What crop is millet?

Millet is a food crop. At present, there are three kinds of sayings, namely sorghum, millet and non-stick millet.

In ancient China, millet was a vital food crop, which occupied a large proportion in people's diet structure and was the earliest cultivated food. Xiaomi is one of the "five grains" that people often mention now, and the word "millet" in the word "country" comes from this.

The production of millet in China is distributed in northwest, northeast, north, southwest, south and east China, and it is also planted and cultivated in some warmer regions such as Asia, Europe, America and Africa. In addition to artificial cultivation, there will be some wild millet phenomena.

Millet, a grain crop, is rich in starch, which can be eaten by people and used as feed for livestock. When human beings eat it, they can extract starch from grains and make it into staple food. It can also be used to make wine like sorghum.

breeding method

Time: Sowing can be carried out all year round. The best sowing time in spring is May, and autumn is from the end of August to the beginning of September. During this period, the temperature is basically around 15 to 25 degrees, during which there is plenty of rain and sunshine, which is most suitable for growth.

Sowing: There are three ways. You can spread the seeds evenly in the whole field, then press the seeds into the field with a rake, and finally cover them with a film, or you can use hay or plant ash.

Commonly used drilling can not only ensure the reasonable density and yield of millet in the field, but also facilitate the management of a field in the later stage. The third type is hole sowing, which requires row spacing of 35 ~ 40 cm and plant spacing of about 25 ~ 30 cm. This method belongs to intensive cultivation.