Sorghum Planting From Start To Finish v161
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- We will do everything to plant sweet Sorghum from threshing to planting. Hope you enjoy!
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Most people don't realize what our parents and grandparents went through to grow these crops to feed their families. Thanks for sharing, a picture of the past.
They sure don’t Sandra.
Most people don't appreciate the work that goes into their food. PTL
They don’t understand, thank you!
We love growing our sugar cane also. Only difference I see is we fertilize ours heavy so it will grow fast and large so we can get all the juice we can out of it. Ours works out 10 gallons of juice per 100 stalks usually. 10 gallons of juice makes 1 gallon of syrup usually.
That’s what sorghum does, 10-1. I can’t wait to try some of that Danny.
It has to warm your heart to see all the great comments and questions. You are an excellent teacher! Thank you for sharing you knowledge with us Justin.
I am so thankful that I can share❤️
Planted my last sorghum by hand while doing chemo... Actually had the chemo bag pumping into me while planting in the furrow! Nice to see a geoff lawton quote i must say. Greetings from eastern missouri. You just earned yourself a new subscriber.
Hey good yo have you and thank you. What was the quote?
I appreciate you and I will be saying prayers for you at 10 this morning.
Thank you!
When you rubbed the grease off your hand onto that weed you said, "don't panic about a little grease, 'if it has lived it'll live again'". I wasn't familiar with the quote itself but Ive learned a bit from Geoff's videos.
Thank you very much,
I really and truly appreciate the prayers. And of course I love your quality content. Keep holding traditions alive Justro! @@metcalfmills5679
Oh ok! Yeah I heard that and it made good sense. You’re welcome and thank you for watching!
Makes us appreciate ‘ lasses on corn cakes n smoked fat back on a cold Dec day !!!! Mmmmmhhhh!!! Good!!
Yes-siree!
Staying in the city to be close to my doctor post bone marrow transplant. Youre making me eager to plant my sorghum seeds that i saved from my last harvest. Missing the country bad right now but ill be back there in a month thankfully!
I understand ❤️🙏🏻
Fascinating video! We just call it syrup. My Papaw Wade was the main syrup maker in this area. Folks would ask him to come around and help them every fall. But he nor my daddy never grew it in my lifetime. I wish I had a place to grow it and I'd at least try. Papaw Wade was born in Madison County.
Thank you for sharing this with us Mrs Tipper. That is very interesting. What was his last name? Y’all are welcome when we make
@@metcalfmills5679 That would be fun! His last name was Wilson. His father was Benjamin Wilson often called Bird. There's a Wilson family cemetery in the tip top of a pasture I've been there twice, but can't tell you how I got there 😀 We did drive through Marshall on the way. Both Ben and Papaw Wade are buried here though. Papaw's mother was a Graham also from Madison. Her father was Thomas and her name was Dorie.
Very interesting.
This was so much fun!! Thank you for showing so much detail of the process you go through to get your sorghum planted! Your attention to detail and patience with cleaning up the grain was really rewarding to see.
You did great with the camera too, it felt like we were right there on the tractor with you when you were planting. I look forward to watching it grow now and will be keeping my fingers crossed the aphids don’t find it this year! Can’t wait to see you break in your new pan this fall!!
Thanks Lea! I am looking forward to the new pan too! Glad that you enjoyed !
Cataloging these skills in video and putting them on CZcams is a great service. Thank you. I grew what I think is coral variety of sorghum two seasons ago and saved a head of it. I ended up planting it out and its up in the garden. I got a bit of mennonite sorghum and that is out on the rented land. Not sure if it is up yet. Rain has been sparse down here in the Piedmont region of NC.
Thank you, hope it does well for you. I hope that I can help in some way
i am a country girl stuck in a big city. watching your video takes my heart home. i planted 70 sorghum plants for the birds . thank you and God bless
You need to get out of there! Glad you enjoyed, let us know how it does. God bless you as well.
That’s great Justro! I know your people are proud of you I know I am! Your a good teacher! Hopefully it will inspire some younger folks. Your two beautiful daughters are lucky to have a pa like you! I know you feel blessed to have them as well.
Thank you Skip! I hope so too. I sure do.
Hey Justro. Thanks for another interesting video. The work you do is beautiful and important. It's people like you that make this world go around. Keep it up Justro.
Aw thank you Tom
Don't worry about the crooked rows. My Daddy was often teased about his crooked rows, and his comeback was, "I can plant more seed on a crooked row!"
truth!
A lot of care went into this, great video. Wth the world heating up and drying up, sorghum had the past and will have the future.
Thank you, here for sure!
👏👏 Good Job! It must be very satisfying to keep this tradition alive. Closing up the gaps in a broken food system, I can applaud.
