Grow guide
How to grow Job's Tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
- Type
- Grain
- Zones
- USDA zones 6–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 120–150 days
- Spacing
- 12″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Fertilize At sow
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Tropical annual grain grown for hard bead-like seeds; nick and soak seed before sowing; cook whole like rice or grind into flour.
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