"Tricalia"

[John_R]

I was told some fields I shoot are being drilled with "Tricalia". Described as a corn like crop, cut while green and put in the clamp for fodder.

 

Do you think the name is wrong and he really meant "Triticale"?

 

Either way, what prospects does this bring, from now while new in the ground and for later?

 

Cheers,

 

John

[Ira]

Isn't it a hybrid type of wheat, not too tall and from the fields at work drilled with it in the past the pigeons were not too interested.

 

Im sure if this is incorrect someone will soon put it right!

[aga man]

It will be Triticale, a cross between wheat and rye it will be chopped whole crop in early summer and kept in a clamp, like silage to be fed to cattle during the winter.

I doubt pigeons will show an interest but you can bet it will be covered in corvids when it is harvested.

[John_R]

Sounds like it's a quick grower to be ready by then.

 

Thanks for the info, should be good for some corvids then.

[woody walloper]

heard it called four row barley.

[ditchman]

also heard it called "pasta wheat"

[army646]

From my experience pigeons are happy to munch on Triticale and generally will start to take interest in it from when it starts to brown or the grains get to the 'milky/cottage cheese' stage. This usually happens around mid July, but depends on the season and where you are in the country.

 

A lot of farmers have had a ago at growing it but quite often go back to winter/spring wheat because it is a quite leggy/tall growing cereal and is a lot more susceptible to getting 'blown' or flattened in heavy weather.

[John_R]

Thanks, we will just have to wait and see how this goes. The field in question has been mostly barley over the years, but he has drilled other things in from time to time.