Land preparation and planting

• Planting is done with the onset of southwest monsoon.
• Being a sterile hybrid, the grass is planted by rooted slips or by stem cuttings
• Cuttings with moderately mature stems (3 months old)
• Preferably from the lower two third of stem length sprouts better than older stems
• Cuttings with 3 nodes are stuck into soil with the basal end down, either vertically or at an angle to such a depth that two nodes remain within soil and one above the soil surface
• Underground nodes develop roots and shoots while upper one develops shoots only