millet

[debster]

with three hungry birds in the house and always looking for something new and interesting to grow has anyone tried growing millet, i always have some in the house so could germinate the seeds from there, any one tried it any ideas?

[debster]

[debster]

no one grown millet no one keeps birds then

[manicscousers]

never heard of it, debster,i mean the growing  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's a large tropical grass, which was a staple in Africa before the introduction of maize which is much heavier-yielding. I don't know, but I suspect you might need to grow in under glass.

[Tatiana]

Don't know about growing millet but real seeds offer a couple of grain types to grow in the UK: amaranth and quinoa. see http://www.realseeds.co.uk/grains.html  :)

[morton]

Seems like it might be foxtail millet possibly.

http://lubbock.tamu.edu/othercrops/docs/nmsumilletprod.htm

[debster]

yes certainly sounds like foxtail millet, have heard about quinoa being good for birds too, may give it a go, got nothing to lose lol  :)