Sungold
At A Glance:
- Food grade, excellent for baking
- Tall with good standablity
- Earlier heading than Oberkulmer and Comet
- Brown chaff
- Smaller seed size than most other spelt
Best Uses:
- Grazing, Haylage, Baleage, Dry Hay, Grain
Establishment:
- Planting Dates: Early fall, Same as winter wheat seeding dates.
- Seeding Rate: 125lbs/Acre Seeding Depth: 1”-1 1/2”
Winter Annual Weeds
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