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The best time to plant grass seed is when grass is actively growing and that depends on where you live: Generally, warm season grasses are found in the south. They grow during warmer months of the ...
Prepare the seed bed: If you’re spreading seed on bare ground, make sure to till the ground to a depth of 2 to 3 inches first, and consider adding a quality loam or compost mix before seeding ...
It’s fine to mulch lightly with straw, if you like, or to cover seeds with a light sprinkle of soil. But don’t bury seeds more than 1/8-inch deep or they don’t do well, says Waltz. 5.
Chrysopogon zizanioides, commonly known as vetiver and khus, is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae.. Vetiver is most closely related to Sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), citronella (Cymbopogon nardus, C. winterianus), and palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii).
Switchgrass is a hardy, deep-rooted, perennial rhizomatous grass that begins growth in late spring. It can grow up to 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) high, but is typically shorter than big bluestem grass or indiangrass. The leaves are 30–90 cm (12–35 in) long, with a prominent midrib. Switchgrass uses C 4 carbon fixation, giving it an advantage in ...
Straw lines and a combine harvester. Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and ...
Teff ( Amharic: ጤፍ), also known as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, [ 1 ] or annual bunch grass, [ 2 ] is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the Horn of Africa, notably to both Eritrea and Ethiopia. [ 3 ] It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as teff. Teff was one of the earliest plants domesticated.
Silage is usually made from grass crops including maize, sorghum or other cereals, using the entire green plant (not just the grain). Specific terms may be used for silage made from particular crops: oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa ( haylage may also refer to high dry matter silage made from hay ).