What you need
- A full grown amaranth
- Garden cutters
- A basket with netting on top
- A seed dryer/or somewhere to dry
- Wire-mesh Strainer (if you are going to store)
- 2 Bowls (if you are going to store)
- Small plastic bag (if you are going to store)
- Pen and white stickers (if you are going to store)
How to do it
- First cut off a stem with lots little ball like puffs from your fully-grown amaranth.
- Put your amaranth stem in your seed dryer/or place to dry. Let your amaranth stem dry for about 3 to 4 days in your basket with netting on top.
- Now take off all the puffballs and put them in your basket with netting on top (do it above 1 of your bowls).
- Once you got the puff balls all off, put your amaranth stem in the compost.
- Now you just take the puffballs and use your thumb and pointer and rub the puffballs in between your fingers. (Do this above your other bowl)
- Soon enough little black sprinkles (seeds) will fall into your other bowl.
- Now get the strainer and put it above the now empty bowl, and grab your other bowl. Then dump the black sprinkles (seeds) with the puffballs in the strainer.
- Now shake the strainer carefully and pretty much only the black sprinkles will fall into the bowl.
- Now put your puffballs in your compost and continue this process until the puffballs are gone.
- Now slide them in your small plastic zip lock, then stick on the white sticker, and finally write the name on the label, which are red amaranth seeds.
- The seeds will last for 2 years, you can either grow them now or store then up to 2 years.
Jazlinh 