SWEET BEE®
CANE-TYPE HYBRID FORAGE SORGHUM | MEDIUM MATURITY
Sweet, highly palatable stalks
Good re-growth
Strengths:
Medium height reduces lodging potential
High versatility to all types of production
Excellent quality and palatability
Good regrowth for multiple cuttings of hay or grazing
| Plant Characteristics: |
| Days to boot |
55-60 |
| Days to soft dough |
85-95 |
| Plant height at boot |
4-5’ |
| Plant height at soft dough |
5.5-6.5’ |
| Planting seed color |
White |
| Average seed count per pound |
18-20 K |
Suggested Uses:
Green chop
Hay
Late-season graze out
Silage |
Areas of Concern:
Silage lacks high top-end yield potential in comparison to other silage types
Areas of Adaptation:
Any area where forages are produced
| General Agronomic Ratings: |
| Silage yield |
7 |
| Hay yield |
8 |
| Nutritional value |
8 |
| Seedling vigor |
8 |
| Drought tolerance |
9 |
| Lodging resistance |
8 |
| Regrowth |
7 |
| General disease resistance |
8 |
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All ratings are general. Different pathotypes, races, and biotypes of diseases and insects can cause ratings to change.
All ratings are based on Warner field screenings and university screenings.
HR = High Resistance, HT = Highly Tolerant, T = Tolerant, MT = Moderately Tolerant, S = Susceptible, 1 = Poor, 10 = Excellent
Management Notes:
Sweet Bee is a medium-early maturity forage sorghum hybrid with juicy, sweet stalks. Adaptable for both irrigated and dryland
production, Sweet Bee was developed to serve as a higher yielding replacement for hegari, redtop cane, and other sweet sorghums.
Sweet Bee is an excellent hybrid for a wide range of uses |
