{"title":"Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrains like Wheat (\u003cem\u003eTriticum spp.\u003c\/em\u003e) are surprisingly easy and very rewarding crops for home gardeners. They can be planted as early as the ground can be worked in spring. Here in coastal British Columbia (zones 7-9), October or November sowings also produce excellent results. Late fall or early spring plantings are harvested before August, opening possibilities for mid-summer sowings of other crops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrains tend to \"lodge\" or fall over in very fertile earth, so you can plant them in your less enriched areas. To first-time growers I recommend sowing Wheat, Barley, Oats and Rye an inch or two apart in rows. After a season of multiplying them, planting in blocks works well. Lightly cover the seed with soil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarvest ripe seed when the plants have dried down completely. Pick or cut individual heads and thresh by hand or foot rubbing. I use a simple wooden threshing box that is 3 feet by 4 feet by 1 foot high with some thin slats screwed onto the inside bottom for extra abrasion. A foot shuffle over the hard grains removes the chaff from the kernels. I then use a nozzle attachment on my air compressor to quickly clean the seed. Fanning, screening and winnowing work too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew people realize that wheat can be sprouted or cooked as the whole wheat \"berries\" they are. In fact, these delicious ways of eating wheat provide much more nutritional benefit than consuming it as bread or pasta. Your homegrown wheat will cook up in about an hour at a low simmer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaving your own seed: Grain cultivars don't cross, so saving seed for planting is simply a matter of not eating all the harvest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePackets of all the Wheats listed below contain one tablespoon or 300+ seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kamut-khorasan-wheat-triticum-turgidum-spp-turanicum","title":"Kamut \/ Khorasan Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTriticum turgidum spp. turanicum\u003c\/em\u003e. Has a very beautiful, silvery blue seedhead as well as a characteristic gooseneck wave in its stalk. The kernels are twice the size of regular wheat. Kamut contains 29% more protein and 27% more lipids than common wheat. It measures much higher in vitamins and minerals. As a cooked whole grain, it has a rich corn-like flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880379091,"sku":"B-WHE-KAM","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/files\/Kamut_scaled.jpg?v=1770769120"},{"product_id":"red-fife-triticum-spp","title":"Red Fife Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTriticum spp\u003c\/em\u003e. Early hard red spring wheat. Very famous Canadian heirloom, becoming popular again because of its great flavour. Sow early spring or Sept\/Oct on the coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880379603,"sku":"B-WHE-RED","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/products\/Red_Fife.jpg?v=1480461967"},{"product_id":"white-sonora-wheat","title":"White Sonora Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrown in northwest Mexico since around 1770. Soft white wheat with mostly awnless, compact, medium-long heads. This Land Race wheat has done very well for us for 12 years now. Very high yields in 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880379991,"sku":"B-WHE-SON","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/files\/WhiteSonoraWheat_scaled.jpg?v=1770770297"},{"product_id":"black-einkorn","title":"Black Einkorn Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTriticum monococcum.\u003c\/em\u003e Ancient grain that was cultivated during the Neolithic and early Bronze age. Its low gluten content makes it easy to digest. Compared to modern wheat, einkorn has higher levels of protein, essential fatty acids, phosporous, potassium, vitamin B6, lutein and beta-carotene. Can be used whole or ground in baking. No garden sight more beautiful than watching these dance in the breeze. 300 seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880379995,"sku":"B-WHE-BLA","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/products\/008Black_Einkorn_Wheat.jpg?v=1771026623"},{"product_id":"utrecht-blue-wheat","title":"Utrecht Blue Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very striking and ornamental wheat that usually grows to about 5 feet. Difficult to thresh so the grains come mostly unhulled in our seed packets. Brown kernels are rich tasting and low in gluten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880380007,"sku":"B-WHE-UTR","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/files\/Utrecht_Blue_Wheat_scaled.jpg?v=1771022595"},{"product_id":"emmer-wheat-triticum-dicoccum","title":"Emmer Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTriticum dicoccum\u003c\/em\u003e. Also known as Farro. One of the first crops domesticated in the Near East. Gives good yields in poor soils and has good resistance to fungal diseases in wet soil. Excellent flavour eaten as whole grain. Low in fat, high in iron and dietary fibre. We haven't dehulled the seeds and they can be planted as they are. Commercial variety originally obtained from Fieldstone Organics in Armstrong, BC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880382331,"sku":"B-WHE-EMM","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/files\/Emmer2_scaled.jpg?v=1770849391"},{"product_id":"bue-tinge-ethiopian-emmer","title":"Blue Tinge Ethiopian Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Triticum dicoccum) I brought two seedheads of this wheat back from Ethiopia in 1993 and I have since mailed out many thousands of packets around the world. It has become a commercial crop in California. It grows to 4 feet high, matures in about 80 days and has an unusual pretty blue cast to both seedheads and seeds. Easy to thresh and delicious cooked as a whole grain. As well, it makes the best sprouted wheat berries I have ever tried. Consistently gives great yields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, it was planted June 17th and harvested at the end of August.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Spring Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":880383227,"sku":"B-WHE-BLU","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9587\/files\/BlueTingeEthiopianWheat_scaled.jpg?v=1770769982"},{"product_id":"akmolinka-wheat","title":"Akmolinka Wheat Seeds","description":"\u003cem\u003eTriticum turgidum ssp turgidum.\u003c\/em\u003e Landrace cultivar from North Kazakhstan. Flame-shaped heads. Fall or spring planting. High yielding. 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