Millet

[winston.stuger]

What to do if the local petshop is far away and you need some millet..... Plant your own. This is from seeds I planted a few weeks ago. My 5 lovey's can't wait.

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[Wingnut]

Awesome! Let us know how it goes. I’d like to do this soon as well.

 

[SassiBird]

Yes, keep us posted. Where are you located? I've thought of trying this, but wasn't sure if Minnesota had a long enough, hot enough season. Mid May to mid Sept is our growing season.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Interesting!
It looks like corn, which inspired me to Google it and I discovered the relationship of grass, corn, millet...
Foods in the Grass Family ? Wheat, Corn, Sugar, and Others ? Eat, don't eat
Thanks.

 

[winston.stuger]

Yes, keep us posted. Where are you located? I've thought of trying this, but wasn't sure if Minnesota had a long enough, hot enough season. Mid May to mid Sept is our growing season.

I live in Suriname South America. Here it's always growing season [emoji16]. I think this will grow everywhere. I grow them in buckets for now. I think I will plant it on my yard also. I grew it from seeds the lovey's spilled. Takes a few weeks here to grow from seeds to harvest.

I would say just try it. You've got nothing to loose. Just a small bucket, some soil and water!

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[SassiBird]

Per USDA it starts producing seeds at 75-90 days. That about the limit for my zone unless I start plants indoors. Guess I'll keep buying mine.
https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_seit.pdf

 

[GaleriaGila]

Silly story?

Back in New Mexico, some seed apparently escaped from a canary's treat cup either shortly before or after we had our carpet steam cleaned. A few weeks later, we discovered an astonighing variey of sprouts emerging! Of course, we had to uproot them, but we planted some seeds indoors and it produced a delightful array of... stuff!

 

[Inger]

Wait, the sprouts emerged from your carpet? Haha! That’s fantastic. And uh I just cleaned my carpet this morning. I guess I better watch for growth!


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