Cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes… things can get really colorful in your own vegetable garden. Why not dare to try a rather unusual grain variety and plant a millet crop? The grain brings a rich harvest at the right location and with good pre- and post-care. With the tricks and tips in this article, planting becomes child's play.
Millet can simply be sown directly into the bed
Why grow millet yourself?
- Not everyone has millet in their garden
- the grain is quite undemanding
- Millet is culinary versatile and healthy
- Millet can also be used as pet food
Grow millet from seeds
To plant millet, you don't even have to buy a pre-plant from the nursery. Here you can find out how to get the seeds and how to proceed with sowing. If you already have a millet plant, remove the ripe seeds from the panicles. It is best to catch them in a container. Then you have to remove coarse plant parts with the so-called "blowing out". Alternatively, you can obtain millet seeds from specialist retailers.
location
It is important to note that millet needs a location in full sun to develop well. Don't underestimate the strong root development.
manual
- clear the bed of roots of other plants and weeds
- sow the seeds 30 to 40 cm apart
- leave the bed dormant for about two weeks
- now the first tender shoots should appear
- water the young plants
- loosen the soil regularly
- remove the growing weeds
- when the shoots are around 10 cm high, the selection begins: remove the weak plants so that you get main rows in which the plants are 7 to 10 cm apart
- keep in mind that the roots need a lot of space. So don't be stingy with the distance
- remove regrowing plants as well
- after about five months (mid-autumn) you can bring in the first harvest
- very important: home-grown millet does not require any fertilizer