for listing 1 auction each day. The promo was ending at 3 AM & since I'm not going to list my other seeds til I've had a chance to properly clean them, I hurriedly listed these a 2nd time to be awarded the 25 bonus credits.

Jan 11th, 2012 at 10:00:53 PM PST by

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