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Poaceae
Wheat
Triticum aestivum
Also known as Common wheat, Bread wheat, Soft wheat, Triticum sativum subsp. vulgare
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Cereal · Grain · Annual · Crop · Edible · Harvest · Full · Sun · Agriculture · Staple
Wheat is an annual cereal grain that requires full sun and well-draining soil for optimal growth. Plant in early spring for summer harvest, ensuring adequate spacing for air circulation. Regular watering is essential during early growth stages, with reduced watering as grains mature.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Deep watering to 6-8 inches, reduce during grain filling stage · Every 5-7 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Antipodean Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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