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Banatka Winter Wheat

Great Lakes Staple Seeds


Regular price $5.00
Banatka Winter Wheat's glowingly gorgeous threshed grains ready for milling or planting
A harvested bundle of Banatka Winter Wheat tillers with their gloriously long awned spikes
Young Banatka Winter Wheat plants in the field
Several harvested mature Banatka Winter Wheat awned spikes ready for threshing
An abundance of Banatka Winter Wheat seeds kernels threshed and ready for planting or milling
A closer look - Banatka Winter Wheat kernels threshed and ready for planting or milling

(Triticum aestivum); Awned; Fall-planted

Grain preservationist Eli Rogosa crossed two Eastern European landraces to create Banatka. Its parental lines include Bánkúti, known for its rich flavor, and the Hungarian Ukrainka, productive and adaptable, with excellent baking quality. 

Please use the drop-down menu to select between packet sizes, minimum:

      a) 50 choice hand selected seeds
      b) 7 grams (quarter ounce)
      c) 28 grams (1 ounce)

      Banatka greatly inspired our foray into grain growing with how well it thrived in our southeast Michigan garden its first season grown.

      Criteria Value
      distance between plants 6 inches
      distance between rows 9 inches
      final plant height 36 inches
      heads per plant 4
      seeds per head 44
      weight per 100 seeds 4.2 grams
      length of head 83 mm
      awned / awnless awned
      hulled / hull-less hull-less

       

       

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