3rd Generation

The company I bought this Tender Green Edible Amaranth from does not always have the seed available, so I got to experience how easy it is to let the plants go to seed and save them to make new plants:

Amaranth seeds are tiny little things.

They sprout fast, then the seedlings languish for two or three weeks before taking off. 

This one is growing in liquid nutrient solution in an AeroGarden planter.  As soon as it gets big enough I will cut of the top stems and put them back in the grow hole to root, and move the original plants out to my new raised garden.  Then when the cuttings get big enough, I'll do the same thing with them.  

That way I will be assured of having enough of them to eat.  The leaves are good fresh in a salad, sauteed in butter, or sliced in soup.