[Grovenet] wheat

[Katie Allnutt]

Can I be a genius if I just don't plant wheat in my garden?! Ha!

It was a thought that came into my head 'just because'.
Maybe I should stick to peas and tomatoes and just add beets this year.

Katie


On Apr 16, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Kevin wrote:

> It's too late to plant winter varieties, they are planted around  
> October and need the cold weather to "vernalize". Winter varieties  
> are best suited to our climate and produce the highest yields.
>
>  It's really too late to plant spring varieties as well.  They  
> produce best when planted in February or March.
>
>  But for next year...  ;-)     Why do you want to grow it in a  
> garden?  With expected production in the 100-150 bushel/acre under  
> optimum fertility and husbandry you can't expect to get much wheat  
> from a garden size plot.   If you are looking to make home ground  
> flour our "soft white" is not well suited to four because of  
> protein levels.  If you want to grow it because of concerns of  
> chemical residue you'd probably be better off finding a farmer who  
> grows certified organic wheat and buy a bag from him/her.
> If you are looking at it more for artistic endeavors (wheat  
> weaving, etc) then you probably want some of the more decorative  
> varieties.
>
> Experience helps farmers get smarter every year, until they finally  
> get smart enough to quite.   ;-)
>
> Kevin
>
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