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Don(MI) 
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Posted: 06 Apr 2025 at 9:20pm |
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I'm investigating growing Einkorn seed this summer, and I'm curious if the all crop can harvest this ancient wheat without too much trouble. It's a very high wheat and small seed with a husk. So I don't know if the all crop combines can Dehusk also? Or just thresh the grain. I'm open to any advice on this! Kicking tires right now, but for sure will be growing Einkorn and trying up to 1 or 2 acres of it.
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Tad Wicks
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Posted: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:52pm |
I don't know for sure but I would think that Einkorn would be like other wheats, when the kernel and husk are separated from the Rachis, the husk and awn (if there is one) separates from the kernel. But then again I might be full of it. THEY DON'T CALL THEM ALL-CROP FOR NOTHING.  |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 10:19am |
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I would think it would work fine. If the husk/hull clings tight like oats, the grain might have to be ran through a de-huller.
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 2:18pm |
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What use does that crop have? I suppose it would matter whether it was feed or something else to still have the "husk" on it?
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 2:38pm |
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My sweetie has been making the best Einkorn Wheat homemade bread you ever tasted! She just made blueberry muffins and pizza dough also with it.
The grain will be milled and used as flour for bread making.
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 7:19am |
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I bought einkorn flour and grain last fall. Very good bread taste. Planted a small "hand scythe"-sized test plot September 27 ahead of mid October first frost. It's growing better than my rye stand.
Attractive: less inputs needed than wheat, tight market with high prices.
Challenge: dehulling. Fewer consumers know about it. Those who do know it want organic so don't spray any dry down chemicals on it.
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 7:49am |
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Interesting video.
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 9:15am |
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I found a reference that said an All Crop combine will harvest Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt with about 50% dehulling. Obviously moisture content involved.
They recommended having a dehuller after.
Benchtop option is a wet/dry mill ($15 hand crank "masa" or large commercial capacity $$$), cleaning and gluing 1/16th in thick Gum Rubber sheet to it (Grainger, Amazon).
Maybe a few times through the All Crop?...
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 9:29am |
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Wow...that's alot of good information! Thank you!!
Yes possibly runnning through the all crop 2xs will work.
Do you know if Amazon sells a small dehuller or just the bench top Mills?
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 5:19pm |
Here is another video about Einkorn, along with spelt & emmer. Its a 7:44 min video that talks about their hulls, dehulling, planting, fertilizing, harvesting, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0nLfh-m0w
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 7:03pm |
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Thank you!
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025 at 9:46pm |
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Regarding the height of Einkorn, I think wheat was still pretty tall back in the 30s and 40s when All-Crop Harvesters were in their heyday. So, I would think that shouldn't be an issue.
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Posted: 10 Apr 2025 at 9:10am |
 Don(MI) wrote:
Wow...that's alot of good info...
Do you know if Amazon sells a small dehuller or just the bench top Mills? |
C B Milling Equip website has a D7 or D15 that are small farm size. I was getting email and contacts bounced back so try them, maybe a temporary problem. I have run a masa benchtop with a hand drill motor, pretty crude but work. It could keep up with a household flour mill easily.
Lehman's may have a range of dehulling options too.
Another option is look at beer brewing grain mills. Higher capacity than the masa grinders and maybe rubber cylinders are available?
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Posted: 10 Apr 2025 at 9:58am |
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Thank you!
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Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 9:40am |
https://grainmaker.com/This company offers flour mills and hulling pads to install on them. They’re kinda on the expensive side but it looks like a quality product.
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