Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Are you in a hurry to plant sorghum?

Are you in a hurry to plant sorghum?

Yes, you can.

Sorghum planting time is mainly divided into spring sowing and summer sowing, of which the best time for spring sowing is from mid-March to mid-April, and the best time for summer sowing is from mid-May to late June.

June 6th is the beginning of midsummer, which means "food crops with awns can be planted". After this day, the survival rate of crop planting is getting lower and lower. There is a folk proverb "If you don't plant awns, it's useless to plant them again", which is the truth.

At this time, farmers have to work hard and are very busy, so they are also called "busy planting" among the people. The half-month from awning sowing to summer solstice is the busy climax of "three summers" of sowing, transplanting and seedling management, and it enters autumn harvest, summer sowing and summer management in an all-round way. At this time, winter and spring wheat has been irrigated and topdressing, rice seedlings have been transplanted, and millet, corn and rice seedlings have been transplanted in most areas.