Einkorn Wheat (Triticum monococcum) Organic seeds
- One of the oldest crop varieties. Also a parent of modern wheat.
- Contents: Approx. 650 seeds
- Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly
Regular price:
€2.59
Product number: 1297BIO GTIN: 4251420501752
Description
Einkorn wheat is an ethnobotanically extremely important crop because it is an ancient grain from the ancestral line of wheat. Archaeological finds have shown that Einkorn wheat seeds were cultivated by Stone Age people in Central Europe. This ancient heirloom grain is thus one of the oldest cultivated plants of mankind. Due to its lower crop yields, it has been largely forgotten over the centuries, altought recently, Einkorn wheat has been experiencing a renaissance as a food crop.
Einkorn has similar culinary properties like modern wheat, but it is much more digestible, especially for people with wheat and gluten intolerance. This is probably due to its rather simple genetic structure: Modern wheat has been created by crossing multiple different gramineae over and over again and contains 42 chromosomes, while Einkorn wheat has a much simpler code with only 14 chromosomes. These efforts in crossing and breeding wheat have likely caused changes in the structure of wheat proteins, which in turn may cause these allergic or auto-immune responses to wheat gluten which many people suffer from nowadays.
Einkorn has similar culinary properties like modern wheat, but it is much more digestible, especially for people with wheat and gluten intolerance. This is probably due to its rather simple genetic structure: Modern wheat has been created by crossing multiple different gramineae over and over again and contains 42 chromosomes, while Einkorn wheat has a much simpler code with only 14 chromosomes. These efforts in crossing and breeding wheat have likely caused changes in the structure of wheat proteins, which in turn may cause these allergic or auto-immune responses to wheat gluten which many people suffer from nowadays.
Plant profile
| Lifecycle | Annual |
|---|---|
| Species | Poaceae |
| Eventual height | 30-150 cm |
| Flower colour | White |
| Flowering months | July, June |
| Main harvest | August, September |
Growing instructions
| When to sow outdoors | April, March, October, September |
|---|---|
| Sowing depth | 1 cm |
| Germination temperature | 3-5°C |
| Germination time | 1-4 weeks |
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Planting distance | 10 cm |
Sowing and care
The seeds are sown directly into the field. Either in autumn, the beginning of September to mid-October or in the spring, early March to early April. When sowing as a winter crop in autumn, the plant overwinters in rosette stage and flowers the following year.
Other names
Botanical name: Triticum monococcum
German: Blicken, Kleiner Spelz
French: engrain, blé gaulois, petit épeautre
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