Growing millet: why and what you bring with it
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You can easily grow millet in your own garden, because the grain does not only thrive in large fields. Here you can read how it works and what you can do with your own harvest.
How growing millet works
If you want to grow your own millet, you need an optimal bed. This should be large enough so that the roots can grow well. The soil should be as sandy and permeable to water as possible so that there is no waterlogging. In addition, the millet plant prefers a warm location.
- First remove weeds and roots from other plants from the bed.
- You can then create the lines. These should have a distance of 30-40 cm each.
- Sow the millet in April or May and cover it with a few centimeters of soil. Then let the millet bed rest for the next two weeks. You can use commercially available millet from the cob for sowing.
- Then water the millet regularly, loosen the soil of the bed and clear it of weeds.
- If the plant has already grown ten centimeters, remove some millet plants. The distance to each plant should namely be seven to ten centimeters.
- You can harvest the millet five months after sowing, i.e. in September or October. Simply brush the grains out of the panicles into a basket or bucket.
That is the advantage of millet
Millet has been a popular grain since ancient times because it carries many important nutrients.
- With millet you can bake your own bread. Salads can also be refined with lightly roasted millet and you can use them to prepare even healthy millet porridge. The millet tolerates well especially for people who suffer from a cereal allergy.
- You feed many animals with millet - for example your own budgies in the house. Or you can use it to prepare bird food for the wild birds in winter.
- Dried millet plants are a nice eye-catcher as decoration in the house. To do this, cut a handful of plants deep on the stem. Then dry the plant by hanging it upside down. So the leaves don't bend. Then put the millet along with other dry plants in a large vase.
- Millet contains many nutrients: 100 grams of cooked millet contain 3.5 grams of protein, 1.4 grams of fat, 22 grams of carbohydrates and 1.5 grams of fiber. Millet is also a supplier of magnesium, iron, copper and vitamins B1, B3, B5, B6.
- Especially as a source of iron and magnesium, millet is a pioneer among cereals. Both are important for the functioning of muscles and nerves. The vitamins support the metabolism, blood circulation and the nervous and immune system.
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