This product definitely grows like a weed! A weed that our birds absolutely love to eat!
A friend bought some seed from one of the organic seed companies in our area and did a experimental crop. She planted whole, soaked, sprouted, spray millet in rows like you'd plant corn. The plants were HUGE!
This last spring, we tried some different varities... - white proso, milo, japanese and german millet seeds. We also were able to get our hands on some broom corn seed (this item is really used to make brooms). Again - planted in rows like corn. The broom corn was 8 feet tall! The millets ranged in height from 3 to 5 feet. All had wonderful spray millets attached!
One thing is for certain - the FRESH stuff.......right out of the garden is definitely preferred by the birds. I picked some of the plants green and the birds relished them. The broom corn was very interesting - the straw-like strands have seed pods attached......like mega millets. While the birds didn't seem to have much interest in eating this stuff - they definitely enjoyed ripping it up! My parrotlet uses his "broom" (attached to the top roof of his cage) to hide in. Kinda like a fort! Finches and canaries have a ball playing in it! They also used this item for building their nests in the avairy.
We've shared these products with local bird enthusiest in our area and received a lot of positive feedback .......both as a treat source and a natural toy!
I'll try to get some photos of the leftover harvest next time I visit. I did find a website of a farm located in Canada that has a few photos of spray millet growing.
Crystal
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