Honey Drip - Sorghum
This traditional variety, originally from Kentucky, can grow to over 3 m tall, with beautiful golden-brown panicles. Perfect for making molasses, it produces an excellent, easy-to-cook syrup.
The leaf sheaths of Sorghum bicolor, rich in anthocyanin, are used as a natural red dye. This use is widespread in Africa.
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in the ground
Sow light-colored, directly in place, in well-warmed soil, in rows 60 cm apart. Cover with 2 cm of fine soil. After emergence, thin out to leave one plant every 30 cm.
Sorghum needs a lot of heat to ripen.
April
April, May, June
August, September, October
in the ground
sunny
low
clayey, limestone, humus, sandy
reheated, sec
Sorghum bicolor
mid-season
20 grams
Black
From 200 to 300 cm
United States
Originally from Kentucky in the United States.