The best month to plant sorghum in Nigeria is May – June. The month of May, June and July are the months that receive the highest level of rainfall in Nigeria. Sorghum is a crop that does well when the weather is warm and wet.
For farmers that use irrigation, they can grow sorghum anytime or any month of the year. Sorghum does well under irrigation.
Sorghum farming is usually done in the rainy season months in Nigeria as a lot of sorghum farmers cannot afford to buy good irrigation systems.
The Best Months to Plant Sorghum in Nigeria
The following are some of the months to grow sorghum in Nigeria:
January
Sorghum farmers in Nigeria hardly start growing sorghum in the month of January. The month of January is a month when the incidences of insects and flies are high. These pests can transmit viral diseases to sorghum plants.
February
February is one of the dry season months of the year. Sorghum farmers in Nigeria hardly plant sorghum seeds in this month because they mostly rely on rains. Irrigation farmers can however start the cultivation of sorghum in February.
March
In Nigeria, March is one of the best months to plant sorghum. In Nigeria, the rainy season starts in the month of March. Sorghum can be planted in the month of March in the southern part of Nigeria. This should not be done in the northern Nigeria.
April
Just like March, sorghum farmers in southern Nigeria also see April as one of the best months to grow sorghum in Nigeria. Sorghum can be planted in the month of April in the southern part of Nigeria. This should not be done in the northern part of Nigeria because of the late rains there.
May
The month of May is a wet season month. May is also one of the good months to plant sorghum in Nigeria. Sorghum farmers often take the advantage of the rains in the month of May to plant their seeds.
June
Nigeria receives its highest rainfall in the month of June, especially in the southern part of Nigeria. The month of June is also one of the best months to plant sorghum in Nigeria. Rain fed sorghum farmers see the month of June as the best month to grow sorghum in Nigeria.
July
July is one of the wettest months of the year in Nigeria. The abundance of rains in the month of July makes it a good time to plant or grow sorghum in Nigeria. A lot of sorghum farmers in Nigeria grow their crop in the month of July.
August
August is also one of the best months to plant sorghum in Nigeria. In the northern part of Nigeria, the month of August gets a lot of rainfall. Sorghum farmers in the northern part of Nigeria may plant sorghum in the month of August.
The month of June is unarguably the best month to plant sorghum in Nigeria.
About Sorghum Farming
Sorghum farming is the growing of sorghum. Sorghum farming can also be explained as the growing of sorghum crop for the purpose of harvesting the sorghum grains.
Sorghum farming involves all the processes associated with the cultivation of sorghum. These processes include getting the seeds, land preparation, planting, maintenance of the sorghum plants, harvesting and marketing of the produce.
Sorghum grows in a well-draining soil with a pH of 6.0 and 7.0.
Other sorghum producing states in Nigeria are Oyo state and Gombe state.
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