Winter wheat and spring wheat are sown to cope with different futures. Winter wheat has strong cold resistance, while spring wheat has better drought resistance. Generally, spring wheat is sown in spring and harvested in autumn, while winter wheat is planted in autumn and can be harvested in early summer. There are also differences in taste between winter wheat and spring wheat, just like rice and wheat. Whether it is winter wheat or spring wheat, they are actually important grain in our daily life. Everyone should not have the habit of wasting grain when eating.

1. Growth Habit

Winter wheat has extremely strong cold resistance during the growth process, and its seedlings can survive the winter. When spring comes, the seedlings sprout quickly, grow strong, and the flour ground from winter wheat is very delicious.

Spring wheat has extremely strong drought resistance, with short plants and large ears, a short growth period, suitable for sowing in spring, but not as delicious as winter wheat flour.

2. Sowing and Harvesting Time

Spring wheat is wheat sown in spring, usually planted in spring and harvested in autumn.

Winter wheat is planted at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. It is usually planted in October and November, and harvested around June of the following year.

3. Distribution Area

The planting boundary of spring wheat and winter wheat in our country is roughly along the Great Wall. Spring wheat is planted north of the Great Wall, and winter wheat is planted south of the Great Wall. In terms of topography, it is spring wheat in the Northeast Plain and winter wheat in the North China Plain.

Why is it easy to plant spring wheat in the Northeast Plain, while it is easy to plant winter wheat in the North China Plain?

This is due to climatic reasons. The Northeast Plain is severely cold in winter, and the wheat sown on the ground is easily killed by ice. In addition, the climate of the Northeast Plain is humid in spring, and the wheat sown after sowing can also germinate and grow quickly, so sowing in spring is spring wheat. The North China Plain has spring drought, which is not conducive to crop sowing. If it is sown before winter, it can take root and germinate, absorb sufficient water through a winter, so that wheat can store sufficient water, and grow faster after the spring warms up, and can resist spring drought. Therefore, sowing in autumn (or winter) is winter wheat.

The three major wheat producing areas in our country are:

(1) The northern winter wheat region is mainly distributed north of the Qinling and Huaihe rivers and south of the Great Wall. The yield of winter wheat in this area accounts for about 56% of the total wheat yield in the country. It is mainly distributed in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces.

(2) The southern winter wheat region is mainly distributed south of the Qinling and Huaihe rivers. This is the main rice producing area in our country, and planting winter wheat is beneficial to increase the multiple cropping index and increase grain production. Its characteristic is high commercial rate. The main producing areas are concentrated in Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, and Hubei provinces.

(3) The spring wheat region is mainly distributed north of the Great Wall. The temperature in this area is generally lower, the production season is short, so it mainly produces one crop per year, with Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia as the main producing provinces.