When is the best time to plant millet?

Millet planting time can be divided into spring sowing and summer sowing. The best sowing date for spring valley is between Qingming and Grain Rain, and the harvest time is in the middle and late September, and the suitable sowing date for summer valley is May-June, and the harvest time is 65438+1mid-October.

Due to different regions, the planting time of millet will be different. The sowing time of northeast millet is mainly in spring, which belongs to the spring valley area, including Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and eastern Inner Mongolia.

The planting time of foxtail millet in Heilongjiang started from April 20th, and the most suitable planting time of foxtail millet in Jilin, Liaoning and eastern Inner Mongolia is generally from early May to May 20th, not later than the end of May.

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Millet planting techniques

Land selection: Millet planting plots should be soft and flat, with deep black soil, normal irrigation and drainage and high organic matter content.

Soil preparation: after selecting the planting site, soil preparation should be done in time and fine harrow should be completed to promote seed germination and emergence. Then select varieties, then eliminate and soak seeds, soak seeds with salt water, and select poor seeds with shrinkage and light weight to improve seed quality.

Sowing in time: Sowing begins when the temperature is stable above 7℃, mainly by grasping soil moisture. The soil preparation should be fine, the grid should be well trodden and the soil should be evenly covered. If it rains after sowing to form a hard cover, use a roller press or other agricultural tools to break the hard cover to make the seedlings strong.

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