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er grass (Digitaria eriantha) is a summer-growing grass, suitor
silage. (Photo: © Pannar Saad)
g Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) is resistant against nematodes
ation crop with pineapples or tobacco. (Photo: ©Pannar Saad)
prefers soil pH 7 -
oil in the wild and
inum and mangamuts
finger grass
cky soil and sandi-
6 - 7 but struggles
on low-fertile soils.
Fast-growing Rhodes grass is welladapted
to a wide range of conditions
and produces high yields from
its first year of planting. Ideally mixed
Grassroots Vol 20 No 2 June 2020