Emerging Guinea corn spikelet in preparation for seed production

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Far up in the sky you can see our guinea corn spikelets all emerged now. Those spikelets bears the guinea corn seed.
I have never experienced a growth of guinea corn this tall. The height here can reach up to 180" if measured, you can see that in the picture. The plant is 3-4 times my height and at harvest we bend this all over to cut the spikelets bearing the grains with a sickle.

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About this time we have the emerging spikelets meaning that in the next one month we would have some guinea corn seeds in them.
Every guinea corn plants that have produced spikelets at this time do not need much rain to produce its seed. We are meant to start having mist now since the rains has stopped,the dews and mist assist crops like Beans and guinea corn to attain maturity and proper seed production.

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This morning we still have some tiny clouds forming and this has been happening for the past two weeks, the clouds will form but it will not rain. This weather is stopping the dews from starting. We can barely tell if there will be one more final rain or not, but our guinea corn needs some form of moisture contents for seed production now.

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I saw less Guinea corn this year in my state, many people are moving away from tall plants for security reasons. It’s harvest season and you’ll soon be reaping the fruits of your labor ❤️

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I love this guinea corn it really looks good and healthy

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