Oat seed Avena sativa
LATIN NAME: Avena sativa
COMMON NAME: Oat
Oat is the fine, hardy, wholesome grain of the cool lands, and it has been a staple of the northern tables for a very long time. The slender, upright plants carry the narrow, fresh-green leaves and the open, nodding heads of the small, slender, pale grains, which ripen through the cool, moist summer. The grain is milled into the rolled oats, the oatmeal and the flour of the morning bowls and the baking, and it is one of the most nourishing of the grains. It is a fine, generous, easy crop of the cool, moist, sunny garden.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
Oat has a strong and well-documented place in the plant science, and it has been studied as one of the great cool-climate grains. The slender grains, the open heads and the way the plant stands up to the cool, moist seasons have all been looked into, and it keeps showing up in the work on the whole grains and the temperate crops. The nourishing, easily milled grain has also made it a staple of the northern tables, and the plant is a regular subject of the studies of the cereal crops and the healthy-grain foods. The science of the oat, from the field to the mill, is deep and of the greatest practical value.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Oat is grown for the wholesome grain, and the small, slender grains are milled into the rolled oats, the oatmeal and the flour of the morning bowls, the porridges, the breads and the baking. It is one of the most nourishing of the grains, with a long record as a staple of the cool lands, and it is also a fine, easy crop of the small garden. The straw has its uses as well, for the bedding and the craft work. It has been written up in the food and the agricultural papers for its nourishing grain and its cool-climate ways, and it is a fine, generous, easy crop of the cool, moist, sunny garden.
The oat has fed the people of the cool lands for a very long time, and the nourishing grain is milled into the rolled oats, the oatmeal and the flour of the morning bowls and the baking. The slender, pale grains are among the most wholesome of the cereals, and the straw has its uses for the bedding and the craft work as well. It is a fine, easy, dependable crop of the cool, moist garden.
The oat is a fine, easy crop for the cool, moist garden, and the open, nodding heads of the pale grains are a handsome sight in the late summer. The plant is a dependable, generous grower of the cool season.
To grow the oat from seed, press the slender seeds into the surface of moist, free-draining soil in the drills and cover them lightly, keep them in a bright, cool, open spot and water gently. The seedlings are up within a few days and grow on fast in the cool weather. With the sun and the moist, well-drained soil, the open, nodding heads of the pale grains will be ready to gather in a short, cool season.
NAME: Organic Oat / Oats
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Avena Sativa
COLOR: Green
PLANT SEEDS: Fall / Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 50 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 36 – 60"
PLANT SPACING: 4 – 6"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
OTHER: Oats are a cereal grain that is grown for its seed. Oats are used for oatmeal & rolled oats as well as for livestock feed. It can also be crushed into oat flour. Whole oats & flour are used in oat bread, oatcakes, & oatmeal cookies. Whole oats are also used in cereals like muesli & granola.