INRA DIST from France · CC BY 2.0
Wheat
Plant·Triticum aestivum
Full sun
Sun
Medium
Water
Well-drained soil
Drainage
Zones 3–11
Hardiness
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a plant. It grows best in full sun and has moderate water needs. It grows well with common vetch, sweet clover and white clover.
Through the year
Out of seasonFloweringReady to harvest
Works well with
from wiki dataWHAT IT NEEDS
Wants full sun
Needs moderate water
Needs well-drained soil
Prefers soil pH 6–7
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Prefers loam, clay loam soil
Struggles in compacted soil
Adds a moderate amount of organic matter to the soil
Partners with mycorrhizal fungi to boost nutrient uptake
WHAT IT GIVES
Gives organic matter (straw and root biomass after harvest)
Gives seeds (staple food grain)
Gives oxygen (photosynthetic byproduct)
HOW IT GROWS
SIZE & SPACING
Herbaceous
Height60–120 cm
Spacing10 cm (min 5 cm)
Root depthMedium
Width15–30 cm
Width figures are rough estimates, the most variable measurement in our data.
AI estimate · accuracy improves as growers contribute corrections.
HOW TO PROPAGATE
Propagate by seed
Difficulty
Establishes in about 0 yr
Doesn't self-seed on its own
Where this comes from
Parsed11 Sept 2026
ConfidenceNot recorded
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