(100 days) Sorghum, a large corn-like plant originally domesticated in Africa, is traditionally considered a southern crop. So I was surprised this summer to find a 4' grain sorghum being grown by my neighbor in central Maine. This was a warmer-than-usual summer, but also shorter, with a late spring frost bookended by an early one in the fall, during which Texicoa matured its large dense heads just in time. More exceptionally, it maintained its productivity during a severe drought, which makes it a front runner in the climate-change sweepstakes. A white-seeded grain sorghum (also known as milo), Texicoa can be popped, but it is more commonly ground into a mild-flavored flour, cooked as a grain, or sometimes nixtamalized like corn and made into tortillas. Culture is similar to corn; expect tillers. Easy to thresh and attractive to birds. Whatever you don’t eat can be used as animal feed. Black Benefit Sharing. ①
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