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Amaranth

Thotakura / Chaulai

The fastest, most heat-proof green you can grow here. Ready in three weeks, almost year-round.

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Planting calendar

Month-by-month sowing suitability (northern-hemisphere reference — the app shifts calendars for your latitude). Best months to sow: Mar–Jul, Oct–Nov.

Year-roundAmaranth is year-round — viable most months when you manage containers, water, and shade. Peaks may still vary.
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Amaranth monthly sowing suitability
MonthSuitability
JanuaryGood
FebruaryGood
MarchBest
AprilBest
MayBest
JuneBest
JulyBest
AugustGood
SeptemberGood
OctoberBest
NovemberBest
DecemberGood
Growing requirements
Sun
4–6 hours direct light
Water
Medium
Shade tolerance
Medium
Container
8L (10 inch pot)
Soil depth
15 cm
Support
None
First harvest
25 days from sowing
Lifecycle
45 days
Timeline

Germination: about 5 days.

Flowering begins: around day 0.

First harvest: around day 25.

Harvest window: roughly 20 days.

Terrace notes for Amaranth

The single best beginner green for Hyderabad — fast, heat-proof and almost impossible to fail. Sow a fresh tray fortnightly.

Care tips

  • Broadcast sow and barely cover the tiny seeds.
  • Harvest the whole plant young or cut-and-come-again.
  • Succession-sow every 2 weeks for a steady supply.
Common pests
  • Leaf webber
  • Aphids
Common diseases
  • White rust

Traits

  • Fast harvest
  • Beginner safe
  • Monsoon friendly
  • Year-round
  • Low effort
  • Terrace star

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