Mooirivier Mixture (Mooirivier Mengsel)

Habitat:

• Areas with a yearly rainfall of 500mm or more.

Components:

• Smutsfinger (Digitaria eriantha)
• Rhodes Grass (Chloris Gayana)
• Small Buffalo Grass (Panicum Coloratum)

Advantages of this mixture:

• The mixture can be grazed from the first season,
• All three components are tasty perennial grasses and possess good digestibility characteristics that can be used as standing hay.
• The species compliment each other. Rhodes- and buffalo grass settles faster and suppresses the emergence of weeds. It provides the smutsfinger-component with a weed-free base to settle over time.
• The mixture is suitable for most soil types.
• The management of the mixture is according to normal smutsfinger management practices.
• The mixture also combines well with legumes, such as sweet-whiteflower clover (Melilotus Alba).

Sowing Density:

• Rows:  8-10kg/ha
• Broadcasting:  15-18kg/ha

Planting Time:

• October – March