Sudanese grass Bilyavka, Dnipropetrovsk region.

Seeds of Sudanese grass (Sorghum Sudanese) - Bilyavka

Packaging: bags of 25 kg.

The "Bilyavka" Sudanese variety is used for green fodder and hay, medium-ripe.

Vegetation period: 110–125 days.

In the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine since 2008.

Cultivation zones: Polissia, Forest Steppe, Steppe.

Productivity: green mass only at the level of 18.6-47.2 t/ha, seeds 1.4-2.2 t/ha.

Plant: height depends on soil and climatic conditions. During the growing season, the first slope is 130-165 cm, the second - 90-100 cm. The plants are well developed with good leaves (34.4%). At the first slope, it forms 3.1; with the second - 3.8 stems for each plant.

Stem: the diameter of the stem only at the level of the plant cut is 0.92-1.27 cm.

Panicle: spread with good pollinating capacity, straw color, length 24-31 cm.

Grain: light brown, densely covered with spike scales.

Durability (out of 9 points):

Before lying down - 9 points.
Before shedding - 9 points.
Before the drought - 9 points.
Before defeat by the main diseases - 9 points.
Forms 2 slopes, and in some years 3.

Responds well to irrigation and high agro background.(//tractor-service.com)

Sowing rate

Sowing rate of Sudanese sorghum for hay is 50-100 kg/ha (optimally 70-100 kg/ha), for obtaining seed crops - 25-35 kg/ha.

Sudanese grass (sorghum sudan) is a crop that starts the best of all sorghum crops, but it must be remembered that it is an African crop, i.e. her homeland is Africa. And since she likes temperature very much, when the temperature at the depth of lying is +20, as well as the average temperature on the street - not lower than the daily average of +12 - +14 - the sudanka has a good start, but if the temperature is not enough - her start slows down. Yes, under good optimal conditions, for example, in the Sinelnikove zone, Dnipropetrovsk region - when sowing in the first decade of May, you can get seedlings in 5-6 days. If it will be cool, then further development will be delayed, if the temperature is optimal, for example, if you sow it already at the end of May, then you will not feel this delayed development at the next stages of development.

What can be noted is that after 40 days you can mow a full-fledged large slope. A caveat should be made here that mowing is even better 30 days in advance.

If you have a good temperature and the sudanka starts, then at a height of about 50 cm you need to start cutting in order to get a good, thin stalk of hay.

Sudanka as siderate

Sudanese grass (sorghum Sudanese) contributes a huge amount of organic matter to the soil when planted. This tall, fast-growing, heat-loving annual plant smothers weeds, suppresses some nematode species, and penetrates deep into the soil, a great way to disrupt the life cycle of many diseases, nematodes, and other pests.

Sudan grass (sorghum sudan) is the best siderate after harvesting legumes, as it consumes a lot of nitrogen. Due to its huge biomass and subsoil root system, the sudanka restores the fertility of depleted and compacted soil in a year.

It has an aggressive root system that is a soil aerator. Mowing strengthens and branches the root of Sudan grass

5-8 times! The thickness of the stem reaches 4 cm in diameter, the height is up to 3 meters. Its most important quality is that any weed dies under it, in one summer it removes dicotyledonous weeds, even wheatgrass, on a par with herbicides based on 2.4 D. Weeds have no chance against such siderate.

Mixed crops

The technology of mixed sowing is the joint cultivation of two (binary) and more crops in one field. Compared to single-species crops, it effectively solves the problems of increasing yield and resistance of plants to stresses. In mixed sowing, plants interact with each other, soil fertility is used more fully, since the root system of different crops develops in different soil horizons and solar energy is formed by the above-ground mass of plants in different tiers.

Practice shows that growing Sudan grass (Sorghum Sudan) in mixed crops with protein-rich feed crops (forage peas, soybeans, corn, sunflower) allows not only to obtain more valuable and nutritious feed, but also to significantly increase the yield of crops.

We recommend choosing crops in which the sowing dates coincide, the sowing rates are low, both crops are drought-resistant, then in drought conditions there is practically no competition between them. A good combination is early sunflower SUR and Sudan grass.

The effectiveness of mixed sowing technology is achieved by increasing soil fertility and product quality, reducing the amount of mineral fertilizers and herbicides.

Also, you have the opportunitybuy seeds from us of other varieties of Sudan grass (Sorghum Sudan), such as: Marianna (black grain with a purple tint) and Golubovska 25 (black grain).