‘Temuco’ Quinoa

From South America, & has very open seed-heads that help shed the rain. A good choice for the wetter or windier parts of the UK, we find that this is always a heavy producer.

Quinoa seeds are yellow when harvested (see picture) and are just soaked in water to remove the coating of natural saponins before cooking (otherwise they taste ‘soapy’). This is why bought seed is white – it’s been pre-washed for you. The advantage of this ‘soapiness’ is that it puts off the birds from eating the seed, so less need for netting or small boys throwing stones!

Both drought and wet tolerant. Instructions for seed collection included but it’s pretty simple!