I'm largely experimenting right now. I live in southern ca. We get about 12 inches of rain on a good year. I've researching a lot of techniques online including wheat intensification. Which is an extension sri(system of rice intensification). You plant 12" per plant allowing the grain to tiller vigorously and intensively weed water and fertilizer to get the highest returns in the smallest space. I'm also curious about baranaja an Indian technique where you plant 12 different grains together for a poly culture. Providing redundancy. The native clover took over initially because I let my patience slip and planted way to early. They were drought and heat stressed. But now I have some healthy grains including rye barley emmer and a single quinoa seed that sprouted. I'm also using a more traditional row planting with 12" rows. So far the swi technique is outperforming the other two. Eventually I would also like to experiment with the Fukuoka style. Just to see what is truth and what is being over hyped. I'll be planting my main crop in January, because it almost never gets below 32 degrees here.
