Editing Quinoa (section)

=== Sowing ===
Quinoa requires a significant amount of precipitation in order to germinate, therefore the traditional sowing date in [[Peru]] was between September and November. To increase the chance that more crops survive it would be advantageous to split up the sowing date among the plants. Traditionally quinoa was sowed by broadcast, in rows or grooves, or by broadcast and then making rows. Soil preparation should occur before sowing, and weeding should come soon after sowing the seeds.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Aguilar |first1=Pablo Cesar |last2=Jacobsen |first2=Sven-Erik |date=2003-01-05 |title=Cultivation of Quinoa on the Peruvian Altiplano |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1081/FRI-120018866 |journal=Food Reviews International |language=en |volume=19 |issue=1–2 |pages=31–41 |doi=10.1081/FRI-120018866 |issn=8755-9129}}</ref>

[[Crop rotation|Rotation]] is used in its Andean native range. Rotation is common with [[potato]], [[cereal]]s and [[legume]]s including ''[[Lupinus mutabilis]]''.<ref name="Zhang-et-al-2018">{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Heng |last2=Li |first2=Yuanyuan |last3=Zhu |first3=Jian-Kang |date=2018-11-26 |title=Developing naturally stress-resistant crops for a sustainable agriculture |journal=[[Nature Plants]] |volume=4 |issue=12 |pages=989–996 |bibcode=2018NatPl...4..989Z |doi=10.1038/s41477-018-0309-4 |pmid=30478360 |s2cid=53770458}}</ref><ref name="Rasmussen-et-al-2003">{{cite journal |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Claus |last2=Lagnaoui |first2=Aziz |last3=Esbjerg |first3=Peter |date=2003-01-05 |title=Advances in the Knowledge of Quinoa Pests |url=http://orgprints.org/28718/7/28718.pdf |journal=Food Reviews International |volume=19 |issue=1–2 |pages=61–75 |doi=10.1081/fri-120018868 |s2cid=55311455}}</ref> Traditionally, quinoa rotation happens in plots called aynoqas. These are made up of different sized plots in different zones, and each family unit would own plots in different areas. The aynoqas allowed for better crop yield, agricultural and ecological sustainability, and food security within communities.<ref name=":1" />