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Whether you are you are new to growing vetiver, or just curious about what’s involved, here are some initial instructions as well as some hints and tips based on our own experiences.

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  • Some instructions about what to do as soon as your vetiver slips arrive.

  • The type of vetiver grass permitted in Australia is the cultivar Monto and is considered sterile as it does not produce viable seeds. This study conducted in 2002 looked at the possibility of vetiver grass spreading naturally from plants growing on the roadside in Cape York Peninsula (Far North Queenland). The study concluded:

    “The level of fertility is considered far too low to allow significant natural spread of vetiver by seed.”