Golden and White Wonder Millet: Which One to Grow
Watch Keith Berns and Dale Strickler compare Golden and White Wonder millet as cover crops. Learn why White Wonder outperforms German millet in height, leaf size, head development, and overall productivity—and which one makes sense for your operation.
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0:00 So Dale, the most people are more familiar with the golden German millet.
0:05 But we really like the white wonder, which again it's an improved selection.
0:09 Out of that they look very similar.
0:10 Obviously this is going to have a white.
0:12 Colored seed where that's going to be a little bit more golden talk a little bit.
0:16 More about the differences between the two. Well, I think the white wonder it's
0:22 Taller the leaves are wider it just seems more productive. I mean even for.
0:28 Seed production the heads are quite a bit bigger.
0:38 Bigger and better than the German melon.
0:41 And so it's always my preference if
0:43 You know unless someone demands this I'll steer them this yeah.
0:49 And sometimes we only have one seed or the other, but when we have both, yeah we
0:53 Do tend to like the white Wonder from a productivity standpoint. I think it's just a little better product. Some people might argue with me, but every time we've grown them side by side here, this has come out better.