Characteristics:

  • A palatable grazing grass ensuring good intake, and makes good hay as well as forage.
  • Very leafy.
  • Carrying capacity of 1-2 MLU per ha, DM production 3m/tons pa.

 

CROP/SPECIE  CULTIVARS
*PBR # EXCL
SEEDING
KG/HA
RAINFALL
MM/YEAR
SUITED
REGIONS
PLANTING
MONTHS
SOIL 
Bottle Brush Grass
(Antephora pubescens)
Common
# Wollie
* SSW 21A
Drilled 5
Broadcast
7-9
250 to 650 N Province
Mpumalanga
NW Province
N Cape
Free State
Oct-Feb Sand soils with a
pH 5.8 to 6.8