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How grow several varieties of barley without cross breeding?
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:22 am
by sugarworm
I'm planning to grow a barley seed crop for home-brewing later on and I got three different breeds from my brew shop started together in a raised bed that I'm planning to transfer out after I realized that there might be some accidental cross breeding. Barley's self pollinating, but what's a safe distance so there aren't any chance of hybrids?
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:28 am
by lorax
Distance isn't the factor to worry about here. Timing is. If you've got different types of barley, what to look for are types that mature at different rates - that way only one type will be producing pollen at any given point, and no hybridization will occur.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 10:38 am
by GardenGnome
For pumpkins and its family they say 100. But I bet that's not fool proof. One little bug that goes that extra way will mess it up. But what lorax say sounds like the number 1 answer. But your doing yours in the same bed do you grow your own hops also?