![]() ![]() Then simply sprinkle the oats on the bed. Rake out the bed so it is nice and smooth. (I use this soil thermometer.) In my zone 6, April 1 is my oat sowing day. In order to germinae oats the soil temperature must be 55-65 degrees. But before you run out with a bag of oats, test your soil temperature. (This last year was a banner gardening year since I finally grew eggplant without the flea beetles killing them.) How to SowĮarly spring is the best time to sow oats. When the seeds started to germinate, I am surprised you didn’t hear me shrieking with delight. This kept the seeds nice and moist and kept the weeds at bay. I covered the oat beds with pine needles. This year using Seed for Securities’ hulless oats, I actually harvested a lot of oats as compared to years past. Hulless oats do not have the best germination record. I spoke to a local grower of hulless oat seeds who assured me her germination rate was good. I started to rule out if it was the seed. Personally I think it was the gardener in charge. Half of the seeds I planted wouldn’t germinate. I have grown hulless oats pretty unsuccessfully for a couple of years. I grow regular oats as a crop cover in the fall. ![]() These oats have a paper skin rather than a shell. Unless you have a mechanical way to remove this hard shell, you are better off growing hulless oats. ![]() The edible part of the seed is covered with a hard shell. And they are harvested just in time to use that area for a fall garden. In our conquest to become more sustainable, how about trying to grow hulless oats this summer? You have to act fast since oats need to be planted in the spring. As the seed catalogs start to flood in, everyone scampers to buy tomato, pepper, and zucchini seeds. ![]()
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