Rouge de Bordeaux wheat
$4.00
(Triticum aestivum)
Hard red facultative. First described in the mid-1800s, this tall wheat variety from France has recently regained some popularity among people who are into baking with heirloom wheats. 140 days to harvest. 180 seeds/packet.
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Plant 1/2-2” deep, a few inches apart; preferably in rows 7-9” apart, but can also be broadcast and raked to cover. Wheat are categorized as spring-planted, fall-planted, or facultative (either spring or fall); pay attention when planning your garden. Plant spring wheats and facultative wheats in the spring as soon as soil can be worked; plant fall wheats and facultative wheats in fall, sometime around the first frost. Harvest when seed is at ‘hard dough’ stage, dentable by not easily crushed; make into sheaves and stook to cure until fully dry and hard. Thresh and winnow.
To use straw for weaving, harvest when topmost joint in stem is still a little green.