Thank you Janet. It is and it’s awful fun
I miss growing sorghum , me and friend of mine use to grow around acre every year and some sugar cane , We lost our sugar cane to a hard freeze , we built a new copper pan , took us about two months working on it to get it finished , he got sick few years ago , we stop growing it and cooking it , I need to get back started . Enjoyed your video
I understand. I hope you bring it back. Thank you!
That's pretty cool!
Thank you
I sure did appreciate this video and all the rest of them too.
Thanks Wayne! Glad to hear it buddy
Thank you for taking the time to teach.
Hope it helps!
You are amazing! Thank you for teaching us!
Aw thank you. My pleasure
Lots of great info. Thanks Justro. Lookin forward to seeing you make the syrup.
Thanks Tracy!
Learning something new every day, thanks for sharing!!
Glad you enjoy Rene
This was a great video. I grew a few plants this year and you answered all the questions I had. Thanks!
Glad it helped! Thanks Mary
God bless you Justin and your family!
Thank you Jack
This was a look down memory lane. My had the same tractor set up. I never wanted to learn that but interesting to see that process is still going today.
I miss you and Virginia and Charlotte…my prayers are with you all…I send a small PayPal gift…hope it will help in some way…praying for you all 💛🙏💛
Beverly, I just saw this. Thank you so much! It had been a struggle but we are doing good and making progress! Bless you!
You explain the process "Excellent"
Thanks Tracy. I hope so
Luv the syrup. Can’t wait to see you cook it down. Finally finished my canning today. My big canner bit the dust, so I had to run the little one 3 times. Enjoy this dry spell, I sure am.
At least it didn’t start smoking SL! Yep me too.
When winnowing, throw a rag of scrap fabric in the copper troth to stop the bouncing early on. You should also tap out the bucket each time you empty it because the light stuff does stick around in the bottom of the bucket.
That is correct, I have used both of those methods and they work well. Thank you for sharing!
I would love to see you do a video on how you save all your different seeds. Tell how you save and store them and how long the seed stays good, and what equipment you use to plant the seed, or by hand. I've heard they've found many seeds in the Egyptian tombs that were still good. Makes you wonder why seeds you buy in the store go bad so quickly. I know you are very busy but maybe you'll get the chance to do an all seed video one day.😊
I hope to Sonya. Thank you
Yes please
So good to see you again…..can’t wait to see you live again….miss you, Virginia and Char…❤️🙏❤️
Thank you Beverly ❤️
Seems like you're probably selecting for seeds that come off easy too.
One hand threshing idea I did last year was to rub the whole head against hardware cloth screwed to a frame with a grout spreader. I used my body weight on the ground to push it back and forth and it worked really well.
Thank you for sharing this with us! Yes that’s correct
Can’t wait to see your results!
Thanks Heather!
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝
Thank you
Thanks Justro! Hope this crop does well for you.
Thanks Rick! I hope so too
Takes me back to the 1950's only difference is my grandfather farmed with a horse. I was about 5 years old I would tag along behind him. The family would plant sorghum and turn it into syrup. Everybody's long gone now.
I understand, thank you for sharing this with us.
Enjoyed the video brother. Good info
Sweet loved the video
Thank you!❤️
Syrup and a cat head biscuit
By golly!!!
Awesome !!
Thanks LR!
Sweet Video :)
Thanks
New subscriber. A friend and I are doing sorghum this year. I have 10 rows and he has 16. We’re excited to process this fall.
Sounds good! Hope all goes well
👋 you just popped up on my feed so had to watch when I saw sorghum 😊. I’m trying new things , trying to find what I can grow in the high desert of Nevada. I’ll have to do some research to see if it will grow here. I have nothing but sand, sand & more sand 🤪
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Glad you are here. It originated from Africa. Thank you!
@@metcalfmills5679
Interesting & you’re welcome 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Thank you very interesting. God bless.
Thank you and God bless you as well
I was listening to Billy and heard you are bringing your mill to TN for this weekend. I hope you do well and have a great time.
Thank you Nancy
That was fascinating. Although I don't have enough room to grow enough for syrup I have considered growing some just to supplement my chicken feed. Supposedly it's good for them and with the coming rumoured feed shortages I am trying to think of what I can plant in various small areas that will help. As always your videos are informative and beneficial. I appreciate that you share.
Hope I can help in some way. Thank you Jill
When you are pouring the seeds in front of the blower have the bottom of the pan you are pouring into at an angle to maybe reduce the seed bounce. Good video great information.
Yes for sure. I usually put a sheet in yo prevent that but it was not necessary on a small batch. Thank you!
