How to grow millet grass

In many areas of shady slope grassland and shrub, there is a kind of June to September open white or lavender words of grass-millet grass. It has certain medicinal and feeding value, is widely planted, then how to plant it? Let's get to know it together.

How to grow millet grass?

1. soil preparation and fertilization

Millettia root system developed, deep ploughing requirements, application of sufficient base fertilizer, generally 30 loads of human manure or 50-80 loads of livestock manure per mu. Generally in the seedling stage, after cutting topdressing, topdressing urea 5 kg per mu or human excrement 1520 load.

2. sowing

Large, plump seeds are sown in March and late July, June and early September, and soaked before sowing. Millettia sub-direct seeding and seed soaking two methods, seed soaking effect is good. The sowing method is divided into sowing, dibbling and seedling transplanting. Sowing is suitable for fish pond bottom planting, sowing is suitable for dry land, fish pond dike side and dike surface planting, seedling transplanting can adapt to paddy field or early land.

3. field management

After sowing, once the lack of seedlings is found, replanting should be carried out immediately. During the whole growth period of millet grass, weeding is generally only needed once, and after intertillage and weeding, topdressing is applied once. In the case of more water, sweet honey grass grows rapidly. The millet grass planted at the edge of the fish pond dike or the place where the water source is convenient should be properly irrigated.

Millet grass growth period is relatively short, the general plant stem up to 70-90 cm can be harvested fresh grass.