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Sorghum - Mennonite
Sorghum - Mennonite
Sorghum - Mennonite Sorghum - Mennonite
Sorghum

Mennonite - Sorghum

Ref : G0604 - Sorghum bicolor
Bag of 20 grams

This variety, over 2 m tall, produces thick, vigorous stems that don't wilt. They produce beautiful panicles rich in orange-red, partially shelled grains.

 

The leaf sheaths of Sorghum bicolor, rich in anthocyanin, are used as a natural red dye. This use is widespread in Africa.

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in the ground

Sow light-colored, directly in place, in well-warmed soil, in rows 60 cm apart. Cover with 2 cm of fine soil. After emergence, thin out to leave one plant every 30 cm.

Sorghum needs a lot of heat to ripen.

April

April, May, June

August, September, October

in the ground

sunny

low

clayey, limestone, humus, sandy

reheated, sec

Sorghum bicolor

mid-season

20 grams

Orange

From 150 to 200 cm

Switzerland

1794

Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi

This ancient variety originates from the Mennonite group. The species Sorghum bicolor was described by the German botanist Moench, and published in 1794 in Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis: a staminum situ describendi.

Moench

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