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Primary Uses: |
Forage |
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Planting: |
Drill seed to a depth of 1 inch in a
well prepared seedbed. Plant between May 20 and June 5.
Soil should be around 65 to 70 degrees warm. |
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Seeding Rate: |
20-30 lb/acre for pasture, 5 to 10
lb/acre in rows for silage. |
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Fertility: |
Tolerates high pH, but near neutral is
optimum. Will remove about 40 lb P and 180 lb K per acre and
about 60 to 120 lb N per acre. Sorghum seed is sensitive to
fertilizer burn so place fertilizer 2 inches to the side or slightly
below the seed depth. |
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Insects: |
Wireworms, Seed Beetles, Cutworms,
Aphids, Sorghum midge, chinch bugs, spider mites, armyworms, and
earworms, though most of these insects do not occur in sufficient
populations in the Midwest to need control. |
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Diseases: |
Seed treatments should be used to
control seed rots and seedling blights. |
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Harvest: |
Sorghum-Sudangrass cannot be stored as
hay often because of the difficulty in drying the forage to a safe
storage moisture of 25% or less. For pasture, hybrids are
ready for grazing after 5 or 6 weeks. Prussic acid makes new
shoots dangerous until they reach 18 inches tall at least. For
silage, harvest in the medium dough stage with plant moisture at 65
to 70 %. |
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Comments: |
This hybrid carries the Brown Midrib
trait which is a brownish discoloration of the leaf midrib. It
indicates a lower fiber content of the leaves which greatly
increases palatability. MVB |