Cattle love that plant. I think cattle like that well over corn.
They sure do
What a great and informative video. I may try growing a small area of sorghum here at my place in the Colorado Rockies at 8000+ feet. I am sure it will be stunted, but it will be fun I bet.
That would be fun. Thank you!
I have to plant by hand but hope to get some sorghum in the ground this week... I know how it is to try to work and video with out a tripod, good job. I kept wanting to reach through and give you a hand.
Thank you! Them little push planters work good..
I’ve seen others use a comb made of a small board with nails to rake the seams off. Carpet tack strips would work well.
Interesting! Loved the video! You should write a book on all you know! Your friend from Tennessee 🦌👍
Thanks Jack. I hope to one day
I have never done it but good to eat
Hay thank you for a grate video on how to cane good info on UT how to due all that he ha didn't no how to due sargum and dry the heads love it from steve c from state Oregon
I’m glad you enjoyed it Steve! Thank you
14:52 wow, cool Method! The amount you made by hand you could sell for about 50 bucks here in Switzerland.
Thank you for the video. What size is the screens you are using?
I'd love to buy some of those seeds, and the family wheat, if you're willing to part with any of those. Thanks for showing us these lost skills. They are so important!
I will hopefully have some to see if I make a crop. Thank you!
Hi. Thanks for the video. Planting sorghum for the first time this year. How far apart do you have to plant the seeds from each other
Hi Justro, very interesting process! Hope you camera crew is feeling better today.
Thank you Laura. They sure are🙂
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Thank you
I just ordered the shorgum seeds, wait it to come. in my country it said the crops that can substitute rice, so im just trying to plant it by my self and how it will go.
It’s going to be next year before we here are really ready for crops, but I sure have LOTS of as many different varieties of seeds as I can get.
That’s great Vicki!
What do y’all use for screening for your sifter and where could a body find it for sale? Baby steps here, it helps to have the infrastructure (tools and equipment) before it’s needed. We just got some baby chickens and a coop for them on the same day.
I may have some soon. I will make it known.
Congratulations!
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Thank you
I expect that y’all would be able to sell them degloomers (that’s what it sounds like to my bad ears) to folks who want to raise and mill their own sorghum - along with the mills y’all will be selling. 😋
Yeah I’m sure Vicki
Please do show us the de-bloomer. I am very interested in seeing that. Thanks, Justin!
De-Glumer, the skins are called the glumes. It will not take the gloom out of you day but it might make you smile to see it degluming.
I will do that sometime. Thank you
@@metcalfmills5679 OOPS.De-Glumer..I don't speak Appalachian southern 😆🤣 I am learning with word of the week...😂
Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks? Better yet, I'm glad to know this old dog ain't to bone headed to learn, yet. I'm even feeling confident enough to venture a suggestion. If you laid a clean shop towel in the bottom of your copper catch pan, would that keep the seed from bouncing so bad? Thanks for the education, entertainment and laughs. God bless you and your sorghum crop.
Hey Steve, yea that is what I do when I have a lot to do. I just didn’t take the time with this small amount. Thank you and God bless you too
I have some seeds for this, but didn’t get to plant them out yet. Probably too late for me, but I may throw a couple in anyway some where to see what they do.
Be a good experiment Tracy
@@metcalfmills5679 yup that’s what I was thinking. It never hurts to try and since I’ve never grown sorghum before it would have been a bit of an experiment any way.
I'm gonna grow a little sorgum this year. Glad I found your video! Nice to hear someone that sounds like me
Hi glad to hear this. I will have seed available soon if you happen to need any..
Hello looking to get some sorghum seeds thanks great video
Email me, glad to get it to you.
justcalf@gmail.com
Hey Justro! Where did you get the larger hole screen for your top sifter screen? Is the bottom sifter screen made with window screen?
Hey Kelly, I am working on getting different screens at the shop. Hopefully I can help with that. For now if you need it try industrial supply companies. I have had these a while, I got them with some other old things I bought
@@metcalfmills5679 Thank you!
After you squeeze the stalks, have you made Biochar from the spent stalks?
No I never have. I don’t know the process
I'm thinking about planting this in my patio.
What do you think?
Good idea or not?
It may not be enough to keep me alive but still better than nothing.
Thank you very much for teaching me this process. I have to ask you one question. Where did you get that copper box from and can I get one for how much. I'm 1,0000 % serious
A friend of mine made it. I don’t know but can find out if you tell me the size you want..
What is the recommended row and plant spacing for best yield. Same as corn?
8-10” in row, 36” row spacing
I've never grew it before. I have worked sugar cane. How much difference is their in the two types.
