Last night we experienced prolonged heavy rains in our part of Northern Virginia. This morning the malting barley plot had lodged badly -- the nearly full-sized grass stalks bent over, mainly due to the beating of the rain and added weight of the water clinging to them. By this afternoon some of the stalks had begun to right themselves, but then we experienced another deluge around dinner time. If we don't get some good, dry weather and a little luck then the production from the plot may be impacted pretty badly. Harvest should be just under a month away. 
How about a barley update.
ReplyDeleteDude, this blog is #%& awesome. This is exactly the kind of information someone who wants to know how to grow barley would need. I want to do some micro-farming (or whatever) this coming spring and I hope to grow hops among other things. Maybe another year for barley.
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I realize this blog hasn't been updated for over a year, but here goes. I am a homebrewer and aspiring barley grower. I am having a hard time finding winter malting barley seed. Do you have any advice?
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Tyler in Washington State
All the details I need. Thanks for sharing the links here.
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