Both adults and the youngest children know that nothing will help so quickly and easily to collect all small debris from the floor, than a broom. But if you ask them what they make of brooms for cleaning the floor , not everyone can give the correct answer. Correct this "white spot" in knowledge and find out what kind of plants make brooms, you can with the help of our article.
What do brooms for cleaning?
Initially, for the production of brooms and panicles, flexible thin twigs were used from any nearby bush or young tree. But when the manufacture of brooms for cleaning has become an industrial scale, for these purposes began to grow a plant called "sorghum." It is from sorghum that household brooms, so familiar to our eyes, that are sold today in all markets and in hardware stores, are knit together. And this is not accidental, because sorghum has a lot of advantages: it grows fast enough practically on any soils, does not require special care and possesses the necessary flexibility and strength. In addition, sorghum has the ability to "ripen" in a cut condition, which makes it particularly suitable for growing in regions with a cool climate. It is interesting that a special sort of sorghum was produced for the production of brooms, which is called - sorghum broom. To buy seeds of a borage sorghum today is not at all a problem and it is quite possible to grow your own broom in the area during the summer.
What do millet brooms do?
Before the appearance of the sorghum, brooms in Russia were traditionally knit and from the remaining millet panicles left after knocking out the grains. Because of the external similarity of these two plants, many even confuse them. But to date, millet brooms have almost completely been replaced by more durable, soft and fluffy brooms from sorghum.