Hi Gardeners, I placed a layer of straw all over my veggie garden, now I have the most magnificent crop of some sort of grain. does anyone know what it is? If it’s barely I might brew a beer.
It probably is barley, I’ve got a bunch of the same coming up wherever straw was put down.
regional_rat
Barley bred
Objective-Owl-7762
It’s wheat
Additional_Taro_3341
Definatly wheat dude
nomadfaa
Wheat
Barley has no shell/husks
Aussiealterego
Barley. I sprout it for my chooks, and get random one’s growing outside the run.
sausagelover79
I’m fairly certain it’s wheat 🌾 (I grew up on a farm, we mostly grew wheat and oats but sometimes had barley), it’s a little bit hard to tell from the photos but from memory barley has a more “even” look to the husks if that makes sense.
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It probably is barley, I’ve got a bunch of the same coming up wherever straw was put down.
Barley bred
It’s wheat
Definatly wheat dude
Wheat
Barley has no shell/husks
Barley. I sprout it for my chooks, and get random one’s growing outside the run.
I’m fairly certain it’s wheat 🌾 (I grew up on a farm, we mostly grew wheat and oats but sometimes had barley), it’s a little bit hard to tell from the photos but from memory barley has a more “even” look to the husks if that makes sense.
I know someone has already given a great scientific reply, but in case its helpful for you or anyone else in future, [this agriculture VIC page](https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/crops-and-horticulture/grains-pulses-and-cereals/crop-production/general-agronomy/identifying-cereal-seedlings) has some good explanations of differences. 🙂
AI thinks it’s common bread wheat.
I vote wheat too
Definitely wheat, not barley.