[Syrupmakers] Cane looks like it is bleeding!

[Raymond Weaver]

            That sounds like Red Rot to me. It attacks the stalk in
splotches near the ground. It makes the stalks weaker and more likely to
fall in a wind ( lodge ). It also attacks Johnson grass and other plants in
the cane family. All canes that I have seen have a little red splotching.
The better canes like Dale are resistant. A little won’t affect the syrup. I
do not have any experience with a bad infestation of Red Rot. I suspect it
would make the syrup darker. It can go through to the white pulp of the
stalk and turn it red.



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From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net
[mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net]On Behalf Of Steve, Michelle,
Miranda & Ashlyn
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:50 PM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: [Syrupmakers] Cane looks like it is bleeding!

Hello all, I am new to the list. May dad planted some sorghum cane last year
and he planted some more this year, twice as much. It made some great syrup.
Anyway, we are stripping it and some of the canes are split and it looks
like blood almost that runs out . I was wondering if anyone knows what this
is or what causes it?

Thanks
Steve
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