Additionally, other salad greens such as Asian mustards, spinach chard and edible red leaf amaranth are more heat-tolerant and bolt-resistant leafy greens than lettuce.

Additionally, other salad greens such as Asian mustards, spinach chard and edible red leaf amaranth are more heat-tolerant and bolt-resistant leafy greens than lettuce.

There are leafy greens that are more tolerant of heat. These include Malabar spinach, New Zealand spinach, Swiss chard, edible red leaf amaranth, orach, and garden purslane.

There are many species of amaranth, but the ones commonly grown in Kenya for their leaves include Amaranthus cruentus and Amaranthus blitum. For grain, Amaranthus caudatus is popular.