How tall is winter wheat

More Wheat. Wheat hovers near 8-day high on global supply concerns. North Dakota spring wheat crop slashed by drought -crop tour. Higher corn prices drive more nutrient applications. Arrival of tar spot alters plans. For related content and insights from industry experts, sign up for Successful Farming newsletters. However, with the mild fall so far, this stuff has got big and thick. Hoping this snow and cold spell there predicting will finally put it into dormancy. I don't have a pic to put on here, but it's 6 to 8 inches tall already.

Think it will be alright, or something I need to watch depending on the winter? Nothing you can do about it now but wait and see if it freezes in the spring when the head is vulnerable to damage.

CO, NE. Dad always planted wheat early to graze cattle on it. I'm not sure if it's too late for that or not. Scottville, Northwest Michigan. In my "neck of the woods", we would have increased worries about insects and diseases with wheat that had that much growth this time of the year. This concern would be for now, as well as for all of the plant's lifetime.

I would suggest giving this field a little more attention to scouting. SC Kansas. Find someone to graze it, and like briggsfm said be aware of insects and disease. Nc Ks. If it gets cold enough down there that it goes dormant, you might be ok. I'd keep a pretty close eye on it like one of the above posters suggested But if it doesn't get cold enough to stop it from growing, I think you better pasture it or something.

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So what does winter wheat require regarding fertilization? Due to the nature of winter wheat and the overwintering dormancy stage that would kill off many diseases and weeds, winter wheat isn't prone to much disease or weed interference.