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🌱 Barley

Hordeum vulgare
grains annual grass Poaceae
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-9
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-8.0
🪴 Soil Type
adaptable
🚿 Drainage
well-drained
📏 Spacing
1-2 in
📐 Height
2-3ft
⏱️ Maturity
60-90 days

🤝 Companions (4)

🤝 Clover
🤝 Cover
Cover crop undersowing. Nitrogen for barley.
🤝 Pea
🤝 Traditional
Traditional intercropping — pea adds nitrogen.

⚠️ Keep Apart (2)

⚠️ Shared diseases — rotate, don't plant together.
⚠️ Wheat

📝 Growing Notes

Quickest grain to harvest. Pearl barley = polished. Hulled barley = whole grain.

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