FREE: Organic Lambsquarters (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 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.
--Next year spot ready? Take 1/3 of seeds, mix w/ sand, broadcast (atop snow OK). Tiny seeds. Sand lets you spread evenly. Rake lightly (require lite to germinate), rest in zip lock & freeze - 4-5 wks, sow when spring soil's workable.
--Transplant easily w/ almost no setback. 3% 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 & next, etc.
--Sow indoors in small tray 6-8 weeks before average last frost. Germination increases w/ lite, strong day & night temp fluctuation, & nitrate in soil. Generous compost in mix increases germination. For temp fluctuation put tray in fridge after dark & return to windowsill in AM til 1st seedlings show. Pot on, move to garden w/ minor hardening off around last freeze date.
--Seeds not germinated viable but dormant. Add rest of mix to a spot where you want Lambsquarters in the future. Plant produces 30,000-100,000+ seeds. You'll have all you can use.