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Poaceae
Finger millet
Eleusine coracana
Also known as Eleusine tocussa, Eleusine cerealis, Eleusine luco, Eleusine dagussa
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Grain · Annual · Warm-Season · Tropical · Edible · Sustainable · Crop · Nutritious · Seeds
Finger millet is a warm-season annual grain crop that requires consistent moisture and warm temperatures to thrive. It grows best in well-draining soil with regular watering during the growing season. This nutritious grain is perfect for sustainable gardening and can be harvested for its edible seeds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, maintain consistent moisture during growing season · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf States
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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