How to Cut Callaloo for a Continuous Harvest All Season Long 

What’s the best time to plant in America. ‘In pots’

Where can 8 get some to grow?

Hey there! Callaloo is a variety of amaranth that goes in Jamaica. Rich in lots of minerals and iron. It's a staple in Jamaican households

Have u planted yet

We are in Georgia zone 8A. We amend our soil by adding fowl manure( from our chickens) to it. After tilling and making the rows, we add black cow( yellow bag) and mater maker to each hole that we place a plant into. It's the same mix more or less that we used in our carrots video. We will be posting how we planted our scotch bonnet starts very soon!

@@humbleservantshomestead7974 @Humble Servants Homestead thank you for response. I did see process after binge watching your videos. I don't have access to chicken manure, will horse manure work. Plenty of that. I have used in container gardening with peat moss and vermiculite

It could be the variety that you are growing. Sounds more like pigweed

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@Humble Servants Homestead. This is my first time growing callaloo. Unfortunately, all the bugs and caterpillars love it. I rarely find a leaf w/o holes in it. What do you do to keep the pests away? Also, they say callaloo and amaranth are the same thing but I've never had luck growing amaranth but the callaloo is growing in 4 different areas, 2 of which are clay dense areas. So I'm thinking they're in the same family, but not the same plant . Do you know if I'm right? I see your callaloo. You must know a lot about it. They're beautiful. Also, do you have any storage suggestions? The few leaves I get aren't enough to cook a full dish. Thanks you and anyone who has knowledge to share. Be truth, Keep growing, Much love.

@@9ethergoddess369 Callaloo is in the amaranth family but not exactly amaranth. There will he bug holes in some leaves but you have to spray with a neem oil and soap mixture to keep the bugs off or they will consume the entire plant!

@@humbleservantshomestead7974 Thank you so much. I'm going to do that. I have neem oil. Is it better to use the Castile soap? Or could I use black soap? Or does it have to be dish soap? Thanks again.

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Do you mean they are going to seed(developing seed pods)? Depending on your grow zone and variety as well. We start our seeds around the end of spring/beginning or summer. The more you cut and harvest the more callaloo they produce. When you slow down and stop harvesting from the plants, they began developing their seeds.

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They are in the same family but you have different varieties. Depending on which part of the world you are in, the name may be different. For example it's called bhaji in Guyana and callaloo in Jamaica. This particular variety is cow tongue or broad leaf callaloo.

Me too. My leaves look different

This variety we are growing is called broad leaf callaloo. It's the original Jamaican variety also called cow tongue because of the size of the leaves. It's in the amaranth family

@@humbleservantshomestead7974 in NY. What’s the best time to plant in pots. I don’t have a garden.

@@gennisparry4352 I know this callaloo thrives in heat so I would say when your temp gets consistantly warm. They grow pretty fast once planted and established

We use a neem oil and castile soap mixture to help keep bugs at bay. We do have a video on the ratio portions so be sure to check that out

Spring time is the best time to plant callaloo if your in Zone 8a like we are.

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We have allowed our plants to seed now that the season is done! We will be filming that video in a few days so stay tuned!

It could be the seed quality of the callaloo that you have. We just started our seed for this years crop about 2 weeks ago and they are just beginning to sprout. We will be keeping the updates coming on how we grow our callaloo this year so you can see first hand.

@@humbleservantshomestead7974 I’m starting to think that’s the issue. Thanks for responding so quickly!

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