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Late-sown Sorghum

Categories: Grains and Forage Crops

How late can Egyptian corn be planted on good sediment soil capable of

growing 40 to 50 socks of barley per acre in good years with ordinary

rain? The field was cut this year for hay on account of rank growth of

wild oats, after irrigating; land is still moist. Can I put in Egyptian

corn with on assurance of crop, or is it too late? How much seed should

be planted to the acre, also should seed be drilled in or broad-casted?
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There is no difficulty in getting a start of Egyptian corn during the

dry season providing the soil contains moisture enough to germinate the

seed. Afterward the growth will be more or less according to the

moisture present and will be available for forage purposes. Whether a

seed crop can be had by late sowing depends upon the frost occurrence in

the particular locality, for it only takes a light frost to destroy the

plant. To get the best results, particularly with late sowing, the seeds

should be drilled in rows far enough apart for horse cultivation; about

forty pounds of seed to the acre. What you get in this way will depend

upon the amount of moisture in the soil and the duration of the

frost-freedom.



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