Themeda triandra (Kangaroo grass)
Adaptation | Will grow on a wide range of soil types from well drained sandy to clay texture soils. An extremely widely distributed species, occurring throughout Australia. |
Seasonal growth patterns | Warm season |
Flowering time | Summer to autumn |
Comments | Harvested seed contains a large amount of trash. |
Growth habit | Erect |
Harvesting options | Brush and suction harvester |
Expected germination | 5–85% |
Sowing techniques / sowing depth | Broadcast and harrows, crocodile planter and blowing into debris / surface. |
Optimal germination temperature (°C) | 20–35 |
Harvesting / sowing comments | Hydroscopic awns, low numbers of seeds/kg, spikelets predominantly sterile. |