PhotoKing Sorghum x Sudangrass Seed – BMR

PERFORMANCEForage Technology Sheet PDF Download Button

  • Warm-season, summer annual best adapted to rotational grazing, hay or silage where a wide harvest window is desired
  • Stays in the vegetative growth stage until day length is 12 hours and 20 minutes or less, which is usually September, depending on latitude
  • Features a very good disease resistance package

 

MANAGEMENT

  • Adapted to all areas of the U.S. where hybrid sorghum x sudangrass or hybrid sudangrass is grown
  • Plant after the danger of frost and soil temperatures exceed 65°
  • Leave a 3 to 4” stubble at harvest and apply 1 to 1.25 pounds of actual nitrogen for each day to the expected next harvest
  • Follow all sorghum feeding precautions

 

APPEARANCE AT HARVEST MATURITY

  • Wide, showy leaves with the characteristic brown mid-rib coloring

 

SEEDING RATE RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Approximately 15,000 seeds per pound
  • For 6” to 18” drilled rows dryland, seed 12 to 35 pounds per acre and 30 to 40 pounds per acre irrigated
  • For broadcast, seed 10 to 30 pounds per acre dryland and 20 to 40 pounds per acre irrigated

 

Contact Alforex Seeds

Back to Forage Products

 

CORTEVA Agriscience™® Trademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies. © 2021 CORTEVA.