Hello Hive
Seeing that the rains have finally ceased here it is important to check on all our crops to learn about their growth phase and see is any crop needs support to enhance growth and seed growth and maturity.
Once the rains ceases like this, it barely takes a lot of time before the ground becomes too dry for any crop to survive or further its growth. At this time of the year, any planted crops must be at fertilization and seed bearing stage it else it will not give us any food this year.
The guinea corn has been a cause for concern since we were yet to spot any fertilization or seed bearing with the plant earlier. It takes about 6months for guinea corn to do so and this particular ones where planted much earlier.
We decided to do a thorough check on the Sorghum, they have grown quite taller than myself and some of them are almost 200" tall. We have to bend over the plant to look through its tip.
Due to the abundant amount of rainfall the plant has grown so well and bare alot of healthy green leaves that even when it start flowering we didn't notice this, one because it was too tall for us to observe that and another reason was the leaves that rounded up at the tip covering the process.
Once the fertilization has started you will see cluster of panicles which is a large flower cluster and it is within this pannicles that the grains will be formed.
I'm some crops the flowering parts is what covers up to bear the seeds while in other crops the flowering parts and the seeds all produce in different location on the plant.
The panicles of the guinea corns were well covered up by excessive leaves such that it is taking a bit of time to notice that this is already happening within the plants.
Right after this time we would begin to see some grains far ahead in this guinea corn. Their height is always a challenge even though it is often an indication that the guinea has grown and are producing really well.
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when I first saw it, it looked like a corn (maize plant). Thanks for the update, never knew guinea corns took 6 months to mature. Seems a long period anyway when comparing with the maize at 3 months range.
Yeah they are totally two different plants and we grow both crops too