What it is
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is in the Poaceae (Grass) family. The staple grain — fall-sown winter wheat overwinters and ripens by early summer. Storable calories at scale.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it moderate, and give it average to rich soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about Broadcast apart. Expect roughly Fall sow, summer harvest. Cool-season annual.
How it's used
Wheat is used: ground to flour.
🔎 How to identify it
- Grass blades
- Compact seed head with awns
- Golden when ripe
Edibility
PartsGrain
UsesGround to flour
CautionDry fully before storage.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.