Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[SASKFARMER3]

Quit being such a ass and tell us about your crop and your new area. Some of us are interested in that.

[sumdumguy]

I read somewhere that pigweed is an amaranth species and amaranth seeds pop like minature popcorn seeds. In mexico I think they coat the popped seeds in that red sugary crap and sell it as candy.

About ten years ago the pipeline went through here and due to various factors never closed our area until much later. To our surprise some type of huge Amaranth appeared from the under dirt thatvwas dug up - a monster from hell. It was all over and grew to 7 feet tall in fertile soil with adequate moisture. A mature plant could have a thick woody stem with a 3 inch diameter. In the trees, I needed to take an axe to chop it out. The leaves were as big as a tub and we dreamed of a way to put this plant to good use. A worthy project, maybe I could get a big research grant and rub shoulders with Suzuki and Gore. 😹