SORGHUM MILLET – JOWAR – मीठी ज्वार (15 Gm)

🌾🥣 Jowar (Sorghum) for Flour Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Jowar, Sorghum
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Sorghum bicolor
🔹 Type ➜ Millet / grain crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Flour (atta), roti, health food

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Health grain production

🌟 Why Grow Jowar for Flour?
✔️ Gluten-free grain 🥣
✔️ High fiber & nutrition 💪
✔️ Growing demand in health market 📈
✔️ Good storage crop
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Jowar atta production
➜ Organic grain business
➜ Direct selling (premium market)

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Kharif crop ➜ June – July 🌧️
➜ Rabi crop ➜ September – October

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • June – July (best for grain)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–8
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic millet farming
➜ Dryland farming

🌰 Seed Selection (Important for Flour Quality)
➜ Recommended: • Desi jowar seeds 🌱
• White grain sorghum (best for atta)
• Organic sorghum seeds
• Non-GMO / open pollinated
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Better taste
➜ Fine flour quality
➜ High nutrition

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 4–5 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 45 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 15 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Proper grain filling
➜ Good panicle development

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 5–7 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Grain size 🌾
➜ Flour quality

💧 Irrigation
➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️
✔️ If needed: ➜ Irrigation every 10–12 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Grain filling

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Shoot fly
➜ Stem borer 🐛
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Light traps
➜ Ash dusting
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic millet farming

🌾 Harvesting (For Flour Quality)
➜ Ready in ➜ 100–120 days
Harvest when: ➜ Grains fully mature
➜ Hard & dry
✔️ Important: ➜ Dry properly before storage
➜ Clean grains for flour milling

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 3–4 months

📦 Yield
➜ Grain ➜ 8–12 quintal/acre
✔️ Good for: ➜ Atta production
➜ Direct selling 💰

🏪 Post-Harvest (Flour Business Tip)
➜ Clean & dry grains
➜ Grind fresh flour (atta) 🥣
➜ Sell as: • Organic jowar atta
• Gluten-free flour
✔️ High demand in: ➜ Health-conscious market
➜ Diabetic diet segment

🪴 Growing Jowar on Roof
✔️ Possible (trial)
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 12–15 inch
Notes:
➜ Limited grain yield
➜ Good for awareness