Red Sorghum seed

LATIN NAME: SORGHUM BICOLOR

COMMON NAME: Red Sorghum

The red sorghum brooms the tall, sturdy stems with the broad, ribbon-like leaves and the dense, upright heads of the round, glossy, red-brown grains that ripen through the late summer, the heads standing bold above the foliage. The grains hold firm in the heads, and they dry well for the storage. The plant grows fast into the tall, stately clumps, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the deep, moist, rich soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

In the grass family, the sorghums have a long, practical record in the dry-land grain research, and the red-grained forms appear in the studies of the drought tolerance and the grain chemistry. The research covers the seed biology and the way the heads hold the grains firm, while the agronomists value the hardy yields. The food scientists note the gluten-free flour, and the growers of the traditional grain crops keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the sunny garden and the field, the red sorghum feeds and stands tall. The red-brown heads serve the flour, the porridge, the syrup and the drinks for the ages, the grains feed the birds and the livestock, and the dried heads make the bouquets and the brooms. It thrives in the deep, moist, rich, sunny ground and stands the dry spells well. Bright, hardy and generous.

To grow the Red Sorghum from seed,

Sow the seeds in the warm, moist rows of the open bed, then cover them lightly, keep the rows moist, and the seedlings break through within a week or two

Keep the rows watered through the dry weeks, and thin the plants for the sturdy stems. The red heads ripen by the late summer.

. Plant the young plants in the sunny, deep, well-drained ground, and the red heads will broom the late summer over the years.

NAME: Colored Uprights Sorghum

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Broomcorn

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sorghum Bicolor

COLOR: Red, gold, black, and burgundy with every shade in-between

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

HARVEST: 95 Days

PLANT HEIGHT: 100 – 115”

PLANT SPACING: 6 – 9”

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average