Aussie Finch Forum

From bottom up: Johnson Grass, Rhodes Grass, Setaria, & dunno.

Top one may be giant Parramatta Grass. Is it tough as old boots?

Here's a better photo of number 4,are any of these suitable for finches? and thanks for your help.

Tiaris wrote:Top one may be giant Parramatta Grass. Is it tough as old boots?

Spot on, even cattle will only eat newly emerging leaves, after that nothing will touch it, it's also a dcalred weed in most parts of the country.

Yep, looks like Parramatta grass to me.

Birds will eat them all but probably get most green seed out of johnson grass & setaria.

Thanks all, will see what else I can find.

Parramatta grass is so tough it wears down cattle teeth if they have nothing else to eat. I grew up next to a paddock full of it & the squeaking sound of the cattle teeth trying to break the parramatta grass kept me awake many a night.

will keep that one out of the aviary then