From whitaker.j.alan at gmail.com  Fri Sep  1 12:52:05 2017
From: whitaker.j.alan at gmail.com (Alan Whitaker)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 12:52:05 -0500
Subject: [Syrupmakers] prussic acid
Message-ID: <CAF-aWz8C8P9wwu2B+GVFzi5ZEcf95pjLaeN70b6kt0+roB=-fA@mail.gmail.com>

I've got a little test patch of sorghum that I planted back in June. It
came up good but went almost two months without rain. Since the first of
August, we've got ample rain and now some of the sorghum is well over my
head while some is still below my waist. I hope to process within 45 days
or so and was questioning if there is any possible chance of a problem with
cyanide in the shorter stuff? This is my first try at sorghum for syrup,
all my experience is with milo and sorghum-sudan. What are your thoughts on
it? Can it be a problem?
-- 
Alan Whitaker


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From cmgraf at verizon.net  Wed Sep 13 13:23:40 2017
From: cmgraf at verizon.net (Charlie)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:23:40 +0000
Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
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   I always cut a stalk of cane for a brix sample and feel bad that i 
lost that stalk for productivity.  Can anyone tell me how to get a juice 
sample without cutting the whole cane out of the patch?
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From ben at benparrish.net  Wed Sep 13 13:38:02 2017
From: ben at benparrish.net (Ben Parrish)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:38:02 -0400
Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
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I don?t have a clue, as I wait until a freeze is forecast before I cut my cane for syrup.  That?s as high a sugar content as possible ? I guess.

 

I just took a beating from this latest storm Irma ? some of mine is blown over on my acre.

 

From: Syrupmakers [mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of Charlie
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 2:24 PM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING

 

  I always cut a stalk of cane for a brix sample and feel bad that i lost that stalk for productivity.  Can anyone tell me how to get a juice sample without cutting the whole cane out of the patch?

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From branchheadranch at embarqmail.com  Wed Sep 13 14:17:00 2017
From: branchheadranch at embarqmail.com (Ashley Ealum)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:17:00 -0500
Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
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It'll be next year before this works but Just plant one more stalk next year & you'll never miss it when you take the sample, sorry if this sounded like a jack... But it's probably the best answer you'll get. 

> On Sep 13, 2017, at 1:38 PM, Ben Parrish <ben at benparrish.net> wrote:
> 
> I don?t have a clue, as I wait until a freeze is forecast before I cut my cane for syrup.  That?s as high a sugar content as possible ? I guess.
>  
> I just took a beating from this latest storm Irma ? some of mine is blown over on my acre.
>  
> From: Syrupmakers [mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of Charlie
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 2:24 PM
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
>  
>   I always cut a stalk of cane for a brix sample and feel bad that i lost that stalk for productivity.  Can anyone tell me how to get a juice sample without cutting the whole cane out of the patch?
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From rharrison922 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 13 14:26:25 2017
From: rharrison922 at yahoo.com (Richard Harrison)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:26:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
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Charlie,
    For us frugal folks---like me and you---they make a tool that takes a small plug out of the stalk---or at least makes a hole to get a drop of juice from. I have 1. It is homemade by a fellow sugarcane syrup maker. He gave it to me. (I'm frugal, remember?)  :)
    But, if you take a plug out of a stalk, remember that disease can get in it before harvest. Might ruin, anyway! Sugarcane can get red rot this way, perhaps. Sorghum would probably be even worse.

Richard Harrison

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 Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
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 Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 1:23 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 ? I always cut a stalk of cane for a brix sample and
 feel bad that i lost that stalk for productivity. ?Can
 anyone tell me how to get a juice sample without cutting the
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