Tropical grass sowing guide Variety Bambatsii Panic Grass
Rainfall (mm)
Preferred Soil Type
Waterlogging
Frost
Drought
500
Clay loams
Good
Good
V.Good
Buffel Grass - USA, Gayndah, Biloela, Lakota
350
Light to medium soil types, however, Biloela tolerates heavier soil types
Poor
Poor to Fair
V.Good
Consol Lovegrass
350
Light soils
Poor
Fair
Good
Creeping Bluegrass - Bisset - Hatch
600
Wide ranging, tolerates lower fertility
Poor
Fair
Fair
Floren Bluegrass
550
Basaltic clays and heavy alluvial soil
Good
Fair
Fair
Guinea Grass
900
Wide ranging fertile soils
Fair
Fair
Good
Humidicola - Tully Grass
1000
Varying, tolerates lower fertility
Good
Poor
Fair
Indian Bluegrass - Keppel
500
Varying
Poor
Fair
V.Good
Mitchell Grass - Curly
250
Alkaline, cracking, poor clays
Poor
Poor
V.Good
Panic Grass - Megamax® 059, 049
450
Deep fertile, loams
Poor
Fair
Fair
Panic Grass - Green - Gatton
650
Fertile and lighter
Poor
Fair
Fair
Paspalum*
750
Fertile soil types
Good
Good
Fair
Premier Digitaria
500
Lighter soil types
Poor
Fair
V.Good
Purple Pigeon Grass
600
Self-mulching clays
Good
Good
V.Good
Rhodes Grass - Katambora, Callide, Mariner, Endura Rhodes®
650
A wider range of light to medium soil types
Fair
Fair
Fair
Setaria Grass - Splenda Narok, Solander, Kazungula
800
Varying
Signal Grass*
800
Varying
Fair
Poor
Good
Urochloa - Sabi Grass
500
Varying
Fair
Poor
Good
*Available as bare seed only
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V.Good Good
Fair