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growing sugar cane in yard. where do I buy?
Posted on 11/21/13 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 11/21/13 at 7:07 pm
where would i buy some cane to plant in the garden?
Posted on 11/21/13 at 7:18 pm to CT
nowhere in Louisiana to pick em up?
Posted on 11/21/13 at 7:36 pm to CreoleGumbo
I know nothing about sugar came, but I'd imagine it can be grown from a stalk cutting. Stop on the side of the road, ask the farmer if you can have a cutting, and take it home and plant it.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 8:03 pm to BottomlandBrew
Plant it horizontally, in furrows.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 8:31 pm to CreoleGumbo
I'd like to plant some as well. Haven't shopped for it yet though
Posted on 11/21/13 at 8:57 pm to LoneStarTiger
Come to my house! From my driveway in any direction you will find all the cane you want. For free. Just pick it up!
Posted on 11/22/13 at 5:17 am to BottomlandBrew
We have a winner, and plant it as Darla prescribed doing it.
Posted on 11/22/13 at 5:56 am to CreoleGumbo
Sugar cane is a three year crop. Be patient.
Posted on 11/22/13 at 6:20 am to tigerdup07
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Sugar cane is a three year crop. Be patient.
I know that this is true but it still seems hard to believe considering how fast it seems to grow. I swear they just planted it out in Convent and it's already 3-4' tall.
This post was edited on 11/22/13 at 7:16 am
Posted on 11/22/13 at 6:53 am to tigerdup07
I know cane regrows and a farmer doesn't plant every year, but maybe every three to four years, but I thought they harvested a little over a year after planting. Say they plant in August, I thought that crop would be mature a year later, in that season's harvest (late September through December). Do I have it wrong?
Posted on 11/22/13 at 7:12 am to CreoleGumbo
Let me help you out here, what you seen grown in West Baton Rouge Parish and most of LA for that matter is a commercial hybrid variety of cane that's engineered for being ground. Basically all the sugar being drawn out. It's unnaturally hard and tough as shite. Do not try to chew it.
It's not your grandfather's Sugar Cane that would be cut up and served to kids to be sucked/chewed on.
What you want to buy is something called Blue Ribbon Sugar Cane if you can find it. Get some seedlings of that and grow a crop- will take at least two seasons- then you would have something. This is big fat stalks of cane that is naturally soft compared to the hybrid commercial cane that's grown now.
It's not your grandfather's Sugar Cane that would be cut up and served to kids to be sucked/chewed on.
What you want to buy is something called Blue Ribbon Sugar Cane if you can find it. Get some seedlings of that and grow a crop- will take at least two seasons- then you would have something. This is big fat stalks of cane that is naturally soft compared to the hybrid commercial cane that's grown now.
This post was edited on 11/22/13 at 7:17 am
Posted on 11/22/13 at 9:59 am to Cajun Revolution
Cajun revolution I had an old guy from Grand Chenier give me some purple cane. He said it was what the old timers grew to make their syrup. I planted it according to his directions but it didn't come up.
Posted on 11/22/13 at 11:46 am to LSUEnvy
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Cajun revolution I had an old guy from Grand Chenier give me some purple cane
That's the same stuff just called different depending on where you're from. It depends on how you planted it and the type of soil. Typically it comes up better in places with good water drainage (dryer for LA) and where it won't be buried in water. You also want to plant it close together and make sure it's buried not too deep.
Find you a stalk, cut into three or four separate pieces no more than 3-5 inches a piece and separated by no more than 5-6 inches. Cut your soil no more than 5-6 inches in the ground. Lay sideways in dirt.
Hard part is getting a hold of a stalk.
Here is some more info with directions and pictures: LINK
This post was edited on 11/22/13 at 11:49 am
Posted on 11/22/13 at 12:56 pm to Cajun Revolution
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It's unnaturally hard and tough as shite.
no lie. It will give a Kubota zero turn the shits when you run over it while mowing. I don't seek it out or anything, but the farmer across the road manages to spill enough that some always ends up on my bature.
Posted on 11/22/13 at 1:27 pm to Cajun Revolution
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It's not your grandfather's Sugar Cane that would be cut up and served to kids to be sucked/chewed on. What you want to buy is something called Blue Ribbon Sugar Cane if you can find it.
True. I grew up with Ribbon cane in the 50s. I think the bad tasting hybrid came out in the 70s and all the farmers went with it because of resistance to pests and disease. Not for chewing.
Posted on 11/22/13 at 1:27 pm to tigerinthebueche
We used to cut the tops off and use them as swords when we were kids.
Let me tell you, getting plunked with that thing was like getting hit with a baseball bat
Let me tell you, getting plunked with that thing was like getting hit with a baseball bat
Posted on 11/22/13 at 7:09 pm to Cajun Revolution
Can't you just sprinkle a couple of packs of sugar in the ground and wait for it to grow
Posted on 11/22/13 at 7:34 pm to CreoleGumbo
Drop by the LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Research Station in St. Gabriel and see if they can give you some. Cane is planted in late summer and is harvested the following fall. From this initial planting you usually get 3-4 fall harvest out of it. By that time disease, insects, weeds etc will lead to a reduced population over that time period and the crop is "busted out" and allowed to sit fallow through the following summer where weeds like johnsongrass are controlled or soybean is grown. The field is then replanted in late summer and the 3-4 year cycle starts again. You can plant the whole stalk at a rate of 4 stalks side by side with a 1/3 length overlap with the next set of 3-4 whole stalks lined before or behind it. Cover with approx 4-6 inches of soil. Or you can use pieces of the stalk called billets. If these are used, lay 6-8 billet pieces about 20-24 inches in length side by side and lay the next set of billets end to end with the ones before and after it. Cover with 3-4 inches of soil. The stalk has bumps along it called buds at the joints and that is where the new stalks will come up from.
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