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When will the millet be harvested and matured?

The harvest time is different in different planting areas. The northern region can be sown in spring and summer, sown in spring after frost breaking, harvested in the middle and late April, sown before the middle of June in summer and harvested before 10. The southern region has a high temperature and a short growth cycle, and it can be harvested around September. The yield per mu of millet is generally 300-400 kg.

Millet, also known as millet, is one of the oldest cultivated crops. Millet is the king of grains and the only alkaline food in grains. Many people like to cook porridge with millet, which is nutritious, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach. There are many places to grow millet in China.

Millet ripening

If the planting area and sowing time of millet are different and the ripening time is different, there will be differences between the north and the south. Millet in the south will ripen in early September, and millet in the north, such as yellow rice in Shanxi, ripens in early June at 65438+ 10 every year.

Millet harvesting

The harvest time of millet varies with different planting areas. In the north, it can be sown in spring and summer, after frost breaks, it can be harvested in the middle and late April, it can be sown in summer before the middle of June, and it can be harvested before 10. The temperature in the south is high and the growth cycle is short, so it can be harvested around September.

Origin and yield of millet

Millet is mainly produced in Shanxi, Gansu, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other regions of China. The famous millet are Yuxian millet, Qinzhou millet, Longshan millet, Jinxiang millet, Yan 'an millet and Chifeng millet. The yield per mu of millet is generally 300-400 Jin, and that of rice is 70%-75%.