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Concord wheat Concord Wheat

Triticum aestivum

A variety of wheat

How to sow Concord wheat: Direct seed into furrows. Broadcast or use grain drill. Rake in, roll soil to firm the bed.

Sun requirement for Concord wheat: Plant in Full Sun

An early New Zealand wheat kept alive by Milmore Downs in Canterbury, and described as a particularly good bread wheat. It yields less weight per hectare than modern types, but its quality and nutrition are said to be better. Sow in trays and transplant at 5 to 7 cm high, 10 cm apart on the diagonal.

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Triticum aestivum L.

Family / Taxonomy Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Gramineae
Optimal temperature 15 - 23 °C
Absolute temperature 5 - 27 °C
Killing temperature growth: 0 °C, rest: -20 °C
Optimal rainfall 750 - 900 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 1600 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 7.0
Absolute soil pH 5.5 - 8.5
Crop cycle 90 - 250 days
Max altitude 4500 m
Life form grass
Life span annual
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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