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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Will you reducing it for syrup or is it just ornamental?

Depends on how much I can grow. I really want it as a wall of sorts. If there's more to harvest than just novel chaw or two I'll buy a little press. Maybe even boil some of it down for for syrup. I hear you can make flour from the grain, but that sounds like a lot of grain and a lot of work. I'll have 4 different locations for single rows acting as a screen and hopefully a little shade for some of the other plants in the garden.

249 posted on 03/10/2026 6:33:35 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: numberonepal
N1Pal! Using grasses for landscape screening is a good use!

If you do not feel like experimenting with making your own Sorghum Syrup at the end of the season perhaps you can use it to thatch your Palapa instead! (A good use!)

I remember that my father used to get Maasdam Sorghum in a tin. I have been getting Oberholtzer Sorghum from Amazon. On reflection, maybe easier can cheaper to build a Palapa, and buy the Sorghum Syrup!

281 posted on 03/11/2026 1:02:01 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (6B KS/MO Border 44F Partly Cloudy and Windy)
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