Sowing months
Jun–Jul, Oct
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Rain only
Mature size
1.5–3 m
First harvest
One hundred days
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon, winter
Care
Birds will take a small planting; grow a block, not a row.
Jowar — drought-hardy grain and fodder in one, on almost no inputs.
Growing it
Birds will take a small planting; grow a block, not a row.
What it is for
Jowar roti; green fodder; a windbreak within a season.