Propagation
Sow fresh seeds during spring and keep moist until germination occurs.
Plant out runners (stolons) from spring to summer and keep moist.

Culture
It develops quickly with prostrate reddish stolons that have short internodes and flowers freely. When estabilished it requires little maintainence.


Botanic information
Leaf: Ligule: Short 1mm fringe of hairs fused at the base.
Collar: Continuous, narrow, smooth with some hairs.
Sheath: It is compressed and smooth.
Auricles: Not present. Texture: Medium to course.
Vernation: Folded. Width is 4 to 8mm.

Flower: There are 2 to 5 racemes on filiform stalk and they appear throughout the growing period.

Fruit: The pericarp is fused with the seed (caryopsis),the seeds are very small with up to 2,860,000 per kg.