Japanese Millet for Wet Ground and Wildlife
See how Japanese millet performs in summer conditions and learn why it's the millet to choose when you have wet or poorly drained soil. Watch it form seed heads in just six weeks and discover why ducks, pheasants, and other wildlife seek it out.
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0:00 This is Japanese melon. It's another of the fast growing annual millets that we.
0:04 Offer the thing that makes Japanese millet very unique amongst all the.
0:08 Millets is its ability to tolerate water generated soils. Exxon people need to.
0:13 Call it duck millet because it's often used by duck hunters on the edges of.
0:17 Marshes and ponds so you're looking for a fast growing millet that will tolerate.
0:24 Wet soil japanese millet, it's a good choice. You can see it's forming.
0:29 Seed heads. This is grown for probably about six weeks now and it's starting to.
0:37 Want to get the regrowth that it's capable of. One of the very best duck.
0:43 Foods there is pheasant, love it's a great wildlife choice and like keep said.
0:48 Sometimes it's the absolute best option and if you don't have the wet areas.
0:58 You're probably better off with the German or a brown top millet seeds a little cheaper if you don't need the water tolerance to it.