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Triticum turgidum is a ANNUAL growing to 1.5 m .
It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.

Cultivation

An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most well-drained soils in a sunny position. One of the more primitive forms of wheat, it was probably developed in cultivation from T. dicoccoides about 10,000 years ago. It is still occasionally cultivated for its edible seed, there are some named varieties. It is not very high yielding. A tetraploid species, it is not much grown outside Britain.

HabitatsDeveloped through cultivation
Habitatsit is not known in a truly wild location.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds

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