Panicum miliaceum
OTHER-PROSO MILLET one of the oldest of the cultivated Millets, they are said to have originated in Southeast Asia. These small grain seeds are mainly used for fodder, bird seed, cereal to make bread, baby food, porridge, or fermented into a beverage and of course as a green manure crop. Other know millets are Foxtail, Finger, Pearl, and Little Millet, French White Millet, Common Millet, Hog Millet. Millets are warm season plants so grow best in summer.
Sow by broadcasting over the garden bed and covering lightly with soil or plant in furrows 3 – 4 cm deep. Will grow in dry conditions but will still needs watering once a week and semi- fertile well drained soil. Can self-seed so collect seeds before they fall. Grows well with legumes up to 1.5 meters tall. Soil Temp 21°C. Matures 60-100 days.