Sorghum × drummondii - Wikipedia
Sorghum × drummondii (Sudan grass), is a hybrid-derived species of grass raised for forage and grain, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa. It may also be known as Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum after its parents.
Sorghums, Sudangrass, and Sorghum-Sudan Hybrids - Team Forage
Sudangrass – grows from 4 to 7 feet tall, has leaves about 1 ⁄ 2 inch wide and stems about 1 ⁄ 4 inch in diameter. It can be harvested as pasture, green chop, hay, or silage. Yields have ranged from 3 to 5 tons/A dry matter. It can be ready for harvest as early as 45 days after planting.
Planting Forage Sorghum, Sudangrass, and Sorghum-Sudangrass …
2023年5月30日 · Plant sorghums in well-drained soils with temperatures above 60 degrees at planting depth for rapid seedling development, typically around two weeks after the ideal corn planting window. Seed sorghum-sudangrass species at 25-30 pounds per acre, and forage sorghums at 7-9 pounds per acre at a depth of 1 to 1.5 inches.
Sorghum Sudangrass Cover Crop - SARE
These tall, fast-growing, heat-loving summer annual grasses can smother weeds, suppress some nematode species and penetrate compacted subsoil if mowed once. Seed cost is modest. Followed by a legume cover crop, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are a top choice for renovating overfarmed or compacted fields.
Sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor) is a summer annual grass that is an excellent cover crop for scavenging excess nitrogen, suppressing weeds, fighting soil compaction, and providing supplemental livestock grazing.
Beat the slump with sudangrass | Hay and Forage Magazine
2024年5月28日 · Sudangrass fits the bill as a high-quality, fast-growing forage with exceptional regrowth potential. It’s a good choice to bridge the summer cool-season grass slump. In the Midwest, over the last two decades, both June and September have shown a trend toward warmer average monthly temperatures.
Sorghum Sudangrass Care - Gardening Know How
2023年2月22日 · Sudangrass is a fast-growing cover crop that has a broad root system and can grow in many areas. This makes the plant excellent at rejuvenating areas that have been over-cropped and compacted or low in nutrients. Learn more about growing it in this article.
Sudangrass - Purdue University College of Agriculture
Use and Comments: Supplemental warm season pasture, greenchop, silage and hay; AY-196. Distribution in U.S.: Throughout the U.S. Height: Maximum of 15 feet. Inflorescence: Open panicle. Culm: Fine and erect. Leaves: Long and narrow.
Sudangrass quick facts - Earth@Home: Evolution
2023年7月8日 · Sudangrass (Sorghum x drummondii) is a hybrid between two types of grasses in the genus Sorghum: sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and common wild sorghum (Sorghum arundinaceum), which is a grass originally from Africa and South Asia.
Sorghum-Sudangrass Production Guide | USU
Sorghum-Sudangrass, or “Sudex,” is a hybrid of forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sudangrass (S. bicolor var. Sudanese). Both are high-producing, rapidly growing, warm-season, annual summer crops.