Great millet "Black Falcon" (broomcorn)

Great millet "Black Falcon" - Sorghum bicolor.
An original, decorative, annual plant with wide green leaves, which looks very attractive due to its lush panicle inflorescences.
Plant height up to 180 cm. It has a high resistance to lodging. It looks great in combination with conifers and in group planting on the lawn. It serves as an excellent material for creating winter bouquets and floral arrangements.
Agrotechnics.
It grows well in the sun and in partial shade. Prefers light, fertile soils. Easily tolerates drought and high temperatures.
Sowing is done in May in open ground. Shoots appear in 10-12 days. Seedlings are thinned out, maintaining a distance of 30 cm between plants.

* Sorghum bicolor.
It blooms in July-August. Fruits are white grains. Sorghum is widely used as a raw material for the production of food products: cereals, starch and flour, from which porridge, flat cakes and bread are prepared, pre-mixed with wheat flour for better viscosity. Starch extracted from these plants is widely used in pulp and paper production, in the mining and textile industries, and in medicine.
Sorghum has more starch than even corn, and it is much easier to grow. This grain is also popular in Latin America. In Mexico, it is often cooked like popcorn, since its grains also burst when heated and become fluffy and airy. Moreover, unlike corn grains, unpopped sorghum grains are also quite tender to eat.

Bot. syn.: Andropogon bicolor, Andropogon sorghum, Andropogon sorghum subsp. sativus, Holcus arduini, Holcus bicolor, Sorghum commune, Sorghum japonicum, Sorghum saccharatum var. bicolor, Sorghum vulgare var. bicolor.