Hi Ann,

The purple majesty millet that I purchased said to start 8 - 10 weeks before the last frost. hth. Shirley

According to Park Seeds they may be planted indoors or outside in temperatures above 60°

Here is a link that might be useful: Park Seeds

Mine are started now, I just use cell packs covered with a clear plastic bag, and they germinate well.(bag removed after germination of course.) I find they take a while here, so need a good 8 wks. prior to last frost date, which is June 1st. So, better get started!
Cheryl

We have direct seeded these in the field in May when the soil temperatures are above 60; and, they do just fine.
Sometimes the seedling greenhouse is just bursting with other things; and, there's just no room for seed that can
easily be direct seeded.

Trish

Trish,
I think I'll try some direct seeded as well. But also use my seedlings and see how they compare. We have about a month less growing season than you most times, and of course it depends on how warm of a summer we have, along with rainfall amounts. Our ground doesn't really warm up until the middle to end of June. I tried direct seeding some things last year, and the weeds always grow faster than the seedlings. I like to till, then plant plugs so I can actually see my plants. About the only thing I direct seed is sunflowers.
Cheryl

Mine are coming up from volunteer reseeding. I yanked the plant out last fall and let it sit on the ground a couple of days and now I have a gazillion little purple guys all in this spot. Now the task of pulling out all those puppies and leaving just the select ones to grow. I'm wondering if I could transplant some of the ones I pull out.
hilary

I direct sow at 2 different times. I have found that when started early, sometime in May when soil has warmed up in zone 7, they are spent by the end of June to July. I resow about 3 -4 weeks later and I have these beauties through fall.