Secale hybrids
Various
Perennial cereal rye
What to Eat
Edible parts: Oil, Seed
Carbon Farming Solutions - Staple Crop: balanced carb (The term staple crop typically refers to a food that is eaten routinely and accounts for a dominant part of people's diets in a particular region of the world). A minor or regional perennial crop in production with low or unreported yields. Perennial hybrids are now under development. Wild perennial species found in Turkey , for example, Secale monatum Guss var. anatolicum Boiss and Secale montanum Guss var. vavilovi Grossh. have a larger stature, high frost resistance, strong tillering ability, and tolerance to poor soils and drought. Understanding wild plant species is becoming important in the development of new hybrid crops.
Where to Find It
Origin: recent hybrid origin.
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How to Identify
Secale hybrids is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.8 m (6ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in) at a fast rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 3. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.
How to Grow
Management: Standard Staple Crop: Balanced carb Under Development. Climate: boreal to warm temperate, Mediterranean. Humidity: semi-arid to humid. Carbon Farming Solutions - Cultivation: under development perennial hybrids. Management: standard (Describes the non-destructive management systems that are used in cultivation).
Propagation: Seed. Division.
Medicinal Uses
Possible. For example Secale cereale seed is made into a poultice and applied to tumours. The seed is also an effective laxative due to its fibrous seed coat.
Other Uses
Oil. Many including Biomass; Green manure; Oil; Soil stabilization; and Thatching.
Names & Synonyms
Secale Cereale, Rye, Rye hybids, Secale hybrids. Perennial rye, Perennial secale
