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Red Sorghum Sudan Grass / Forage Seeds

Sudan Grass seeds

Shape:- Spherical

Size:- 0.2 cm radius

Color: Orange

Usage: Germination (not for oil extraction)

Age: - Fresh (less than a year, good for germination)

Origin:  India

Category:- Grass / Fodder / Forage Seeds

Details

·        Botanical name : Sorghum-Sudan grass

·        Common Name : Sudan

·        English Name : Sorghum grass

·        Family : Fabaceae

Sorghum-Sudan grass hybrids offer a solution to producing forage dry matter when an emergency occurs. They are warm season grasses, unlike most of our forage species which are cool season grasses. Hybrids of Sorghum and Sudan grass are often used in Ontario. The resulting hybrid may favour either parent, so be sure to discuss what you want from the hybrid with your seed sales person. Sorghums are known for being drought resistant. They are more efficient in water absorption because they have twice as many secondary roots per unit of primary root as corn and have only half as much leaf area as corn for evaporation. Their water requirements are the same as corn but they have the ability to go dormant during extended drought periods. Growth will begin when the rains come.

Sorghum-Sudan grasses yield slightly lower than corn when harvested for silage, but they have the advantage that they can be cut **3 times during the season and can also be stored as either chopped silage or wrapped bale silage, green chopped or pastured. Corn silage produces more tonnes per hectare but it must be harvested in the fall with specialized forage harvesting equipment. Sorghum-sudan grasses can also be harvested using a strip grazing system. They are thus more versatile to harvest than corn. The availability of harvesting equipment and the immediate need for forage will help you to decide between Sorghum-Sudan grass and other annual forages.

Fertility

Recommendations for fertilizing corn should be used for the sorghum family, including the ******5 kg/ha (*****0 lb/ac) nitrogen applied at planting. After each cut, *0 kg/ha (*5 lb/ac) more nitrogen should be applied to encourage growth. Sorghum-sudan grasses can grow in a wide pH range with 5.**7.5 as the optimum.

Weed Control

Under good growing conditions the competition from the plants will keep weeds in check. No herbicides are currently registered for use on these hybrids.

Harvesting

The first cut will be ready for harvest about *0 days from planting. The plants should be over *5 cm (*6 inches) in height, and just before head emergence when cut (usually early August). For a faster recovery of aftermath growth, leave at least *0 to *8 cm (**7 inches) of stubble when harvesting. Optimum growth of these plants occurs under hot, moist conditions. A second cut should be ready ****5 days later.

The crop may also be harvested just once, at the hard dough stage, to get maximum volume in a one cut system. You will sacrifice yield that you could have captured under a 2 cut system. If this is your goal you should reconsider corn silage as it would yield more in a one cut system.

At cutting, the crop is about ****5% moisture and requires wilting before ensiling. It dries slower than alfalfa. Yield data is limited, but *- 7.5 tonnes per hectare (**3 tons /ac) are reported from research and farm experience. Yields vary with season, moisture and warmth, and are higher in hot summers than in cool ones.

Pasture

Sorghum-Sudan grass may be pastured but livestock should not enter before the plants are *5 cm high. Trampling damage will be very high unless a strip or rotational grazing system is used. As the plants will reach this height by mid summer and are drought resistant, this can provide a source of feed during the summer slump of pastures.

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