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anyone tried growing grains?
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Cool beans. I've discovered that grains come in feed-grade, till-in grade (don't harvest & till in to enrich the soil for next years crop), human-food grade and ornamental. I just sent my Genus Species list to HI Ag Plant Division for the final OK. It may require that I take the unopened seeds to a field office for them to look at. Fine by me. Hopefully I'll hear back today, as the Ag folks have been super responsive.

For anyone who's interested, here's what I'm ordering if HI Ag gives the OK. I'm leaving the exact choice of sub-species up to the seed guy in Canada. I've asked him to choose the variety of each species that'll do best in hot & humid, but are also very easy to thresh. THreshing difficulty knocked a lot of his available wheats off my list.

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
Hulless Oats (Avena sativa nuda)
Millet (Panicum miliaceum)
Hulless Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
Red Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Club Wheat (Triticum compactum)
Durum Wheat (Triticum durum)

The winter wheat and quinoa I started (from the bulk food bins at Natural Foods Market) really took off last night. I feel like a proud mama!

* I'd rather fail at happiness than succeed at misery *
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anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-05-2008, 07:23 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by StillHope - 07-05-2008, 07:38 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-05-2008, 07:58 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by csgray - 07-05-2008, 08:36 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by StillHope - 07-08-2008, 01:29 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-08-2008, 05:13 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by Hotzcatz - 07-09-2008, 04:48 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-09-2008, 05:29 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-09-2008, 12:04 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by StillHope - 07-09-2008, 12:48 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-09-2008, 01:13 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by StillHope - 07-09-2008, 01:28 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by olin137 - 07-09-2008, 11:17 PM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by Scott_S - 07-10-2008, 02:55 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by hooligal - 07-10-2008, 03:49 AM
RE: anyone tried growing grains? - by Kapohocat - 07-10-2008, 04:51 AM

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