Purple millet & Pollen

lolol :)

Have you got a budgie?

Lol :-) no but i did have Finches..

Hi there , Surrie , I had one of those millets last year , and tried to save the seed , but it didn't seem to set .
Really unusual isn't it ?
Amazing clouds of pollen for you .

Hi Driad, it may need a the pollen from a separate plant then, it is yes lol :-)

You will have to get another next Birthday SL :)

lol yes :-))

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What a strange looking thing lol :/

On the thumbnail pic, I thought this was a giant slug - need to get my eyes tested! Lovely grass in fact.

I was thinking caterpillar :D be nice with all that pollen though SL

Lol Hywel yes :-)

Lol thanks Tuesdaybear :-)

Cheers Paul :-))

Mine doesn't look like this yet ,I didn't know you had to shake them to pollinate them !

they are a bit like corn i beleave Amy, need pollinating if not in a group but i'm not sure if it has to be pollen from a different plant or not..

Funny -after seeing your pic, saw loads of these today,planted by local council at a roundabout and mixed with various annuals. They looked great - bit like bulrushes.

Lol tuesdaybear, i hadn't seen it before my daughter got it for me, now i see it in all the garden centres :-))

I had better give mine a good shake when it has pollen and looks like yours then Slad and then stand back to see what happens in due course :o) I bought some Lemon grass today and they had some more of these Millet plants in the centre there ....

good luck Amy we'll see if it works, another nice plant lemon grass :-))

I've been growing Lemon grass from seed but they are taking forever to grow when I saw some fully grown plants I couldn't resist them ,I use it for cooking so thats a bonus as well ........

sounds good, i've not used it in cooking, what do you use it in if you don't mind me asking as i love to cook :-)

Hi SL! I just planted two of these too...
...was going to give them to CoCo, though...
Never thought of cooking them! :)

The Millet or the lemon grass Karen ?

The millet...
Just reread the thread...and will stick to plan A with the millet and the bird! lol! :D

Lol :-))