Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Heavy while establishing
Mature size
10–20 m
First harvest
Poles year four
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Choose a clumping kind, never a running one.
The fastest usable material on earth; one clump supplies poles for years.
Growing it
Choose a clumping kind, never a running one.
What it is for
Poles, scaffolding, shoots; extraordinary carbon capture.