Quinoa

Quinoa

Chenopodium quinoa

Sow outdoors 1 week after your last spring frost. Space plants 12 in (30 cm) apart.

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When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Direct Sow

From seedRecommended
  1. Sow outdoors1 week after your last spring frost
  2. First harvestabout 100 days after sowing

Optimal Indoor Start

From seed
  1. Start indoors2 weeks before your last spring frost
  2. Begin hardening offaround your last spring frost
  3. Plant out1 week after your last spring frost
  4. First harvestabout 100 days after sowing

Growing quinoa

Spacing in the row
12 in (30 cm)
Between rows
24 in (61 cm)
Planting depth
1/4 inch
Sun
Full Sun
Mature height
4-6 ft
Life cycle
Annual

Feeding

How often
At planting only. Compost or a light balanced feed worked in before sowing is plenty; extra nitrogen gives tall leafy plants with smaller seed heads.

Your quinoa, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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