Job's Tears is an erect, annual to perennial, strongly tillering grass with erect, robust culms growing 1 - 3 metres tall.Weed to some, necklace to others, staff-of-life to others, Job's tear is a very useful and productive grass increasingly viewed as a potential energy source. Before corn (Zea mays) became popular in Southern Asia, Job's tears was rather widely cultivated as a cereal in India. It is still occasionally cultivated and is a potentially very useful grain, having a higher protein to carbohydrate ratio than any other cereal. The plant is also grown as an ornamental in tropical to temperate areas
Job's-tears Care
Coix Lacryma-jobi
What is the plant
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Humidity
Normal
Lighting
Part Sun
Hardiness zone
8 - 11
Difficulty
Medium
How to Care for the Plant
Water
It prefers moist soil.
Sunlight
It cannot grow in the shade.
Soil
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very acid soils.
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