[AT] Ice storm----milo

Phil pga2 at basicisp.net
Sun Dec 8 13:07:45 PST 2013


It most likely is what is called either "hay grazer" or "sudan" down here.
I have been told that it is a form of Johnson grass. It does make good hay.

Phil

At 01:40 PM 12/7/2013, you wrote:
>Len this stuff I'm seeing is planted as a row crop, not drilled or broadcast
>but in rows like corn or milo.  I don't know.  It's weird and as you said,
>if
>it was for hay or silage it would have been cut long before now.   I
>wondered
>if they planted it simply to build the soil as it is a rhizome crop but if
>that
>is the case why put it in rows and tend it like a cash crop?  It's a mystery
>to me.
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rugenl at missouri.edu
>Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:15 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm----milo
>
>We have planted Sudan grass for hay, but never let it go to seed.  It might
>look like that.
>
>Connected by Motorola
>
>charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Here's another johnson grass picture.  Maybe that is what it is and
> >someone has figured out a use for it.  Read the name of the stuff at
> >the bottom of the picture.
> >
> >http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=risome+johnson+grass&b=&fr=ie8
> >
> >The fields I'm seeing are very well tended.  Not a weed in sight (other
> >than
> >this stuff)
> >and all very uniform and healthy.  I guess there must be a few hundred
> >acres
> >of it visible
> >from the highway over a stretch of road about 20 miles long.  Most of it
> >has
> >been picked now
> >and what is left has the stalk and head partially laying down on top of the
> >bush in varying degrees
> >from one field to the next.
> >
> >Charlie
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Len Rugen
> >Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 10:51 AM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm----milo
> >
> >If it has a tight, nearly white head, it could be pearl millet.  I planted
> >it a few times for foot plots, the birds REALLY like it, deer didn't pay
> >much attention.  I wanted something to block the view of some road hunters,
> >it needed to be taller than  milo, so it did that nicely.
> >
> >
> >
> >Len Rugen
> >
> >rugenl at yahoo.com - May also be used when responding as
> >rugenl at prairiehome.k12.mo.us
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Saturday, December 7, 2013 8:55 AM, charlie hill
> ><charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >I don't know John.  There are big fields of this stuff, all the same, and
> >then
> >down the road a ways there is regular milo.  I keep looking for someone
> >to ask about it but never see anyone out around any of the fields.  I'm
> >passing
> >by it at 60 mph so I can't tell what sort of seed it has but it appears to
> >be very small.
> >I would think it would require a combine that is capable of combining grass
> >seeds
> >to pick it.   Like milo there is a lot of plant compared to the amount of
> >seed.
> >
> >Charlie
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
> >Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 7:48 AM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm----milo
> >
> >Don't know what it could be either. Every once in a while I see a massive
> >stalk that is up around 7-8 foot tall, but healthy. I have seen a few
> >plants
> >of some sort that look like Johnson Grass (it's not) given the way the head
> >is shaped. I haven't bothered to see what the seed looks like to know if it
> >is deformed milo or a weed. Last year I talked with a fellow deep in an
> >area
> >that has been growing milo for a long time. He mentioned a weed they get
> >that resembles milo, think it was called shattercane. I wonder if that is
> >what I am seeing, maybe it got mixed in with the seed, I don't know where
> >our seed comes from.
> >
> >John Hall
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: charlie hill
> >Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 5:08 AM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm
> >
> >John,  I've been passing through the upper corner of Sampson Co and
> >spending some time in Johnson Co. lately and I keep seeing a crop
> >that looks like anemic milo.   The plant it's self is very similar but not
> >as bushy as milo and the top is more like grass.  Similar to the top of
> >Johnson grass.  Do you know what that is?  The tops of this stuff
> >fan out like a hand with the fingers spread compared to milo that is more
> >like a closed fist.  The grain appears to be smaller seed than milo.
> >Most of it has been combined now but some is still in the fields and it's
> >already starting to lay down (the stems breaking over and the plant head
> >laying down across the mass of bushes).
> >
> >I can't figure out what it is.  It's something new to this area.
> >
> >Charlie
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
> >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 10:25 PM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm
> >
> >At 8:30 tonight I was sitting in my truck with the windows rolled down
> >waiting to pick up the kid, didn't even need a jacket, much less a coat.
> >Temps are supposed to nose-dive in the morning to somewhere in the 40's and
> >then a chance of sleet or freezing rain tomorrow night. I've still got some
> >of my milo in the field so I don't want to see much ice!
> >
> >John Hall
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: charlie hill
> >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 8:25 AM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm
> >
> >I keep hoping that our Canadian friends will SHUT THE FRONT DOOR
> >and stop the draft but I guess it's too late.  Looks like it might not
> >reach
> >all the way over here to the east coast of NC but I suspect John Hall
> >and those to the west of him will get their toes cold.
> >
> >Charlie
> >
> >
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