Will do.
We’ve been growing a fair amount of sorghum grain for the table and have a variety we like from J.L. Hudson seedsman. Fantastic pancakes. He sold it two or three years back and I haven’t seen it since. Large, white grains and massive, drooping heads. The stalks go into silage with corn field leftovers and sunflowers. The chickens love it.
I’m tinkering with the idea of building a small scale thresher, too. Various designs I’ve looked at leave something to be desired and I would like a small scale grain processing set-up in the barn for family and critter feed.
Is this grain one that you can make sorghum molasses from?
I have been, too. I grow a bit of rye and wheat here, and hand threshing it is a serious pain in the arse.
BBQ joint not far from here has an antique one in front of their place, and I keep meaning to go by and take pictures of it for reference. It's about 7 ft long, and looks like it can either be hand cranked or put on a belt from a tractor (like anyone has those anymore).
Let me know what you come up with. I've looked at a lot of youtube videos of folks trying to build their own.
/johnny
I’d be interested in knowing the name of the sorghum variety if you don’t mind telling. I got 1/2lb of milo seed this year and a couple heirloom varieties of sorghum from Baker Creek and SESE.
We’re going to grow sunflowers for the chickens too. Just have to come up with a clever deer repellant device.
I hadn’t thought of needing a thresher. That sounds like a hubby honey do thing.
Has anyone tried the ‘HoneyDip’ stevia variety? It’s tempting me at Burpee but at $11/plant it’s not something I’m just going to ‘add to cart’ impulsively.