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Sorghum Seeds, Coral

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Coral Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor): Originally sourced from Experimental Farm Network, Coral is a showy variety that is entering its third year of adaptation in Western North Carolina. Reliable for both grain and syrup production, this variety makes an excellent choice for growers interested in growing sorghum for a multitude of applications.

Germination Rate: 91%

Weight (avg. seeds): 7g (350)

Grower: Shelby Mandonado

Water's Edge Farmstead, Asheville, NC

Shelby Mandonado is a farmer and forager with a passion for deeply collaborative models of community engagement based around our shared love of the land. With deep family roots in Atlanta, Georgia and Asheville, North Carolina, Shelby is dedicated to uplifting and preserving the unique culture of the South. Shelby’s experiences as a farmer have imparted to her an understanding and honor of the intimate webs that hold all of us – whether we be human, fungi, plant, insect, animal, or otherwise – together. Believing that the only future we can guarantee is the one we mutually create, Shelby is dedicated to supporting her community in meaningful ways through the lens of regenerative agriculture.

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Coral Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor): Originally sourced from Experimental Farm Network, Coral is a showy variety that is entering its third year of adaptation in Western North Carolina. Reliable for both grain and syrup production, this variety makes an excellent choice for growers interested in growing sorghum for a multitude of applications.

Germination Rate: 91%

Weight (avg. seeds): 7g (350)

Grower: Shelby Mandonado

Water's Edge Farmstead, Asheville, NC

Shelby Mandonado is a farmer and forager with a passion for deeply collaborative models of community engagement based around our shared love of the land. With deep family roots in Atlanta, Georgia and Asheville, North Carolina, Shelby is dedicated to uplifting and preserving the unique culture of the South. Shelby’s experiences as a farmer have imparted to her an understanding and honor of the intimate webs that hold all of us – whether we be human, fungi, plant, insect, animal, or otherwise – together. Believing that the only future we can guarantee is the one we mutually create, Shelby is dedicated to supporting her community in meaningful ways through the lens of regenerative agriculture.

USA Shipping Only | $5 Flat Rate or FREE Shipping on Orders over $45 | Our collective members pack and ship the seeds together. First Ship Date, Feb 15, 2025.

‘Coral’ sorghum, originally sourced from Experimental Farm Network, is a showy variety that is entering its third year of adaptation in Western North Carolina. Reliable for both grain and syrup production, this variety makes an excellent choice for growers interested in growing sorghum for a multitude of applications. It is exceptionally tolerant and self-sufficient, thriving under minimal intervention. With large, gorgeous deep red seed heads and fairly consistent 6-8ft. stalks, ‘coral’ is a captivating variety with a place in any cultivation setting from the home garden to the market farm.

As a passionate sorghum grower, Shelby trialed 29 varieties of Sorghum in 2023 in collaboration with The Utopian Seed Project and after all that, Coral was still her favorite!!

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