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can some identify this plant?

Posted on 7/8/26 at 9:46 am
Posted by Dissident Aggressor
Member since Aug 2011
5831 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 9:46 am
this thing sprouted up 7 or 6 weeks ago
ive been telling the ol girl that its a weed, appears to be some type of johnson grass to me
she says NO, leave it
what is this?
Posted by RadRob
Acadiana
Member since Oct 2021
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 10:06 am to
That's Sorghum or Milo probably from bird seed and it will regrow if you let it got to seed.
Posted by FeauxPaw
BRuh
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 10:25 am to
That's a traveler's palm, ravenala madagascariensis

Keep it.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
88049 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 10:36 am to
quote:

Milo probably from bird seed
I now avoid mixes with Milo, but when I did not, I had it spring up all over the place.
Posted by Towelie
America's Wang
Member since Aug 2007
19340 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 11:01 am to
quote:

That's a traveler's palm


Definitely not a travelers palm
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 11:14 am to
quote:

That's Sorghum or Milo probably from bird seed and it will regrow if you let it got to seed


Agreed that is a very healthy Milo plant. If you could grow a field of them just like that, you could make some money!
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 12:23 pm to
quote:

That's a traveler's palm
LOL

it’s sorghum, and as the others said it sprouted from birdseed. I dumped a big bag of sunflower seeds on an old stump over the winter for the squirrels and it obviously had a little milo in it because I’ve got some pretty big plants going now. I’m going to let it go it’s a pretty plant and provides food for the critters
This post was edited on 7/8/26 at 12:25 pm
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 1:33 pm to
Do you duck hunt?
Posted by Tbone2
Member since Jun 2015
793 posts
Posted on 7/8/26 at 6:31 pm to
Sorghum, getting right for dove season.
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
19810 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 8:48 pm to
Yep it's sorghum. It's related to corn except is native to Africa. It is grown commercially in some areas of the U.S. Do you have a farm nearby?

Edit: yes, one of the bigger markets for it is for bird seed, so that makes sense. A lot of areas of the world use it for bread. It is also used in mollases.
This post was edited on 7/9/26 at 8:50 pm
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20423 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:04 pm to
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That's Sorghum or Milo probably from bird seed and it will regrow if you let it got to seed.



I'd see huge fields of that when driving Hwy. 1 North heading to my now late father-in-law's house in Mansura. Those fields would be various shades of red as the plants matured.

Mostly sugar cane but also corn and milo growing in many of those fields when passing through that area.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21538 posts
Posted on 7/12/26 at 12:24 pm to
I recognized it immediately. Pasted the pic into Gemini and asked it what the large plant is. Here’s what it said.

The plant in your photo is sorghum (specifically a grain or forage variety, Sorghum bicolor). 
While it is often mistaken for corn because of its similar stalk and leaf structure, you can identify it by its distinctive panicle—the bushy, feathery flower head at the top that eventually produces clusters of grain. 

Here are a few ways to tell it apart from corn: 
Flower Head: Corn produces a tassel at the top and ears along the stalk; sorghum produces these large, bushy panicles (seed heads) at the top. 
Leaf Edges: If you feel the edges of a sorghum leaf, they are often "scratchy" or serrated, whereas corn leaves are generally smoother. 
Tillering: Sorghum is known to "tiller," meaning it often grows multiple stems from the base of the plant, which is visible in your photo where several stalks emerge from the same clump. 

Sorghum is a remarkably hardy, heat- and drought-tolerant plant, which likely explains why it is thriving in your garden. It is a versatile crop grown globally for grain, animal feed, and even syrup production. 

Are you growing this as an ornamental feature in your garden, or did it perhaps sprout from birdseed or a similar source?
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