Triticosecale spp
Triticosecale spp
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Succeeds on lighter and drier soils than are suitable for wheat[1]. A person-made hybrid, Triticum spp. x Secale cereale, it is often cultivated for its edible seed, there are some named varieties[1, 2]. Plants are more winter hardy than wheat but yields have been low in some areas and lodging has been a serious fault[2]. The grain is larger than wheat but more sparsely carried on the flowering spike[2]. Plants are more resistant than wheat to the diseases 'take-all' and 'rust'[1]. Resists mildew[1].
Propagation
Seed - sow early spring or early autumn in situ, only just covering the seed. Germination should take place within a few days. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Triticosecale+spp>
Pollinators
Wind
References
- [1]Alternative Enterprises for Agriculture in the UK. — Carruthers. S. P. (Editor) · Centre for Agricultural Strategy, Univ. of Reading · 1986 · ISBN 0704909820 ↩︎Some suggested alternative commercial crops for Britain. Readable. Produced by a University study group.
- [2]Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications · 1990 · ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 ↩︎Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
- [3]Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World. — Tanaka. T. & Nakao S. · Keigaku Publishing; Tokyo · 1976 · ISBN - ↩︎The most comprehensive list of edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