Has anyone grown Quinoa or Chia before?

[PunkRotten]

Hi,

Has anyone grown chia or quinoa before. I eat both pretty often and was curious and looked at some plants on google images. Quinoa gets pretty huge, and harvesting seems like it can be a pain in the butt, and I bet it reseeds like crazy. I found this cool article:

https://gardenerd.com/growing-quinoa-a-complete-protein/

Despite all this, I might consider giving it a try. Chia doesn't seem to get as big but probably is a hassle to harvest and reseeds crazy too.

[ReptileAddiction]

I have never grown it and only eaten it once from a friend but I am interested to see how it goes. Keep us updated.

[PunkRotten]

If I do consider it, it won't be until 2014. All my available ground and pots are used up.

[lorax]

Quinoa's a weed, so be wary. If you can grow spinach, though, you can grow it, and quite successfully. It's a taller crop but takes up relatively little by way of ground space.

[!potatoes!]

quinoa tend to have the bad habit of sprouting while still on the plant if it gets rained on too close to harvest.

chia's a drylands salvia, right? should be possible where you are. make sure it gets good drainage.