Pearled barely?

[Chelseyb123]

I have a bag of pearled barley an i was wondering if I could grow some fodder with it? Or do i need a certain type?

 

[rjohns39]

Typically you'd want feed grade whole barley. Pearled might and might not sprout, it all depends if the seed was damaged while removing the hull.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Okay thank you. Im gonna try it when I get home and see how it goes.

 

[rjohns39]

I couldn't find any statistics on how many damaged seeds to expect, so best guess is that it hasn't been too deeply studied.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Yeah I was trying to find something online but got nothing about it.

 

[rjohns39]

Pearled barley is generally way more expensive than feed whole barley, so I suspect those who would typically test choose not to as low risk+low cost makes sense. But if you have it on hand, I don't see an issue with trying it.

 

[007Sean]

I have a bag of pearled barley an i was wondering if I could grow some fodder with it? Or do i need a certain type?

I don't know if "pearled" barley is the same as "parched" barley but that's what I feed and it will not germinate.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Okay well I already set everything up but im just gonna see for myself how it goes. And than just get the proper ones. Also what about oats? I can get the right ones from a feed store right? I've never done this before so when I go to the feed store I can get what I need the first. I just happened to have a bag of this type of barely.

 

[007Sean]

Okay well I already set everything up but im just gonna see for myself how it goes. And than just get the proper ones. Also what about oats? I can get the right ones from a feed store right? I've never done this before so when I go to the feed store I can get what I need the first. I just happened to have a bag of this type of barely.

Yeah, just ask for whole oats. Not steamed, not rolled. I feed them and they do germinate.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Awesome thank you!