First cut 75–80 days after planting, then every 45 days. Split clumps every year or whenever they become too large. To reduce the effect of oxalates in this grass, feed 5 kg of legume fodder per animal per day with it, or give calcium, bone meal or mineral mixture. The source estimates 14 cents of fodder (9 cents napier + 5 cents desmanthus) for a cow giving 10 litres of milk a day. The source notes that insecticides are not recommended for pests in fodder crops — no insecticide is registered for them.
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Source
Crop Production Guide – Agriculture 2020 (Directorate of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Cumbu napier hybrids – Harvesting; note, p. 328
