Amaranth Seeds - Opopeo

Amaranthus caudatus HEIRLOOM. Extremely productive traditional amaranth from Mexico, with beautiful magenta flowers and bright pink stems. Opopeo Amaranth makes for a wonderful cut flower, growing all summer long, reaching heights of five to six feet. The cream-colored seeds of Opopeo Amaranth are edible.  Sow Opopeo Amaranth seeds after all danger of frost has passed. Ideal temperatures for Opopeo Amaranth are 65 - 90 degrees F. Amaranth requires full sun, and is not frost hardy. Plant Amaranth seeds 1/8 inch deep and thin / space plants to 18 inches a part for mature spacing. 60 days. 1 gram packet contains a minimum of 400 seeds.  Small Farmer Grown by Wild Plum Farms, Dixon, MT.