Wheat Cultivation: All You Need to Know

Wheat is technically a grass but is also refer to as a cereal grain. It is a major food crop and has cultivate around the world for thousands of years. There are about twenty different types of wheat grown from seven different species worldwide for commercial and household use, including einkorn, emmer, durum and spelt. The wheat plant is the same as wheatgrass, but the method for growing it into mature grain is somewhat different. Learn the cultivation of wheat in your own garden with easy.

Wheat Cultivation

It should be plant in the spring or the autumn. It is grown from seed, but if you want to plant seedlings, your local farmers market or nursery may be able to help you source seedlings. For seed cultivation, you’ll need some good rich soil, so it’s best to mix some compost. It takes a few months for it to be ready to use, but it’s worth the wait. You can sow roughly 25 seeds per square foot, which can yield between 10 and 12 pounds of wheat grain when harvested from a 100 square-foot plot.

Make sure the wheat seeds get enough water – if it doesn’t rain, water them once a day. Lightly rake the soil to cover the seeds to the appropriate depth. You probably won’t need a scarecrow – but if you’re growing wheat outside, you’ll need to cover the seeds to protect them from birds.

Harvest

When the stems start to bend from the heavy grains and the grass turns brown, that means it is close to harvest time. You can harvest by hand if you have a small crop. Use a scythe or sickle for larger crops. Dry the harvested crops in the sun for seven to ten days. Now, you can begin winnowing the chaff and debris from the grain.

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