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How to Grow Barnyard Millet: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

A hardy summer grain tolerant of poor wet soil, sown in late spring and cut when the seed heads ripen in early autumn.

Barnyard Millet

Echinochloa esculenta

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

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Pests and diseases (14)

Brown Leaf SpotAnthracnoseRoot-knot NematodeRice BlastGall SmutNorthern Corn Leaf BlightMosaic DiseasePlant-parasitic NematodesSticky Head BlightSheath BlightBacterial DiseaseStunt DiseaseLeaf BlightSmut

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