Sorghum sudanense seed

LATIN NAME: Sorghum sudanense

COMMON NAME: Sudan Grass

Sudan grass grows fast, tall and cheap, and the fields know it well. The tall, vigorous, annual grass carries the broad, mid-green leaves along the strong, upright stems, and the open, feathery panicles of the small spikelets ripen through the late summer. The plant is one of the fine, fast forage crops of the warm season, cut green for the stock or made into the hay, and it is a generous, hard-working presence of the summer field. It is a plant of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Sudan grass is a plain, hard-working subject of the plant science, studied for the fast growth and the fine forage value. Researchers have looked at the way the plant puts on the bulk through the warm season, and it keeps showing up in the work on the forage grasses, the fodder crops and the members of the grass family. The broad leaves and the tall, vigorous habit have also made it a fine field plant, and the Sudan grass is a regular subject of the studies of the warm-season forage crops.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Sudan grass is a fast, generous crop of the warm-season fields. The tall, leafy plant is cut green for the stock or made into the hay and the silage, giving the fine bulk of the feed through the summer months, and it is a dependable, hard-working forage crop of the warm regions. The deep roots also help the soil, and the plant is a fine, quick cover for the worn fields. It has drawn attention in the international agricultural press for the fast growth and the fine forage value, and it is a fine, generous crop of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.

Sudan grass is one of the fine, fast forage crops of the warm season, cut green for the stock or made into the hay and the silage. The deep roots also help the soil, and the plant is a fine, quick cover for the worn fields.

To grow the Sudan grass from seed, sow the seeds in the open ground in late spring at a shallow depth, in rows, and keep the ground moist, then thin the seedlings to a hand’s width apart. The seedlings come up within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. Give them the sun and the well-drained ground, and the tall, leafy growth will be ready for the cut through the warm season.