Growing Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat Cover Crop Garden Seeds
About Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat Cover Crop Garden Seeds
Like many cereal grains, hard red spring wheat is a popular cover crop broadcast directly in spring for late summer tilling. For a traditional garden harvest, sow 2-3 Organic hard red spring wheat cover crop seeds ½" deep and 2-3" apart in fertile, loamy, and well-drained garden soil in full sun. Non-GMO hard red spring wheat seeds germinate in 4-10 days, with no thinning required. Non-GMO Triticum aestivum is a spring-hardy grain with no serious pests or diseases. If grown as a spring cover crop, mow to crop before heirloom spring wheat begins to seed. If sown to harvest grains and berries, then harvest hard red spring wheat when heads of seed have become dried, hard, and heavy in late summer to early fall. Depending on the size of the crop, anything from a pair of scissors to a scythe would work to cut down hard red spring wheat for tilling or grain drying. Using twine, bunch up loose wheat into a bale, about the size of a bundle of wood. Allow spring wheat to dry for 2-3 weeks before harvesting hard red spring wheat berries. Like many grains of the Triticum family, non-GMO Organic hard red spring wheat berries can be milled, rolled, steel-cut, and boiled for nearly any occasion.
All Wheat is Not Equal. We have experience growing wheatgrass and have been in the commercial wheatgrass business for the last twenty years. We have grown many different kinds of wheat from different areas: Texas, Utah, Idaho, Montana, California, and Israel —both Organic and non-organic. The wheat we use now is grown in eastern Washington and is undoubtedly the best wheat we have ever used. It has a spectacular germination rate and makes a beautiful and nutritious grass. Our hard red spring wheat is USDA-certified organic, which means the grower has not used herbicides in the field for over 3 years.
Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat Benefits
Non-GMO Organic hard red spring wheat is planted in the fall and harvested the following summer and will often yield more than spring wheat. Like all heirloom spring grains, one major advantage of organic spring wheat is that it starts growing right away in the spring, so you will not get stuck in spring moisture trying to plant. Non-GMO Organic hard red spring wheat must sprout and grow in the fall, then go through a period of vernalization to produce grain the following summer. This is why it is important to seed heirloom spring wheat early enough for it to establish. Like many other cover crops, Organic hard red spring wheat is known to replenish tired soils of their depleted nitrogen and nutrients, while improving soil tilth, structure, water flow, and weed suppression.
If hard red spring wheat is Organic, it will have a wider variety of minerals than non-organic wheat. If you grow with organic compost, soil organisms will help the grass absorb minerals properly. Organic produce should also have organisms on it that produce cobalamin (B-12).
Wholesale Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat Cover Crop Seeds Per Package:
- 1 lb - Wholesale - Approximately 8,000 Seeds
- 5 lb - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 40,000 Seeds
- 25 lb - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 200,000 Seeds
- 50 lb - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 400,000 Seeds
- 750 lb Pallet - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 6,000,000 Seeds
- 1275 lb Pallet - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 10,200,000 Seeds
- 2000 lb Pallet - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 16,000,000 Seeds
Non-GMO Organic Hard Red Spring Wheat cover crop seeds are available for Fast Free Shipping on qualifying orders.
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