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proso millet Proso Millet

Panicum miliaceum
Also known as bread millet (EN) common millet (EN)

A variety of millet

How to sow proso millet: Direct seed: broadcast or drill

Sun requirement for proso millet: Plant in Full Sun

A quick-maturing, short, ancient cereal, 30 to 100 cm tall with hairy stems and loose panicles, and a rare glutinous trait. Its tan seeds are larger than most millets and easier to thresh and hull than barnyard millet. It is very attractive to wildlife, so cover it. Sow in trays in early October and transplant at 5 to 8 cm, 10 cm apart on the diagonal.

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Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Panicum miliaceum L.

Family / Taxonomy Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Gramineae
Optimal temperature 20 - 32 °C
Absolute temperature 15 - 45 °C
Optimal rainfall 500 - 750 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 200 - 1000 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 6.5
Absolute soil pH 5.2 - 8.2
Crop cycle 55 - 280 days
Life form grass
Life span annual
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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