[Syrupmakers] Seed Cane

[bill gunter]

Ken,
 
I agree!  I hope to get from 3 - 5 100 gal cooking's each year.  I know how much it will take for that many cooking's from new growth and from stubble.  The difference is, we have experience and the new growers do not.  That is where we can help them cope.
 
Good luck with an acre of cane.  That will be a lot of work in the fall.  Hope you have a lot of friends and may they be real good friends as you will need them to be such.
 
Bill Gunter
Perry, Florida

--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Ken Reit <Reit8472 at SW.RR.COM> wrote:

From: Ken Reit <Reit8472 at SW.RR.COM>
Subject: RE: [Syrupmakers] Seed Cane
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net, rharrison922 at yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 11:34 AM








You guys are giving me a headache trying to think about all that math! We just look at it and say “are we gonna have enough for three cookings”.
 
Ken
 

From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net [mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of Richard Harrison
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:45 AM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Seed Cane
 




J T,
  The number of stalks per acre can be calculated using 6' stalks(for example) and double stalking the row. That is, 1 stalk will plant 3' of row. Then multiply by the row length(210' for a "square" acre) and multiply that by how many rows you plant. The number of rows you plant depends on the row spacing.
  If you have 6' rows(for example....I do as a matter of fact) there will be 210/6 = 35  rows.
35 rows x 210'= 7,350' of rows. Now divide that by 3' for each stalk planted = 2,450 stalks per acre.
  Hope this answers your question.
                                    Richard

--- On Tue, 6/10/08, DBACrownhoney at aol.com <DBACrownhoney at aol.com> wrote:

From: DBACrownhoney at aol.com <DBACrownhoney at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Seed Cane
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 11:12 PM


Thanks that was the info I was looking for.

 

Now does anyone have any idea how many stalk (on average) it takes per acre? Laying 2 lines of stalks to the row. 

 

Thanks, 

JT

 

P.S. This being my 1st year growing cane I've learned that the hardest part of growing cane seems to be keeping the grass under control.

 

 

 

 

 


In a message dated 6/10/2008 8:41:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rharrison922 at yahoo.com writes:

 




May I add to the description of CP 52-48 that it grows a thick stand and will produce a slightly higher tonnage of cane than the other varieties. 
CP 67-500 will produce a straighter stalk, though, which is valuable at harvest and milling time. 
This is from a few years observation in NW Florida.
                                        Richard Harrison

 



 
The South MS Branch Station/MSU has three varieties of syrup cane and one variety of chewing cane that is sold each fall.  The last year each stalk was $0.35 each.  The syrup varieties are sold in 100 stalk piles and the chewing variety is sold in 50 stalk piles. 
 
Following are the three varieties and a short description of each.
 
CP36-111 - pale green to greenish yellow and a purplish color appears when leaves and sheaths are removed and the stalk is exposed to sun.
 
 CP52-48 - pale green when the grayish to pinkish wax is removed.  It has a stiff stalk that is highly resistant to lodging.
 
 CP67-500 - a bluish color with a heavy waxy bloom.  The stalks are shorter and slightly larger in diameter than CP36-111.  It is slightly better than CP36-111 in yield of syrup and has better resistance to lodging. 
 
Elsie Davis, South MS Branch Station
601-795-4525 
  
  



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