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500 seeds of local sorghum seeds 10 grams Common name: Salty sorghum harvest Scientific name: Atriplex halimus Why choose Salty harvest? It tolerates high salinity and severe drought Suitable for the Kingdom's environment and desert areas A perennial shrub with low water needs Excellent natural fodder for sheep and camels Contributes to combating desertification and stabilizing the soil A great option for natural afforestation and landscape coordination A fast-growing, perennial shrub from the Atriplex genus, belonging to the Chenopodiaceae family, a small dense-branched shrub, its leaves characterized by a silvery white color on its stems and round-shaped leaves, evergreen, excretes salt through hairs on the leaf and has a salty taste, its height ranges from 0.5 to 3 meters, it has long roots, making the plant suitable for soil stabilization and protecting slopes from erosion. • Salty sorghum shrub flower: The flower of the sorghum has a pale yellow color, its flowering period is from August to September. • Salty sorghum shrub fruit and seeds: Its fruits are medium-sized pods about 0.2 cm, containing seeds inside and are light brown in color. • Growing season of Salty sorghum shrub: Salty sorghum is planted in spring, and can also be cultivated throughout the year in agricultural reserves. • Suitable climate and soil for Salty sorghum shrub: It needs sunlight and sandy soil, resistant to wind, and tolerates harsh conditions of drought and low rainfall for many years, as well as frost. • How to cultivate Salty sorghum shrub: It reproduces easily by seeds, but seed germination is very sensitive to salt, which is treated by washing the seeds with water to remove salts from their outer layer. It also reproduces by cuttings of new growth branches, which are cut and planted. Seeds are watered regularly after germination until plant buds appear, then watering is reduced. • Sorghum is one of the most salt-tolerant plants. • Its benefits and uses: It has many health benefits, helps remove soil salinity, and is cultivated as fodder in natural pastures. It is suitable for soil stabilization and protecting slopes from erosion. It also provides a different visual appeal when combined with other plants, and can be used as a fence or barriers. • It is widely cultivated as a pasture for camels and sheep, as it is favored by them and eaten voraciously.