Nine green and gold wheat stalks in a splayed bouquet on a blue flecked tabletop.

How To Grow Wheat Seeds

Updated on Mar 20, 2024
By Baillie Blankenship

(Triticum dicoccum) Wheat is an ancient food staple that is both easy to grow and quite beautiful in the garden. It is also perfect for making lovely, long-lasting bouquets!

HISTORY

Cultivation of wheat began approximately 10,000 years ago. Its origins can be traced back to Southeastern Turkey. Wheat is an ancient food staple that is one of the most important food sources on the Earth.

USES

  • Perfect for making lovely, long-lasting bouquets.
  • Wheat can be eaten fresh or milled into flour.
Small bunch of red-gold wheat lying flat on a pale blue-grey surfaceSmall bunch of red-gold wheat lying flat on a pale blue-grey surface

 

  • Direct sow seeds ½- 1” deep in early spring.
  • Choose an area in full to partial sun with fine and well-draining soil.
  • Space plants 1-2" apart.
  • Sprouts in 4-8 days.
One stalk of blue-grey wheat berries suspended over loose grains of wheat in both red-gold and blue-grey colors.One stalk of blue-grey wheat berries suspended over loose grains of wheat in both red-gold and blue-grey colors.

 

  • Grow until seedheads form.
  • Harvest when dry.
  • Thresh and store.
Small bouquet of dried yellow-gold wheat stalks against a pale wall.Small bouquet of dried yellow-gold wheat stalks against a pale wall.

 

  • Harvest seedheads when they are fully mature.
  • When fully mature stalks and heads will show little to no green and will be mostly dry.
  • You may harvest individual heads or harvest in sheaves depending on how large your stand of wheat is.
  • Let dry for about 2 weeks in a well-ventilated area.
  • Thresh the wheat and winnow seeds from the chaff.
Golden-yellow wheat grains arranged in a square on a dark table surface.Golden-yellow wheat grains arranged in a square on a dark table surface.