I have grown spelts here in North-East Iowa. Your cultivation practices will be the same as you would for wheat. The spelts will mature a little later than wheat. Maybe a week on average.
As for fertility I put down 75 lbs. of potash in the fall worked in before drilling them in. I usually plant a 1 1/2 bushels per acre. I want a good cover. The experts say 1 bushel is enough. If everything goes right that will work but if the fall is dry then you will not have a high enough population for a good yield. I like to have them planted the first few weeks of Oct. here. That way they have good growth for spring. Do not plant it too early in the fall if you live very far south, The fall growth will get too tall and that increases the chance of winter kill. In the spring before they grow too much I applied 1/3 of a unit of nitrogen per bushel of anticipated yield. DO NOT over apply the nitrogen as the plant will grow too tall and it will lodge before you can harvest it. So for a sixty bushel crop you would do: 60 x.33 /.46 = 43 Lbs. of 46% Urea per acre. My usual yield is in the 60-80 bushel per acre range. I have had it reach 100 BPA once.
The straw is much like wheat straw. The only difference is it is more palatable to animals. So some horse people complain that their horses eat too much of it if they use it for bedding.
For seeding proposes you do not have to remove the hull. So if your saving your own seed to plant then just cleaning it to remove foreign material is good enough. If your going to sell it for milling then I would dehull it and then run it through cleaner to remove any remaining hulls an foreign matter.
Spelts are and excellent cattle feed. That is what I raise it for. It is wonderful for starting calves on feed. There is enough fiber that it about impossible for a calf to founder on it. It usually is in the 12-13% protein range. So it is a pretty good feed alone. I often feed it with just a mineral mixed in the creep feeders. Neighbor buys it off me when I have extra. He says it helps him not have scours in his bottle calves. Mature cattle really eat it well too so it must taste good to them.
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