Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Seventy days
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
The fastest grain to sow if the monsoon is three weeks late.
An old and quick millet, sown as a catch crop when the rains come late.
Growing it
The fastest grain to sow if the monsoon is three weeks late.
What it is for
Kangni upma and khichdi; fodder from the straw.