Oats are in general easily grown plants but, especially when grown on a small scale, the seed is often completely eaten out by birds. Some sort of netting seems to be the best answer on a garden scale. Celsius Fahrenheit:. Plants For A Future have a number of books available in paperback and digital form.
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Germination should take place within 2 weeks. Common oat, Oats. In Scottish English, oats may be referred to as corn. Right plant wrong place. We are currently updating this section. Author L. For a list of references used on this page please go here. Well, I have a borderline syndrom all my life. Sleeplesness scince and very sharp depressions.
But, I am still alive. All by itself, completely unexpected! There are NO seeds in my oatstraw. I just bought a kilo at a wholesaler for a few euro's. I just took about 10 grams. I was wondering if you have any documents cocerning the use of a vaperizer for inhaling the active properties in Avena sativa. If you have important information about this plant that may help other users please add a comment or link below.
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You can unsubscribe at anytime. Follow Us:. Avena sativa - L. Range N. A non-persistent relic of cultivation in Britain[17]. Translate this page:. It is hardy to zone UK 2 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to October.
The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by Wind. The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light sandy , medium loamy and heavy clay soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic alkaline soils and can grow in very acid soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. As with other cereals, the main trait associated with oat domestication is the breakdown of the grain dispersal mechanism. Wild and weedy oats release their grains immediately after maturation.
Furthermore, the grains are tightly surrounded by bracts with a specialist drill-like structure capable of driving the mature fruit into the soil.
Domesticated oats retain their mature grains on the plant until harvest, whilst the surrounding bracts are readily detached. Before the mid-seventeenth century, weeds were widely believed to be produced spontaneously from soil. Pliny the Elder went further, taking the ancient belief that useful grasses, such as wheat and barley, could be transformed into apparently useless grasses: 'the first of all forms of disease in wheat is the oat.
Barley also degenerates into oats'. Samuel Johnson, in his Dictionary , defined oats as 'a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people'.
Often taken as a slur on the Scots, the statement emerges from the ancient belief of degeneration and the social cache associated with the consumption of wheat. It failed to recognise oats as a quality cereal grain that sustained all Britain's rural poor, and her horses.
Only by the end of the eighteenth century was wheat an affordable food for most Britons. Oats remains an important protein- and fat-rich human and livestock food. The straw too is used as forage, e. Also in Kenya oat is used as food and as fodder.
A field sown for grain production can be used for grazing if rains are inadequate; on the other hand fields are sometimes grazed to delay grain development. In Australia oat is planted for sand binding on dunes. An important industrial utilization is the use of oat hulls for the production of furfural and other furan compounds, utilized in the production of fungicides, disinfectants and preservatives. Oat products also find application in the cosmetic industry as talc replacements and in skin care products.
Oat flour has anti-oxidant properties and has been used for food conservation, but it has largely been replaced by synthetic chemicals. According to FAO statistics the average world oat grain production in — amounted to about The main producing countries are the Russian Federation 5.
The largest part of the oat production is consumed locally, with about 2. Canada 1. International trade in oat in tropical Africa is insignificant. The composition of oat grain per g edible portion is: water 8.
The essential amino acid composition per g edible portion is: tryptophan mg, lysine mg, methionine mg, phenylalanine mg, threonine mg, valine mg, leucine mg and isoleucine mg.
The principal fatty acids are per g edible portion: linoleic acid mg, oleic acid mg, palmitic acid mg and linolenic acid mg USDA, Compared to other cereals, oat has a high protein content and a good amino acid profile, with a high level of lysine. The fat content is also higher than that of other cereals, with a high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids. Starch granules are irregular to polygonal in shape with an average diameter of 3.
Oat has shown hypoglycaemic activity and beneficial effects on gastro-intestinal functions. Oat bran seems to protect against dental caries. Compounds contributing to the antioxidant properties of oat flour include glyceryl esters of hydroxycinnamic acid, ferulic acid and caffeic acids. Oat seems to be tolerated by most coeliac patients, although concerns remain. The unhulled ground grain is highly acceptable for ruminants and horses.
Hulled and ground oat grain is usually fed to pigs and poultry. Oat green forage, hay and silage is highly palatable to ruminants. In Kenya the crude protein content of oat plants on dry matter basis declined from The crude fibre content increased from Straw in Kenya contained on dry matter basis: 5. All hexaploid Avena species belong to section Avena. The hexaploids Avena sativa , Avena byzantina C.
Koch red oat , Avena fatua L. Avena byzantina is closely related to Avena sativa and possibly derived through selection from the latter. Some authors include Avena byzantina in Avena sativa. Avena byzantina is cultivated mainly in southern Europe. In tropical Africa it has been grown experimentally in Kenya and has been recorded as a weed in Tanzania.
It has naturalized in South Africa, where it is found in disturbed locations and on roadsides. Avena fatua and Avena sterilis are important weeds of cereals, e. The tetraploid Avena abyssinica Hochst. Avena sativa is variable, which is reflected in elaborate infraspecific classifications, mainly based on inflorescence and lemma characteristics.
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