What it is
Sorghum-Sudangrass (Sorghum × drummondii) is in the Poaceae (Grass) family. A massive summer biomass cover that smothers weeds and breaks compaction. Mow it once to thicken the roots.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it low — drought-tough, and give it tolerant soil. Target a soil pH around 5.5–7.5. Space plants about Broadcast apart. Expect roughly Summer biomass. Warm-season annual.
How it's used
Sorghum-Sudangrass is used: cover crop only.
🔎 How to identify it
- Tall corn-like stalks
- Dense fast canopy
- Huge root mass
Not for eating
Grown for the garden, soil, or pollinators — not as food.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.