O/T Milo Germination

fregienewbee · May 19, 2009

I planted milo, sunflowers, cowpeas, and millet on May 9. I broadcast all the seed.The milo is two years old; the other seed is this years. The cowpeas and sunflowers are just coming out of the ground but I haven't seen anything that looks like milo.It's been cold, so maybe that's it or I may have covered it too much, though I've used the same chainlink fence piece to cover all the other seed. My corn is up in my other food plots. How long would you wait before replanting? I'm trying the viability test now on the milo seed.

Thanks.

Larry in Michigan

IaGary · May 19, 2009

I had to grow milo here in Iowa for on the acres I rented from the DNR years ago.

Unless they improved the cold gemanation on milo seed it will not grow untill the soil is above 65 degrees or more. It will rot. Been there done that.

A few years I had to wait a week or more after bean planting to plant the darn stuff.

That is one reason it is grown in the lower midwest. It likes it hot and dry.

Gary

fregienewbee · May 19, 2009

Thanks, Gary. We've had neither dry or hot so far this spring. I'll chalk the information up for future projects and plan to replant in a couple of weeks.

Larry in Michigan

Old Roy · May 19, 2009

Not to be stupid ,but what is Milo? Or is it something like featherlax ?

IaGary · May 19, 2009

Milo is the same as grain sorghum.

Gary

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