http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/Crops/Quinoa.aspx

Here’s what the article says about harvesting:

“Plants have a sorghum-like seed head at maturity. Harvest usually begins when the seed can barely be dented with a fingernail and plants have dried, turned a pale yellow or red color, and leaves have dropped. The seed should thresh easily by hand at this time. Field dry down is usually acceptable and plants are harvested easily with a combine. A sorghum header attachment is recommended for quinoa, although platform headers can usually be used as well, without a large crop loss. Cylinder speed and air flow of combines are usually greatly reduced. Smaller screens are used than with cereal grains due to the small size and lighter weight of quinoa seed. A fanning mill and gravity separator is usually necessary to remove trash from the seed after combining. Grain must be dry before storage. Quinoa stover contains little fiber and subsequently provides little crop residue.
Rain during harvest will cause problems since mature seed will germinate within 24 hours after exposure to moisture.”

Keep up the great work!

I came from a country that grow the best sweet potato in the world but yet – here I am looking for help growing my own crops. Thanks for the tips – I will give a try!

The admin is only trying to show how to grow oats, and I didn’t see his/her request for a lesson on Celiacs disease, nor to be educated on how wheat proteins travel on magical fairy dust and infect all that is around them.