JD Seller =Spelt

J. Schwiebert · Feb 17, 2015

FY! for you, story in our Coop magazine about a guy in western Ohio that is growing Spelt for flour. Have not read it yet. Since you grow or did grow some. J.

Traditional Farmer · Feb 17, 2015

Some of the Amish around Lancaster PA grow Spelt.

Curt Cooke · Feb 17, 2015

Had a farmer here that used to grow them. I combined them. They fill a combine bin real fast, very light and bulky.

Dblair · Feb 17, 2015

does it produce more pounds per acre or are you growing it because it's an ancient grain .

oliver fan · Feb 17, 2015

When I was a kid, we had neighbors that raised spelts. They ground them, and fed them to hogs in place of wheat.

Robert Major · Feb 17, 2015

Hi We grew it at the seed plant i worked at. I was truck driver, when we found out about volume with a Cat combine!. The field was at the back of the bin yard. It took ages to empty the truck up a 13" pto auger. Boss called me wanting to know why i wasn't back. And what the bushels to the acre was.

I just said it's like popcorn going up the auger. And I need to know a weight conversion from kg to bushels for popcorn to figure it out!. That was the end of that conversation pretty quick.
We never grew it again there as we had problems with a 35 acre test plot, let alone a couple hundred acres or more of it.
Regards Robert

MtMan · Feb 17, 2015

Makes good straw .

Dick2 · Feb 17, 2015

It's mentioned in the Bible, so it's been around for a long time. Apparently, they fed it to oxen back then.

BANDITFARMER · Feb 17, 2015

My uncle grew them for years before he died. He always planted 15 to 20 acres a year to feed the cows and hogs with. He sold a lot to other people for feed but kept enough to plant back that fall. Run the cylinder slow and open the cylinder up to leave as much grain in the head as possible and open the sives up. We would run what we cut threw a clipper seed cleaner to get any loose grain out and bag it for seed and the rest (the bulk of it) went into a bin to make feed with. To tell you the truth he and his son are the only people I know of that ever grew them around here and his son still grows some every year for feed. All I can say is there animals allways looked good. Always good to hear there still being grown and sounds like there might be a market for them now. Bandit

Mike(NEOhio) · Feb 17, 2015

My neighbor across the road grows some almost every year for straw. He raises lambs and says it makes better straw than oats.

Bill VA · Feb 17, 2015

I'm reading a book by Dan Barber called The Third Plate. Part of the focus of the book is about more organic farming and varieties of plants that have more inherent flavor and nutrition. One of the framers spoken about in the book grows Spelt. I had never heard of it.

The book was recommended by a friend. It is an interesting read so far, but I'm taking some of it with a grain of salt.

Bill

JD Seller · Feb 17, 2015

I try to plant some each year. I really like them for starting calves out on feed. Cattle love them straight and they have enough fiber that they can't founder on them.

The last two falls have been tough on getting them to come up. The ground just has been too dry. So I have had a spotty stand come spring and then the weed took over. I mowed them off this summer and balled them with the round baler.

The ones I planted this fall did not look the best either. I will see what they look like in the spring. IF the stand is like last years I will kill them and plant something else to keep the weeds out.

casenut1 · Feb 17, 2015

Yes , grew up growing spelts. Used it for sow feed . Large amount of fiber in it.

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