Super Sugar is a high yielding conventional forage grass best used for hay, grazing, greenchop, or cover crop. Thin sweet stems make it highly palatable with stem sugar ranging from 12-16%. Planting higher populations will result in finer stems, finer stems dry quicker producing higher quality hay. The improved drought tolerant genetics allow Super Sugar to yield even under dry conditions. Recovery following a drought is excellent, but always test the forage for prussic acid prior to feeding to any animal. Yield trial results are below.
Additional Characteristics:
Excellent double crop option low inputs
Good late season cover crop
Anthracnose & Downy mildew resistant
Water requirement - very low
Early season vigor - excellent
First cutting in 50-55 days
Second cutting in 25-30 days
Harvest at 40-50 inches or when crop is in the boot stage
Seeding Rates:
Seeds per pound: 19,000 - 21,000
Rate (lbs.)
Dryland
Irrigated
Drilled
20-35
35-75
Broadcast
25-40
50-80
2012 Summer Annual Forage Trial (Tifton, Georgia)
Planted April 25, 2012
First Cutting 10,511 lbs/acre harvest date June 28, 2012
Second Cutting 9,578 lbs/acre harvest date September 20, 2012