Winter wheat 'Jantarka' / 'Asory'

An ideal crop to keep the garden cultivated in winter. The advantage of this is that the available nutrients leach out less. Winter wheat can even be sown in January! In spring, dig it in, mow it down, or let it grow into real wheat. There are plenty of uses: you can, for example, bake with it, or cut it fresh as a cut flower!

To avoid depleting your precious soil, it is wise to leave the land fallow occasionally. During such a period, green manure is ideal: it brings nutrients into the soil through often present nitrogen fixation; it suppresses weed growth, promotes bacterial life, provides humus, and in some cases works against harmful nematodes.

Names:
Latin: Triticum aestivum
Dutch: Wintertarwe
English: Winter wheat