Quinoa, Brightest Brilliant

I LOVE this quinoa. It's easy to grow, even with this hot, dry summer we've been having. The colors are gorgeous! I haven't harvested any yet, but the flower heads are loaded! I agree with the other review - when the plants are young and just starting to set flowers, aphids will come in droves. Just be diligent about spraying them off with water every day. After a few weeks, they seem to go away. My plants are easily reaching 5-6 ft tall, and still growing. They are very top heavy, and I've had to tie some to sticks to keep them upright. Will update on the harvest when it gets here.

Have yet to eat the seeds as they are still growing but have enjoyed the leaves added to salads and tossed into hot pasta as I would with spinach all summer. These plants are roughly 5' on average with the tallest reaching almost 7'. Full of buds and just waiting for them to bloom. Only downsides are that aphids seem to be a huge fan of them and that once they reach 4' and begin developing heavy buds some plants will bend and snap in half in strong winds or rain storms.