Can you grow oats in Shandong? If so, in what season?

Oat is a worldwide cultivated crop, distributed in 42 countries on five continents, but the concentrated producing area is the temperate zone in the northern hemisphere.

Oats like cold but not cold. The northern part of temperate zone is most suitable for growing oats. Seeds can germinate at 3-4℃, and seedlings can tolerate the low temperature of -3-4℃, which is the least cold-resistant among wheat crops. In the north and northwest of China, winter is cold, so we can only sow in spring. In the south, we can sow in autumn, but it must mature before the arrival of high temperature in summer.

The sowing date varies from region to region. North China, northwest China and northeast China are spring sowing areas, and the growth period is 80 ~ 1 15 days. The southwest is a winter sowing area with a growth period of 230 ~ 245 days. Oats need more water, and the main producing areas in China belong to dry farming areas. Therefore, it is extremely important to keep moisture by plowing and raking in early autumn.