How to Grow Sweet Sorghum? A Detailed Guide to the Key Cultivation Techniques

We rarely discuss the cultivation of sweet sorghum, because its audience is small and it is not as widespread as other plants. But sweet sorghum also has very high economic value, so today let us talk about sweet sorghum cultivation techniques together!

1. Sweet Sorghum Cultivation Techniques

When growing sweet sorghum, you can choose lodging-resistant varieties. Soak the seeds overnight before sowing to increase the germination rate. After planting, carry out intertillage and hilling, with each pass determined by the growth situation; the middle and late stages are mainly the mature stage after flowering, so pay attention to nourishing the roots and protecting the leaves to prevent premature aging of the plant. Watering and fertilizing depend on weather changes, and water should not accumulate.

2. The Value of Sweet Sorghum

1. Forage value

Sweet sorghum is mainly used as feed in many countries, including China and Australia. Its various nutritional indicators are superior to those of corn, and its sugar content is 2 times higher than that of silage corn.

2. Economic value

Sugar production from sweet sorghum: the stalks of sweet sorghum are rich in sugar and can be used to make syrup and crystallized sugar. The stalks of sweet sorghum contain abundant sugary juice, which can be used to produce alcoholic products, and sorghum bran as well as the residue and waste thin liquid left after making sugar from sweet sorghum can also be used to make alcohol. The epidermal tissue of sweet sorghum stalks is dense and tough, and can be processed into high-quality building material boards.

That is all that Tutuliu Network has summarized and organized for everyone today on the related questions about sweet sorghum. Friends who want to cultivate it should also do market research in advance.