Description
Elegia deusta. (Restionaceae) Small Millet Reed. A dioecious perennial. The plants are small and clustered on a long rhizome. Sowing : Before sowing, the seed should be treated with smoke or soaked in a smoke-water solution. The seed should be sown during early autumn, when the nights are cool, between 10°C and 15°C, and the days are still warm, between 20°C and 30°C. After about three weeks the seed germinates and after another six to nine weeks can be pricked out. Locality: Bettiesbaai. Harvest: July 2022
