White Mountain Apache - Sorghum
This ancient variety, native to the Apache people, produces large panicles bursting with red seeds.
Sorghum bicolor is a dye plant widely used in Africa. It is the leaf sheaths, often colored red, that are used for their anthocyanin content.
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in the ground
Sow light-colored, directly in place, in well-warmed soil, in rows 60 cm apart. Cover with 2 cm of fine soil. After emergence, thin out to leave one plant every 30 cm.
Sorghum needs a lot of heat to ripen.
April
April, May, June
August, September, October
in the ground
sunny
low
clayey, limestone, humus, sandy
reheated, sec
Sorghum bicolor
mid-season
20 grams
Red
From 200 to 300 cm
United States
Inconnue
This ancient variety originates from Cibeque in the White Mountains of northern Arizona, on the Apache Indian Reservation. Sorghum, certainly originally from Africa, was introduced to the northern United States for animal fodder.
