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Post by jedidiahwiebe on Mar 3, 2014 1:45:32 GMT -5
Hi! I've been growing quinoa for a few years up here in the pacific northwest. It's been great. We now harvest enough quinoa in fall to last two households through the winter. And we eat quite a bit! Currently we have a Grex population on the go, and are adding 20 new varieties this summer. Long term plan is to work on thinning it back out to make a landrace. My partner Sarah and I recently got inspired to do something about the derth of quinoa growing information sharing on the web so She created the web's first Quinoa forum. We launched it yesterday at a seedy Saturday in Enderby BC by giving away 250 beautiful packets of seed with the forum's web address to locals for free. Now we're working on answering peoples questions... but truthfully what I am really hoping for is the participation of people who know more than me, who can give better answers! I'm just hoping that: with a bountiful exchange of information - the process of communally learning to grow quinoa in a permie type farm can be accelerated and suitable landraces can be developed that will make this incredibly abundant crop useful to millions of people. If anyone wants to join the discussion it's www.projectquinoa.org
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Post by wildseedvt on Mar 3, 2014 9:42:51 GMT -5
I'm in the beginning of a similar project, but it's proving to be quite a challenge here in VT. So far none will mature here in time. The link you gave doesn't work I'm excited to participate on the site when it's up and running
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Post by philip on Aug 8, 2016 1:39:20 GMT -5
My attempts at starting a quinoa landrace. I have 5 - 6 varieties growing together. The seeds germinated well and grew without problems. We will see how the plants handle the wet, rainy breton weather and whether the grain will rot on the plant.
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