Browntop Millet: A Quick Summer Cover Crop Before Fall Fescue

Browntop millet is an excellent temporary ground cover for summer. It germinates fast in heat, stabilizes soil, and can be mowed to look decent. Perfect for holding a site before planting fescue in fall.

Planting and Management

• Rate: 2–4 lbs per 1,000 sq ft.
• Water: A few irrigations help establishment.
• Mow: Regularly to prevent seed heads.
• Termination: Spray with glyphosate 2 weeks before fescue planting.
• Incorporate: Till the dead millet into soil the week before seeding fescue for a great seedbed.

This warm-season annual dies with frost, leaving organic matter and a weed-free start for your cool-season lawn.

Browntop millet grows quickly in summer heat.