It's Millet Time! (Pics)

[skyfeather]

My millet crop is harvested for this year and many of them got to be a good size. I have one grocery bag full and the Finches are already feasting on them today.

Growing time is short here in MN and some did not fill out but I got enough for the winter I think.

First Pic Shows The Size Of Some Of The Sprays:



Here Is My Senegal Staking Claim On The Biggest Millet Spray.

[Liz]

How do you get such nice sprays?

I've tried growing it myself, and I've seen other people try, but they always end up with sad little things hardly worth the work of growing the plant.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Pretty please?

[Berserka]

Looks great!
How do you grow it?

[Scully]

wow hows it grown? I must not let my Mr Green see that lovely fresh millet..he will be waddling over to your house ;D

[skyfeather]

Thanks for the replies!

I just took some seeds from the millet I had bought in the store ( I got the large golden millet variety). Then just sowed them in a shallow row in the garden and covered them up lightly. When the sprays start to turn golden brown I will test the seeds by eating a few of them to see if they are filled out. The plant stalks get to be about 3ft tall in my garden. I leave them until a first hard frost then the birds seem to go at them like crazy so I get them out of the garden before all the wild birds get it all...hehe. But I do leave a few stalks there for them.

When you buy millet sprays it would be a good idea to try to sprout some to see that the seeds are viable. If nothing sprouts then there is no nutritional value for your bird.....it would be like feeding them cardboard.

[Scully]

Thats interesting last time i tried to sprout millet nothing happened. Maybe i will changing where i buy it ;D

[debra]

Does your millet come back every year or do you have to re-plant it each year? Wonder how it would grow in a large pot inside the house. Also, does anyone know if the leaves are ok for them to nibble on? I've been curious about growing it. I may give it a try next year.

[Scully]

;DI can see we could have a few Birdcrazy Millet garneders next year with this post

[skyfeather]

Debra....The millet is an annual. It needs to be planted every year.

You could possibly grow the millet in a pot outside but not in the house unless you have grow-lights.

Like any garden vegetable they need all day full sun to grow well. As for the leaves I don't know if they are edible or not.

[jasmineandme]

OO im intrested in growing some millet now. So technically you just took some of the seeds off the millet you bought saw if it sprouted and if it did grow it ?