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Cereal crop...but which one?

Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
edited May 2022 in Plants
Very different colour to normal crops in this area...rather blue.
id requested please.

Could it be Rye?
There is a biomass boiler in the area.

Quote...."Grazing rye rapidly produces large amounts of biomass."


Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    Looks like wheat to me … some varieties of wheat do have quite a blue/grey tinge … when the ears appear an ID will be a bit simpler. 

    Another possibility is triticale (a wheat x rye hybrid) which is being grown more nowadays … I think primarily as a fodder or forage crop. Triticale has a greyish colour. 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Thanks...will watch and wait to see what happens..take clear pics to show the detail.

    I wondered about triticale (a wheat x rye hybrid)
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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