🚚 Fast Nationwide Delivery (3–5 Working Days)
📦 Free Delivery Over R750 (R59 Flat Fee Under R750)
🌱 Premium Quality Seeds & Gardening Equipment
🔁 Friendly Support Before & After Your Order
🇿🇦 SA’s Trusted Gardening Specialists
Marog Red is a warm-weather annual with vibrant red leaves, mild flavour and crisp edible stems.
Quick Grow Facts
-
Plant Type: Annual
-
Scientific Name: Amaranthus tricolor
-
General Sowing Time: Spring to Autumn
-
Position: Sun
-
Sow Depth: 2 mm
-
Spacing: 25 x 25 cm
-
Germination: 7-14 days
-
Days to Harvest: 30 - 45 days
-
Height: Up to 1 metre
-
Spread: 0.5 metres
-
Seed Quantity - 2g raw seed: Approx 3 000 seeds
-
Seed Quantity - 50g raw seed: Approx 75 000 seeds
Why Grow This Variety
- Tender leaves can be used as a hot-weather spinach substitute.
- Leaves and stems can be eaten raw or cooked.
- The plant is described as reaching 1 metre tall and 0.5 metres wide.
- The listed harvest window is 30 - 45 days.
Garden Uses
Use Marog Red leaves in salads, stir-fries, soups or curries, and use the crisp stems raw or cooked.
Growing Notes
- Sow during spring to autumn.
- Use the listed position: Sun.
- Follow the listed sow depth of 2 mm and spacing of 25 x 25 cm.
- Allow 7-14 days for germination.
Brought to you by Ubuntuberg Seeds, where our mission is to cultivate humanity & harvest unity. Ubuntuberg Seeds: the highest quality seed stock in all of Southern Africa, sourced from sustainable farms, guaranteeing you the best quality seed stock.
