All About A Herb Called Oats.

The  herb called oats has a moderate to high market potential.

Oats was cultivate to be used both for food and for medicine. Harvesting oatmeal at the milky, stage would provide the highest and best level of nutritional and medicinal benefits. Also oats can be used as a skin herb.

Oats is in the annual plant cycle. Oats is a herbaceous type of growth.. Oats will grow to the height of 4 to 5 feet

Oats will sports light green grain spicules that will turn to the color of golden when the oats get full maturity. Flowering will come one month after you plant the oats, also it depends on weather condition.

Oats like to grow in open, sunny areas. They have been cultivated in almost every temperate climate around the world.

The oats seeds has to be sow directly outdoors in mid to late spring. They do not  need any special  treatments. The oats will need to be spaced about eight inches apart because they will grow in clumps. The water needs to be water moderately.

Oats prefers a soil with good organic matter content  which 4 to 5 percent is ideal for them. Oats prefers full sun.

The oatmeal has to be in the milky stage, this is when it is time to harvest. The milky stage is when the green grains get very plump and they spurt out a milky juice when you squeezed it. Strip the grains off of the spike lets by pulling them through your fingertips. You will need something like a bucket or bag to catch them in as you go through your patch. If I am harvesting oat straw, I have to cut and dry the aerial parts which is the stems, grains, and leaves of the oat  plant when it is in the milky stage. If I want  to use some of my oats for cooking, I will need to allow the grains to come to full maturity and then harvest them.

Market potential is  moderate for oat straw and high for oat seed.

The medicinal benefits of oats are a whole body tonic for all ages. It is especially useful for the nervous system, bone, and skin health. Oats are also good  for the male and female reproductive health.

The parts of the oats that are used are milky-stage seeds, grains, and aerial parts and they can be used either fresh or dried.

Summary

Oats are a very good herb to grow because you can used it either for  food or medicine. The oatmeal at the milky stage is where I will find the highest level of nutritional and medicine benefits of the oats.