I can imagine, if you have goats, pigs or cattle, they would eat those stalks.Looks like it greatly resembles a corn stalk and many farmers feed that silage to their animals.
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@@BlahBlah122-b2t I plant it with a corn planter that is setup on 36 inch rows and it is helpful because I can till between the rows when the sorghum is small. Cover crops between the rows is a great idea that I need to look into. Thanks for watching.
@shepshomestead cover crops intermixed in between rows allows a sort of relay team for fields so your fields are never bare and you can have livestock graze off the cover crops, even chickens can highly benefit from them. The trick is the right mix, planted at the right time so it doesn't out compete your primary crop. For example most will inter-plant in between corn rows at the V4 stage of corn.
Watching from North Alabama. Just harvesting it for the first time 😊 it's white sorghum, got it out of a bag for consumption (grocery store product) just to see how it worked as a cover crop-ish. Well, 😮 WHOA! It did great, so I need help on the harvest side! So, wondering, if I want to eat it, how long should it dry to be ready? Thanks!
I would let it dry until it is easy the thresh the seeds from the head. I would think that when it threshes easy it would be dry enough to eat. I've never tried eating or grinding any of mine so that is just a guess. Thanks for watching.
@@mrs.rogers7582 The variety is called Martin Milo. I can't remember which company I ordered it from but I'm sure it is easy to find. I only bought seed one year and have been saving it ever since. Thanks for watching.
I'm growing Martin Milo for the first time this year. They are turning quite orange now so it'll be ready to harvest before too long. I'm trying to harvest is early enough that I can get a second crop off of it later in the fall.
I'm sure that mice could probably get it if they wanted to. My biggest problem is birds getting it over a long period of time. If the sorghum was stored in an enclosed area it would be better. Thanks for watching.
I only have experience with the type of sorghum that I grow and don't know about black sorghum. It may be similar but I've just never grown it or seen it. Thanks for watching.
Honestly I'm not sure. If I had harvested all of the sorghum I had grown, I probably would have had somewhere around a bushel of threshed grain. I didn't harvest it all so that is just a guess. Thanks for watching.
I usually give my chickens three or four seed heads every other day or so. They like the sorghum but much prefer the cracked corn that I feed them every day. Thanks for watching.
Reminds me growing up in farms, our family back home in India use to grow Sorghum. I will grow it someday in California.
I can imagine, if you have goats, pigs or cattle, they would eat those stalks.Looks like it greatly resembles a corn stalk and many farmers feed that silage to their animals.
I don't have any animals but I bet you are right. Thanks for watching.
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Hope you get to have a homestead of your own. Thanks for watching Don.
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Thank you and thanks for watching.
You could squeeze twice as sorghum rows as you put in or you could plant cover crops in between the rows.
@@BlahBlah122-b2t I plant it with a corn planter that is setup on 36 inch rows and it is helpful because I can till between the rows when the sorghum is small. Cover crops between the rows is a great idea that I need to look into. Thanks for watching.
@shepshomestead cover crops intermixed in between rows allows a sort of relay team for fields so your fields are never bare and you can have livestock graze off the cover crops, even chickens can highly benefit from them. The trick is the right mix, planted at the right time so it doesn't out compete your primary crop. For example most will inter-plant in between corn rows at the V4 stage of corn.
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Watching from North Alabama. Just harvesting it for the first time 😊 it's white sorghum, got it out of a bag for consumption (grocery store product) just to see how it worked as a cover crop-ish. Well, 😮 WHOA! It did great, so I need help on the harvest side! So, wondering, if I want to eat it, how long should it dry to be ready? Thanks!
I would let it dry until it is easy the thresh the seeds from the head. I would think that when it threshes easy it would be dry enough to eat. I've never tried eating or grinding any of mine so that is just a guess. Thanks for watching.
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What kind of sorghum do you plant? Where do you buy the seeds? thank you, great video
@@mrs.rogers7582 The variety is called Martin Milo. I can't remember which company I ordered it from but I'm sure it is easy to find. I only bought seed one year and have been saving it ever since. Thanks for watching.
Good video on this
Thanks for watching.
I'm growing Martin Milo for the first time this year. They are turning quite orange now so it'll be ready to harvest before too long. I'm trying to harvest is early enough that I can get a second crop off of it later in the fall.
@@rontropics26 It produces a pretty good yield. Thanks for watching.
Video would be better if the volume was up. 👍
Please show us on how your process them? Do you consume or animal feed ?
I feed the seed heads to my chickens.
@@shepshomestead Chickens love them. I use to pamper my chickens with all kinds of insects and they love lizards :)
Hanging them on the tobacco sticks, did you ever run into mice problems?
I'm sure that mice could probably get it if they wanted to. My biggest problem is birds getting it over a long period of time. If the sorghum was stored in an enclosed area it would be better. Thanks for watching.
Hello! Our sorghum is black until it dries, do you know anything about this type? Are there things we can do with black sorghum before it dries?
I only have experience with the type of sorghum that I grow and don't know about black sorghum. It may be similar but I've just never grown it or seen it. Thanks for watching.
I’m curious how much was the end harvest weight? Or if you had to guess?
Honestly I'm not sure. If I had harvested all of the sorghum I had grown, I probably would have had somewhere around a bushel of threshed grain. I didn't harvest it all so that is just a guess. Thanks for watching.
about how many do you think a chicken eats of this in a day?
I usually give my chickens three or four seed heads every other day or so. They like the sorghum but much prefer the cracked corn that I feed them every day. Thanks for watching.
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Well you know something I do not no
I never heard of Sorghum
what variety of sorghum ??
It is called Martin milo. Thanks for watching.