How to grow barley grass

Barley grass is a grass plant barley seedlings, rich in vitamins, minerals and protein, so how to plant barley grass?

1. What is barley straw?

Barley is an annual herb with stout culms, smooth and glabrous, erect, 50-100cm tall. Leaf sheaths loosely clasping stems; larger auricles on both sides; ligule membranous, 1-2mm long; leaf blades flat, 9-20cm long, 6-20mm wide. Spikelets 3-8cm long (except awn), ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Spikelets dense, bearing 3 developing spikelets per node, spikelets usually sessile, 1- 1.5 cm long (except awn); glumes linear-lanceolate, pubescent, apex extending into an awn of 8-14 mm.

Lemma glabrous on back, 5-veined, apex extending into an angle, awn 8-15cm long, ribs spinulose, palea as long as lemma. Caryopsis with longitudinal grooves or invagination on ventral surface, pubescent apex, adhering to lemma at maturity, not easy to separate, but some cultivars are easy to separate. Flowering 3-4 months, fruiting 4-5 months.

2. How to grow barley grass?

Soak healthy disease-free barley for about 8 hours, then take it out and spread it on a plate covered with paper, cover it with wet paper towel or damp cloth, then barley will germinate and grow, usually visible light after 5 days, and barley grass can grow in a few days.

III. Precautions for planting

1. Seed selection and sowing need to use clean and full barley seeds, so it is necessary to select the seeds bought in the market. The method is to remove impurities from the purchased seeds before soaking, and eliminate those seeds with mold spots or defects on the surface.

2, soaking method: the selection of full barley seeds soaked in water, soaking water temperature can be set according to different seasons, winter water temperature requirements in 40℃, other seasons soaking water temperature can be lower, room temperature can be. Soaking time is 12 hours in winter, 6~8 hours in summer, and about 10 hours in spring and autumn. The seeds should be washed twice in summer and once in other seasons.