it germinates with warm soil 70-75.I useually direct sow mine& let it have some light.I just step on the seed crumbles& keep watered& not dry out.
Amaranthus C(cludatis or close)
Bookmark this!I KNOW you will use this!And go get a stokes seeds catalog mailed to your house.I also have mine saved for offline.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm1.html also...you might as well know this too.chamimile tea& peroxide and water are great for keeping fungas at bay.1 tea bag in reg cup& I add after steeping to a gallon jug running through 3 times& sometimes even poke the bag in there too boot.Peroxide is 1 part peroxide 20 parts water& thats GH grade(70% versis stroe 3-7%).