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How to Grow Wheat: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

A cereal usually sown in autumn and cut in early summer, workable even in a small home plot for a modest grain harvest.

Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

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Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (59)

Powdery MildewSclerotinia RotCitrus MelanoseAnthracnoseRoot-lesion NematodeRoot-knot NematodeGray MoldLeaf SpotRice BlastBasal Glume RotCulm BlightFlag SmutBlack-streaked DwarfLower Leaf BlightBuntYellow Slime DiseaseGlume BlotchCyst NematodePull-out DisorderMid-leaf Blight DisorderNorthern Cereal MosaicHeart Blight DisorderMottle DwarfStripe MosaicSpring Dead SpotLeaf StreakCrown RotPlant-parasitic NematodesWhite Stripe DisorderEyespotFusarium Wilt and Damping-offSeed Gall NematodePink Wilt DisorderPink Snow MoldYellow Mosaic Stripe DwarfRice StripeStem NematodeStunt DiseaseLeaf BlightLoose SmutBrown Snow RotAngular Leaf SpotFusarium Head BlightLeaf RustSnow ScaldSpeckled Snow MoldErgotYellow RustYellow DwarfYellow Leaf SpotYellow BlightYellow SpeckleBarley Yellow DwarfYellow LeafBlack RustBlack ChaffBlackening DiseaseBlack PointBlack Node

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Type the plant name, add the planting date, and take photos as it grows. Next season you will have your own dates for sowing, flowering, and harvest instead of a generic calendar.

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