[Syrupmakers] Dale almost ready in the Chattanooga Area

[rodney riddle]

We planted here in early June. It is the cool night and warm day time in the mountains of WV. The danger of frost is very real. During the last two weeks everyone has has a pan going. Today we should run our first pan. All our about 10 foot cane is bladed, cut and ready.

Raymond Weaver <victoryfirst at nxs.net> wrote:  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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Rodney A. Riddle
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natural Harvest Farm
3 Bragg Run Rd.
Cowen,WV.26206
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