To encourage healthy growth, fertilize your sesame plants every four weeks with a balanced liquid fertilizer diluted as per ...

How to grow sesame from seed Sesame seeds have a long growing season, so Carissa Kasper recommends sowing seeds indoors in late winter or early spring, around 4-6 weeks before your last frost date.

Sesame seeds have a long growing season, so Carissa Kasper recommends sowing seeds indoors in late winter or early spring, around 4-6 weeks before your last frost date.

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Sesame seeds are primarily grown in two continents, but they do grow in certain U.S. states. Here's what happens after the seeds are in the ground.

A sesame crop matures in 90 days and dries down to harvest in another 30 days. It has no natural enemies such as the boll weevil. Nor do wild animals feed on it. "Deer and wild hogs don't bother it.