Sudanka Golubovsky

Sudan grass one of the most valuable annual forage crops. It has high drought tolerance, good forage qualities, able to quickly grow back after mowing. In favorable conditions, gives 3 — 4 mowing. The plant grows to about 170-220 cm, while harvesting grain — 200-210 cm, tillering and branching of the shoots high,

This heat-loving plant. Seeds begin to germinate at a temperature of +8...+10°C. Freezing at -3...-4°C completely destroy the seedlings and adult plants. With an average daily temperature of 12-13°With Sudan grass barely growing. Growing period: 95-110 days

Sudan grass refers to crops of late sowing,

The best precursors for Sudanese, there are winter crops, grain legumes and cultivated crops ( corn , sugar beet etc.)

For planting Sudanese begin during the onset of stable warm weather, when the soil temperature at a depth of 10 cm reaches 10-12 °C. It gives high yields of green mass sowing in may and June, if the area was kept as clean steam. Too early sowing seedlings Sudanese can damage the frosts, and the crops very suppressed weeds, because at low temperatures it grows very slowly.
When grown for green fodder and grazing Sudoku the solid line sowing method better with reducing spacing. Sowing is carried out when the soil temperature 10-12°C at a depth of 10 cm For feed purposes Sudan grass is sown continuous ordinary way of seed — in wide with row spacing of 45-60 cm seeding Depth of 3-5 cm in dry and light soils – up to 5-8 cm Sudan grass can be sown in mixtures with the reason for planting g oraham or l by yupin. The rate of seeding Sudan grass and components is reduced by 15-20% compared with the seeding rate in pure form.

To harvest Sudanese for hay and green fodder start at the beginning of the buttonhole blossoms. The first mowing occurs at 45-50 days after germination, 2-3 mowing, seeds ripen at 95-110 days. Seed varieties has the highest germination among the other varieties, drought-resistant, mnohocetny. Later, the stems stiffen, forage quality is reduced and the cattle eats it worse. In the early stages of collecting the grass grows better, resulting in a total yield of green mass of all the slopes is not reduced.

Seeds Sudan grass harvested during the ripening of seeds in the panicles of main stems.