Giant panicum grass (Panicum maximum) is a perennial fodder crop which can be directly grazed or cut (harvested), chopped and fed to livestock in smallholder farms • It is leafy, palatable and has high nutritive value • It has a rapid re-growth after cutting • It is not infected by Napier stunt and head smut diseases Pure stand Giant panicum Where to grow Giant panicum grass It grows well in low to medium altitude areas of Kenya with 700-2400 mm of rainfall per year.
Prepare a good seed bed
• Dig holes 15-20 cm deep at a spacing of 50 x 50 cm
• Apply one soda bottle-top of DAP/TSP or 2 bottle-tops of SSP fertiliser per hole and mix with soil (one bag/acre) at planting • Alternatively, add 1-2 handfuls of well-cured F