{"product_id":"per-kg-forage-sorghum-silk","title":"PER KG FORAGE SORGHUM SILK SEED","description":"\u003cp id=\"c1-id-8\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eSilk Forage Sorghum prefers growing in warm areas on fertile soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-22\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eIt is especially suited to the fertile, heavy clay soils in sub-tropical, summer rainfall areas of Queensland and northern New South Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-23\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eSilk Forage Sorghum (Sorghum hybrid cv. Silk) is a vigorous, upright, tussocky perennial grass growing to 3.5mt high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eIt is a successful forage plant but can also invade both dry land and irrigated cropping areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-25\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eIt has the potential to poison stock, become a road safety hazard and to harbour disease and insect pests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-26\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eIt looks very similar to Columbus Grass (Sorghum × almum) and its seeds and flower clusters are indistinguishable from both Columbus Grass and Johnson Grass (S. halepense).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eControl measures include repeated cultivation, mowing and heavy grazing combined with slashing, burning and then spraying the regrowth with herbicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-28\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eThe flower head is pale greenish to dark red-brown, open, branching and pyramid-shaped to 30 cm long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-29\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eThe flower clusters are arranged in pairs along, or in triplets at the ends of, branchlets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-17\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eOne of each pair or triplet is stalkless and fertile and the others are stalked and sterile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-30\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eThe fertile cluster is 5–7 mm long, often with a bristle, which is usually lost by the time the pollen is released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-31\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eThe roots are fibrous and freely branching out to 1mt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TGRM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47844483563762,"sku":"181287","price":7.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/0528\/5106\/files\/181287_6d9a9e3d-13d6-4f48-8c37-26d57f9b96b5.jpg?v=1760599041","url":"https:\/\/tgrm.com.au\/products\/per-kg-forage-sorghum-silk","provider":"Tom Grady Rural Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}