[Syrupmakers] Dale almost ready in the Chattanooga Area

[Larry Sain]

Good on ya mate!  I planted June 18th, hoping to harvest today, Sept. 29th. 
2 inches of rain since July has left me with 4 foot tall sorghum, dry and 
fibrous.  Second year in a row with crop failure.  Maybe next year will be 
better.  Several growers in my vicinity, western NC, have already bush 
hogged their fields or baled them.  I'm about to do the same.

Larry in Catsquare, NC




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond Weaver" <victoryfirst at nxs.net>
To: <syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:35 PM
Subject: [Syrupmakers] Dale almost ready in the Chattanooga Area


> Greetings syrupmakers, it is really DRY in SE Tennessee ! My Dale was
> planted on the 26th of June. It is about ten feet tall. I thinned it to
> about four inches apart while it was 4-6 inches high and pulled the 
> tillers
> ( suckers ) when it was about 18 inches high.                 It is now in
> the milk stage, which means it is approaching the best time ( dough ) to
> make syrup. October is almost always our driest month. The mornings are
> pretty cool and the afternoons are mild. The weather is the best of the 
> year
> for making syrup. It is rare to get a frost before mid-October even here 
> on
> the Cumberland Mountain ( 1800 ft ).
>
> I don't quite understand planting cane in May or even early June.
>
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