SUPER SUGAR SORGHUM SUDANGRASS SEED 50 LB

Super Sugar is a high yielding conventional forage grass best used for hay, grazing, greenchop, or cover crop. Thin sweet stems make it highly palatable with stem sugar ranging from 12-16%. Planting higher populations will result in finer stems, finer stems dry quicker producing higher quality hay. The improved drought tolerant genetics allow Super Sugar to yield even under dry conditions. Recovery following a drought is excellent, but always test the forage for prussic acid prior to feeding to any animal. Yield trial results are below.

• Excellent double crop option low inputs
• Good late season cover crop
• Anthracnose & Downy mildew resistant
• Water requirement - very low
• Early season vigor - excellent
• First cutting in 50-55 days
• Second cutting in 25-30 days
• Harvest at 40-50 inches or when crop is in the boot stage

• Seeds per pound: 19,000 - 21,000

• Planted April 25, 2012
• First Cutting 10,511 lbs/acre harvest date June 28, 2012
• Second Cutting 9,578 lbs/acre harvest date September 20, 2012
• 2 year average for two cuttings 26,119 lbs/acre

Seeding Rates

Drilled

Dryland: 20-35 lbs/acre; Irrigated: 35-75 lbs/acre

Broadcast

Dryland: 25-40 lbs/acre; Irrigated: 50-80 lbs/acre

2012 Dryland Forage & Sweet Sorghum Variety Performance Trial (Fort Collins, Colorado)

Hybrid

Super Sugar

Yield

11.55 Tons/Acre

Stem Sugar

17.2%

Height at Harvest

46 inches

Planting Date

6/1/12

Harvest Date

9/5/12

Fertilizer

40 lb/ac

Soil

Fort Collins loam

• Super Sugar Spec Sheet (label derived from filename; link wraps only an icon image) PDF, 154 KB