Grow guide
How to grow Fonio
Digitaria exilis
- Type
- Grain
- Zones
- USDA zones 8–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 42–70 days
- Spacing
- 3″ apart
- Density
- 16 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 14 days
Care
- Water As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
West African micro-millet; germinates in 2-4 days, matures in 6-10 weeks; broadcast seed, barely cover, tolerates poor dry soil.
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