Aegilops speltoides - Aegilops

Habitat

Exposition

Plein soleil ou mi-ombre

Humidité

Sol sec à moyen.

Sol

Tous sols. Nécessite un sol drainant.

pH

Sol acide ou calcaire

Habitat originel

Dry acid grassland[200], oak scrub, plains, rocky limestone hills, fallow fields and edges of cornfields, 100 - 1200 metres in Turkey[93].

Origine géographique

N. Africa, W. Asia.

Comestibilité

• Graines - cuites .
• Small and very fiddly to harvest and clean [K].
• An emergency food, it is normally used as a cereal substitute for making bread etc [177].

Culture

• No records of cultivation details have been seen, the plant grows well at Kew on an acid gravelly soil and also in Cornwall on a slightly acid loam [K].
• It is probably best grown in a sunny position but tolerates light shade [K].
• This species is believed to have hybridized with primitive forms of Triticum spp (Wheat) to produce some of the more modern Triticum spp .
• It could therefore be of value in breeding programmes .

Propagation

• Seed - sow March/April in situ and only just cover the seed .
• Make sure the soil does not dry out before the plants germinate .
• Seed can also be sown early March in a greenhouse and planted out in May .