FREE: Job's Tears Seeds

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This auction will be for 10 seeds. I grow these plants here in Texas and they do well in many other places as well. Everywhere I have lived I have never had a problem growing them.
Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), Coixseed, Tear Grass, Hato Mugi, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to Southeast Asia[1] but elsewhere cultivated in gardens as an annual. It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics. In its native environment it is grown in higher areas where rice and corn do not grow well. Job's Tears are also commonly sold as Chinese pearl barley in Asian supermarkets, although C. lacryma-jobi is not closely related to barley (Hordeum vulgare).Wild type Coix lacryma-jobi var. stenocarpa and var.
monilifer has hard shelled pseudocarps which are very hard, pearly white, oval structures used as beads for
making rosaries, necklaces, and other objects.
Cultivated type Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen is harvested as a cereal crop, has soft shell, and is used medicinally in parts of Asia.


BLOOM TIME: Late Summer - Early Fall
HARDINESS ZONE: 9 - 10 (and reseeds itself easily)
PLANT HEIGHT: 48 - 72" . . . PLANT SPACING: 6 - 9"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average
This plants seeds are used in soups and broths, and can be used in any way that rice is used. They can also be ground into a flour which is used to make bread. The seeds are popular for making decorations and have herbal and medicinal uses. The color of the seeds can vary in color and can be stored by canning them.
Cancer Fighting Properties
Compounds that inhibit human cancer cells were isolated from Job's Tears bran in a recent study by researchers in Taiwan.[7] Their study analyzed the bran from Coix lachrymal-jobi var. ma-yuen. Job's Tears bran is a waste product from the processing of Job's Tears.