Barley seeds

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BARLEY
Sumite Mochi
OS Heritage (Hordeum vulgare)
Description: This barley came into our collection many
years ago from K.U.S.A, an organisation in California
saving endangered heritage grains. Ancient Japanese
nakad food-barley. Has purplish coloured grain and till-
ers vigorously. Glutinous-trait food barleys are very, very
rare. This is one of them. Makes excellent sprouted bar-
ley cakes.
Sowing: Sow either late Autumn of early Spring, de-
pending what works best in your climate. Scatter sow seeds
into a 1msquare bed, chop in with a rake and cover with bird
netting till Zem high, then remove netting.
Approx:120 enough to plant 1 sqm of biointensive bed at
40cm spacing's ;
Batch number: HOvG9041
Sow by: December 2024
Organically grown ir, NZ, especially for heme gardens,
i taste, nutrition and disease resistance.
From our Past, for our Future.