Mechanized plantings are made on large flat areas, free of boulders. Hand planting is recommended for small areas, stony land, and steep slopes. Pangola grass can be grown pure or in mixtures with tropical legumes, as Centrosema pubescens or Desmodium leiocarpum, in Ghana. Although it is superior to some other warm-season sodgrasses in its competitiveness against wiry and erect forms of herbaceous and woody weeds, it can also be detrimental to herbaceous legumes. Pangola grass shows significant increases in forage yield as result of single annual application of fertilizer, and gives maximum forage production with split applications.
Ammonium sulfate is the most common source of N used on pasture grasses.
Swine relish the roots, but it is not advisable to use them to eradicate the grass because of the damage they do to soil tilth and texture. Selective grazing causes pangola grass to decrease in a mixed pasture. Long-established grass survives better when the heavy growth has been removed. Pangola grass can be established and makes vigorous growth on sandy soils with pH 4.2-4.5, if it receives a complete fertilizer and necessary minor elements. Delayed grazing may result in higher production but reduced quality and protein content.