Which Napier Grass Is Best?

SUPER NAPIER SEEDS HIGH YIELD
This grass is called as “King of Napier Grass”. The milk society can save lot of money due to this. Super Napier grass is best suited to high rainfall areas, but it is drought-tolerant and can also grow well in drier areas. It does not grow well in waterlogged areas.

How many days Napier grass take to grow?

The Napier grass will be ready for the harvesting to be done in about 180 to 240 days from the day of the plantation and the continuation of harvest can be done at for every 42 to 60 days and this can be done up to 5 years. Stem length of up to 12 cms should be left from the ground at the time of harvesting.

How many types of Napier grass are there?

Three napier varieties namely Bana, Ouma and Kakamega 2 which have been proven superior elsewhere were planted for the first time in the WUHs and compared against the existing local variety. Ouma, KK2 and Bana are widely grown by smallholder farmers in the Central and Western Highlands of Kenya [2,5,12,13].

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