150 JAPANESE MILLET Billion Dollar Grass Grain Echinochloa Frumentacea Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Japanese Millet OTHER COMMON NAMES: Billion Dollar Grass / Indian Barnyard Millet / Sawa Millet SCIENTIFIC NAME: Echinochloa Frumentacea COLOR: Yellowish Green - Brown Seed Heads PLANT SEEDS: Spring or Summer BLOOM TIME: Sept - Oct HARVEST: 65 - 90 Days HARDINESS ZONE: Annual PLANT HEIGHT: 72" PLANT SPACING: 8" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Moist QUANTITY: 150 Seeds OTHER: Billion Dollar Grass is the fastest growing millet. It’s crops can mature as soon as 6 weeks in warm climates. It is cultivated largely in Eastern Asia & India. The grains are used for livestock fodder and making beer. The gluten-free seeds can be cooked like rice, boiled for porridge, or ground into flour. This Millet is not picky about the type of soils its grown in, & will tolerate anything from sandy soil to clay. For this reason, they are also used to control erosion. The plants are quite ornamental, with large 5 – 8” arching seed heads. They are beaut