Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Rain only
Mature size
1.5–3 m
First harvest
Eighty days
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Thin early; crowded plants make small heads.
The grain that carries the western desert through a bad monsoon.
Growing it
Thin early; crowded plants make small heads.
What it is for
Bajra roti and khichdi; stalks feed cattle.