growing sugar cane in yard. where do I buy?

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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.

I'd like to plant some as well. Haven't shopped for it yet though

We have a winner, and plant it as Darla prescribed doing it.

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Sugar cane is a three year crop. Be patient.

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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.

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?

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.

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It's unnaturally hard and tough as shite.

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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.

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

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.