In S.E. Michigan I planted a 10ft x 10ft wheat patch on June 15. It took 1 week for it to sprout. This is just a bag of wheat we had in the cupboard. No idea if it is winter, summer or what. To prepare the patch I scraped off the grass and then added about 3 inches of top soil, which I learned later develops a hard crust when it dries out. This is just a practice patch. At about 5 weeks I noticed clumps of the wheat were drooping as if a rabbit was in there over night. The stems are not bent, they are just drooping. I also noticed that the color was truning to yellowish in a mottled pattern. By now the whole pached is drooping and yellowish. We has tons of rain 2 and 3 weeks ago for days. When it wasn't rainy I watered the patch...not soaked, just wetted. The nights have been in the 50s to low 60s for the past 2-3 week and the days have been in the low 70s to the mid 80s.
Any idea whats going on?
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