 John (C-IL) wrote:
Bleached out heads are usually scab. Take some heads and rub them between your hands to shell them and examine the seed. Scab usually results in light weight and shriveled grain. |
Nope not shriveled and nor "dusty" as with the scab either. I think that it just might be a case of the head lying on the ground getting more direct sunlight, thus more bleaching.
Every so often I see a standing head that is almost completely black. On the lower end of the kernal you may see just a speck of black. What kind of mold is that?
On threshing by hand, Hard to get the kernals off the plant, have to "strip" it back with thumb and forefinger. Most of the kernals then come off the hulls easily, but a few will have the last bit of hull stuck to the kernal. I know this is a tell tale sign of wheat not dry enough yet, but at 18% I would think it should come apart a little easier? Maybe its a feature of this variety (red fife) This is a awnless wheat FWIW.
Only the second time I have done wheat myself, and I am looking very closely at it as I want to sell it food grade.
Also on the toxins: Vomitoxin,mycotoxin,aflotoxin...three seperate tests?
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