Eastern gamagrass

[bgm]

A County Extension agent recommended eastern gamagrass as a wsg. Has anyone had any experience with it?

 

[jsramer]

I planted 5 acres of it 3 years ago. The first year I just clipped it to help control weeds because it was so dry. If had some moisture could have got a hay crop the first year. 2nd year burned it off about end of march and grazed it every 3 weeks from about May 20 to sept 10. This year I expect more, everyone tells me it is the 3rd and 4th year for good production. Cows loved it, hard to get them out of it so it could recover. I think rotation grazing is best, continuous would hurt stand.

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

This is secondhand advice so take it for what it's worth: somewhat difficult to get started, maybe the most palitable perrenial out there, have to rotational graze or cows will eat it out of existence.