<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Kelly where bouts in north Texas are you?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Ken<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Kelly Tidwell <<a href="mailto:kelly.tidwell@yahoo.com">kelly.tidwell@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>My mentor here in north Texas is 94 years old, he cooked syrup for 72 years. The first thing he told me was to never grow sorghum or cane in a field that has been recently fertilized with manure. He said the syrup from it will taste horrible<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Tobby Taylor <<a href="mailto:tobbyt@gmail.com">tobbyt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I cooked sugar cane for a farmer that used chicken manure. I cook syrup for others on halves. His tasted so bad I would take it. I use cottonseed mill on my sugar cane.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Tobby Taylor</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Central Mississippi</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:21 AM, <a href="mailto:tenacity@fidnet.com" target="_blank">tenacity@fidnet.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tenacity@fidnet.com" target="_blank">tenacity@fidnet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="georgia" size="3"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:georgia;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">Hey all, I am curious if any of you who grow sorghum for syrup ever side-dress their cane with manure (chicken or horse). I have never done this and wondering if it will speed up growth and/or maturation, as some of my crop seems to be lagging behind. We grow organically, and so do not use commercial fertilizers. I'm in central Missouri and am looking at a cooking date of Oct.1. Any insights appreciated!</p>
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