Have you ever baked your own bread? You should definitely try it, because the difference in taste is clearly noticeable. It is even better and, above all, healthier if you use the grain you have grown yourself to make the dough. But it takes some time before you can harvest and grind the grains. It all starts with sowing, about which this article will tell you in detail.

Grain grows best on soil enriched with compost

The variety choice

Grain types are divided into summer and winter varieties. Depending on which variant you choose, the recommended date for sowing varies.

  • Winter wheat: Sow in autumn, harvest in May
  • Spring wheat: Sow in spring, harvest in autumn

Soil requirements of spring wheat

  • calcareous
  • nutritious
  • profound
  • pH of 6.5-7

Soil requirements of winter wheat

  • best sow after root crops or rape

manual

  1. Enrich the soil with compost.
  2. Level the ground.
  3. Scatter the seeds on the ground.
  4. There are around 85 g of seed per ten square meters.
  5. Cover the seeds with soil using a rake.
  6. Cover the area with a close-meshed net to protect against birds.
  7. Water the seeds daily.
  8. The first offspring will soon appear.
  9. You can observe how grains gradually form and the shoots turn golden.

More tips

  • There are both hardy and frost-sensitive types of summer wheat. You can sow the former from January to March. The latter only later in the spring.
  • The soil should be firm at the bottom and loose at the top.
  • Applying heat speeds up germination.
  • Late sowing requires more seeds as the soil is very dry in summer.
  • The sowing depth is on average 2 to 4 cm. This value varies depending on the humidity.
  • Sow the seeds too deep and a weak plant will develop.
  • Keep the bed free of weeds.
  • If grain cultivation follows maize cultivation, you should dig up the soil well.
  • Winter wheat sown too early is more susceptible to disease.

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Vegetable garden