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Article: Keen to grow quinoa? Start early; keep it cool.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- August 29, 2002
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Q. I want to grow quinoa. Can I do this in a back yard? How much would I need to plant to harvest the seed?
A. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is an American Indian crop that has been grown since 3000 B.C., high in the Andes of Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. For the Inca, quinoa was a staple, called the "mother grain" or Inca rice. Yields can be as much as 1,200 pounds per acre with certain varieties.
The Chenopodium, or goosefoot, family includes many plants that are commonly thought of as weeds, including lamb-quarters, pigweed and narrow leaf goosefoot. Quinoa is in the same family as beets and spinach, and susceptible to some of the same pests as ...