Teff Grass
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I have a few acres of sudex as well in case this stuff didn't pan out. Its supposed to be as good or better than Timothy. It is like Sudex in that it only lasts a year and is a summer grass. I don't know much more than that because it was somewhat of an expirement for our local farm service. I do know it came from Ethiopia and is a very, very small seed, smaller than clover.
At harvest it was very fine bladed and stemmed with about 3 foot of growth, i.e. it dried down like a normal grass instead of a week for Sudex. I am waiting on the analysis.
Sizmic
At harvest it was very fine bladed and stemmed with about 3 foot of growth, i.e. it dried down like a normal grass instead of a week for Sudex. I am waiting on the analysis.
Sizmic
17 tons????? seed or what. That is more than a ton to the acre. Is this a misprint.cowboyup216":si3kouft said:
sizmic":3bdk3v6i said:
Teff is very popular for horse hay here in SA, I tried it the last few years as pasture and grazed it. Although it had high yields, it didn't come anywhere close to alfalfa for production per mm water. In my opinion it may be good for horses, but for grazing its value is limited because of a very shallow root system and cattle will pull alot of it out with their tongue action on sandy soil.
Unless your business is to sell hay to horse people, I believe there are better grasses and legumes for cattle hay.
cowboyup216":29dla37l said:
the only sudan type I plant is Babala, it fairs the best on sorry acidic sandy soil. I broadcast and disc lightly, wait till the babala is about 3 inches tall and fertilise through the irrigation. LAN at 200kg/ha works well, but I usually go with the cheapest form of nitrogen, usually 1:0:0 (40), applied at same rate.
On the better soils my dad had good success with Cowcandy in the 1980's.
I have found that babala seldom yields the same results the second time you plant it on the same land, is your experience with other types of sudan the same?
Why don't you guys plant pure "Sudangrass" seed and not have to plant each year? Just let the last cutting go to seed.
All of the Sudex types are Sorghum X Sudangrass hybrids. I doubt they are much different in forage production capabilities or other characteristics.
There are at least a million of them.
All of the Sudex types are Sorghum X Sudangrass hybrids. I doubt they are much different in forage production capabilities or other characteristics.
There are at least a million of them.
Not sure I understood you correctly, but teff looks nothing like alfalfa, teff kind of looks like brome from the few brome photos I've seen posted here.
I have no idea about actual tons per area yield, but since the only way I can produce any pasture in the summer is through irrigation, the yield per mm water applied is what is important to me. Under irrigation alfalfa will produce more than double what the teff will.