Well I got a jar of sugar cane syrup to open just as soon as I finish the jar of maple syrup I’m workin on.
One thing I been wondering about now that I am growing more grains is seed cleaning machinery. Any recommendations on equipment for cleaning all manner of grain? I am about to harvest wheat and will do the harvest by hand and get at the seed by hand. But hopefully I will be growing wheat larger scale on the rented land next year. Also have upland rice that I been saving seed from. Also hope to grow rye this winter.
I have a Clipper M2B. You van get any screen you need for it. They have screens for anything
@@metcalfmills5679 i checked it out on the CZcams's and website. The machine does not thresh the grain? Is that a separate machine to beat the grain out the head of chaff?
No it does not thresh. More on farm sized thresher coming
@@metcalfmills5679 ok great
Can you feed your animals the leaves or fodder from sorghum? I know dry it makes good bedding but I'm wondering if you can feed it to your animals
Yes you sure can. Fodder was always saved in the olden days. Especially corn
Do you think that after the juice is removed from the cane would goats eat the cane?
They might, it is sweet..
To viewers of this page, I have five 5 lb bags of Sugar Drip Sorghum seed that has been in the freezer 4 years. I am sure it will germinate because I have had seed in the freezer longer than that which made a crop. If you pay the shipping I will send it to you.
Thank you Thomas
I would pay the shipping.
@@didr0003 I will need your address to send it to you.
How much would you charge for a pound of the seeds and to ship to Canada? A couple of places I found that sell the seeds up here are selling hybrids
I don’t know about that
Hey Justro I had a question I'm hoping you can answer. Is there any good way to tell the difference between young sorghum and young corn? Thanks for the vids!I'm hoping you can
Just being familiar with them both.. cane should be not as stocky..
@@metcalfmills5679 Got it, thank you! I'll try growing them near each other this year, see if I can watch them as they grow
Hope it works!
Have you ever read: Small Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon?
One of my favorites.
first
Thank you
I have never grown or boiled sorghum. I would be interested in buying some seeds.
Let me know, I’ve got it
3:09 dude just put it in a bag and hit it with a stick LOL.
Thats why my seed is better than yours🙂
You can grow more in a crooked row
That what we say
I grow a small patch of broomcorn. Is it the same?
Nope different but same family
@@metcalfmills5679 thank you i did not know that...
I wish men would start wearing hats like the 40's makes men look so manly and handsome. Especially now with heat.
I have not heard of Sorghum
It is a good one
Where do you get some of the seeds at
From me..
I expect that the seed that wasn’t good enough to plant could still be used as food or feed.
Yes that is what I do. It is good chicken feed
I wonder if I can grow it in Arkansas
It’s best to try. Let me know if you need seed. Thanks Cindi
@@metcalfmills5679 how much does it cost? We can’t grow alfalfa here because of blister beetles, I’m wondering if I would have the same issue with this.
Do you guys have any seeds for sale? I would love some. My son and I are planting our first sorghum field.
Yes we do
@@metcalfmills5679can I please buy some? I would love to support y'all. It would make my grandparents proud to see a sorghum patch from up above. Any other grains y'all sell, I'm interested too. Seeds possibly
Hey yes, I am about to send some seeds out now. I have a video with what I have available. Check it out and let me know! Thank you and Im sure they would! ❤️🙏🏻
Let me know. justcalf@gmail.com
what part of of the country do you live
WNC
Do save all of the seed for grain?
Only the ones that come off very easily, for they are the ripest
Would love to buy some sorghum seed to use as seed for flour.
@@marilynmarilynohearn476 when I get to that point I would be glad to do that..
what king of sorghum seed do i plant
I plant Sugar Drip
@@metcalfmills5679 Thank you for the variety name.
How is your daughter? Is she feeling better?
She is, thank you Laura
do you have seed for sale
Don’t u have a mill to hulled the sorghum seeds?
Yes
@@metcalfmills5679 I was wandering why u have to do it by hand. If u have a mill, why don’t u use it unless u enjoy doing. That is great because u r doing it because of the pleasure of doing it.
Any time you separate seeds you want to do it by hand because you will damage the seeds if you do it mechanically.
Wow than it is a lot of work, specially if anyone uses it as flour for bread . if u grow a lot it is overwhelming to do it by hand. In an other note but it is related. I know ur starting a business making mills do u have a mill that can do wet and dry. I’m looking into options for mills that can do wet and dry. For example in my country our staple is corn and we grind it in wet but the mill can also grind in dry. When there is season for wheat we use the mill to grind it dry and then make the dough but for the corn we first cook the corn and then grind it in wet. Do u have a mill like that?
@@liliacardones7441 I am working on a mill
That will do that. Thank you so much! Keep
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