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Finger Millet (Ragi) vs Foxtail Millet

Both are Millet. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Finger Millet (Ragi) Foxtail Millet

Measure Finger Millet (Ragi) Foxtail Millet
Season Kharif Kharif
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 100–120 70–90
Spacing 30 × 10 cm 25 × 10 cm
Soil pH 5.0–7.5 5.5–7.0
Water 400–600 250–400
Temperature °C 20–30 20–30
Seed rate 10–12 kg 8–10 kg
Yield 2–3 t 1.5–2 t
Watch for Blast, stem borer Blast, shoot fly

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