anybody have experience with Teff grass?

[pappy6]

I am still debating how to renovate my pasture/hay ground damaged by drought and armyworm infestation. Part of pasture still has fair fescue/clover cover but about 1/2 needs work. I have read some good reports on Tiffany Teff grass, but is an annual and would need to be followed with with rye, wheat, etc..

Also, still thinking of using WW B Dahl as I have read on a site in Texas panhandle where they have good results. My weather should be similar as far as winter lows..probably a little warmer.

Would love to hear your experiences and advice, especially mid-south producers.

Thanks, pappy :tiphat:

 

[sizmic]

I wouldn't pasture it but it does make good hay. If you are just wanting to renovate I would use something else. We like to use it when rotating out alfalfa. Ground needs to be worked very well. all weeds need to be suppresed, meaning, sprayed or turnred under. Teff will wait on water. It doesn't look like much until it gets adequate moisture and then look out. Do a search on this site, been talked about a lot.

Sizmic

 

[agmantoo]

Same as what sizmic posted. I was impressed as to how it held up in dry weather. You need to be careful and not plant it very deep as it will not come up. The seed are extremely small. I used a small broadcast seeder mounted on an ATV. Metering the seed was difficult. Teff cannot be grazed very well on my place. The cattle pulled the entire plant from the ground as they ate.