Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Seventy-five days
Family
Polygonaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity, food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Sixty days of frost-free weather is all it needs.
A Himalayan pseudo-grain that flowers white and feeds every bee for miles.
Growing it
Sixty days of frost-free weather is all it needs.
What it is for
Kuttu flour for vrat food; outstanding bee plant.