Love the way it looks. 
Think I prefer the basic salad mix taste though. Think this would be better for adding some color to another green.
oh, it's edible? I grow it as a flower and it self seeds here.
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Never thought of doing amaranth as microgreens. That's super pretty, if nothing else!
From what I'm seeing, it's quite nutritious / healthy.
Makes sense. I know the leaves are a good substitute for spinach, in addition to the seeds being a nutritious pseudograin, yet the idea of using it for microgreens never occurred to me. I'll have to consider this for myself!
You all here are inspiring me! I used to have a decent window herb garden until aphids shut it down a couple years ago, but I'd like to start it back up again soon...
Do it, and post updates to let us know how it goes :)
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