Wheat Sown in the Sixth Year
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Question
A wheat field sown in the sixth year and grown in the seventh, is it considered sefichin?
Answer
If they reached a third of their growth before the Shemitah year, they are not considered sefichin according to all opinions. If they did not reach this measure, they are subject to the prohibition of sefichin according to all opinions.
Source
Jerusalem Talmud (Maasrot Ch. 5, Halacha 2) and the version of the Gaon (there) and see Rosh (Sheviit Ch. 9, Halacha 1) and Chazon Ish (Sheviit Siman 20, Seif 2; Seder Sheviit by R. Z. Shapira, letter b); Rambam (Shemitah Ch. 4, Halachot 9-10); Azmera Leshimcha (Shemitah, Issue 5).