John, what I was saying was that the pigweed flea beetle attacks my
cultivated vegetable amaranth (a variety grown specifically for its =
leaves:
red/green in color, with nutty flavor when lightly cooked) when I sow it =
in
late spring to grow to maturity for its seeds. Moira inquired about =
growing
a weed that might be more attractive to this flea beetle. I said I =
didn't
know what wild amaranth (pigweed) looked like. Since then I've looked =
at
photos on Google. As far as I can tell, no *wild* amaranth grows in our
meadow.
I have a goodly quantity of seed heads saved from last year. I sowed =
some
of them in spring and these plants are setting seed now, that I'll =
collect
for next year. I'll sow most of the rest of them this week, to have =
tender
young greens to harvest in 6 weeks.
Pat
