Millet

Millet

 

Growing Period Type Annual or Perennial Drought Tolerance Shade Tolerance Salinity Tolerance
Warm Season Grass Annual Moderate Intolerant Intolerant
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Water

Drought tolerant (Johnny's Selected Seeds, 1983).

Soil Type

Japanese millet does well in cold, wet soils (Schonbeck, 1988).

Life Cycle

Summer annual (Johnny's Selected Seeds, 1983).

Seeding Rate

Seed sown at 30-40 lbs/acre (Johnny's Selected Seeds, 1983).

Seeding Method

Millet should be sown at a depth of about one inch (Johnny's Selected Seeds, 1983).

Uses

Millet is grown for erosion control, to enhance soil life, and to add organic matter (Johnny's Selected Seeds, 1983).

Pearl millet and Japanese millet have good weed-smothering abilities (Schonbeck, 1988).

Pest Effects, Nematodes

Thirty-five wild and cultivated grasses and 4 forage legumes were evaluated in small plots. Millet was among the poorest hosts for pin nematode (Paratylenchus projectus) (Towshend and Davidson, 198?).

Pest Effects, Weeds

Pearl millet and Japanese millet have good weed-smothering abilities (Schonbeck, 1988).