Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
1–2 m
First harvest
Roots year two
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Plant a line across a slope; it stops soil moving.
Khus — a grass whose roots hold a slope together and scent a summer room.
Growing it
Plant a line across a slope; it stops soil moving.
What it is for
Khus mats and attar; the best erosion-control grass there is.