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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.
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height (cm)
150
Season of Interest
Spring / Summer
Temperature Range (°C)
10 - 45
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Partial / Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Sow Direct
Soil
Semi-Fertile
pH
5.5 - 6.5
Soil Temperature (°C)
13 - 21
Seed Preparation
Sowing Depth (mm)
3 - 4
Plant Spacing (cm)
Row spacing (cm)
Watering
Weekly
Germination Time (Days)
7-14 days
Harvest Time (Days)
60 - 100
Good Companion Plants
Berries, Melons,Tomatoes, Fruiting Vines, Citrus, Seed Fruit, Stone Fruit,Tropical Fruit,
Bad Companion Plants
Pests
Diseases
Head Smut, Grain Smut, Leaf Spots
ABSeeds is an Australian owned business trading under the umbrella of Direct Compost Solutions which is owned and managed by Victoria Brun.
We as a company endeavor to provide to the public, Organic, Old Fashioned, Heritage, and Open-pollinated seeds that have not been genetically modified.
We purchased the business in November 2018 and renamed it to ABSeeds (All ‘Bout Seeds) to make the title shorter and represent what we hope to achieve with this business in the years ahead.
Seeds that we can’t grow ourselves we will acquire from people who grow for us, or we may purchase seeds from reputable heritage seed companies.
ABSeeds is an Australian owned business trading under the umbrella of Direct Compost Solutions which is owned and managed by Victoria Brun.
