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Wow! That looks pretty neat! Wish it would set seed here... I'd have to buy fresh seed every year. It wouldn't be bad for my acreage, but I'd be concerned about future availability.
 
I am willing to bet, if a person lives far enough south, that it can be treated like a lawn grass-- Cut @ 1/3 of it off, let it regrow, then cut again...
 
Exactly what I was thinking... but it says the only places it sets seed in the U.S. is Puerto Rico and Hawaii.

Sounds like the stuff grows insanely fast!
 
I would love to give it a try!

Maybe Dayna could gather me up some seeds if I ask real nice...with a cherry on top. :)
 
We've grown it as a green manure/cover crop in the past (before we had rabbits). Seed was usually somewhat expensive I recall, even though we bought it locally. It does get pretty big and lush. The stalks also get very fibrous which is why they grow it for fiber in some places also.

It's an annual, and does NOT regrow well if you cut it, regardless of climate, though I've seen a bit of regrowth from cut stalks under favorable conditions (lot's of rain and warm weather).
 
Many grasses with the type of growth habit this information indicates do not go to seed well.. I wud consider the fast growing stuff, plant in spring, and use it for a single haying.. till under and then plant something else- or even consider a mixed xrop for hay purposes- es-ecially with the protein levels...
 

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