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Dalmatiansoap
10-11-2010, 12:14 PM
Anybody growing Sugar Cane? I need growing tips, propagation methods, anything? Can it be grown from seeds? Where to find cuttings?
I don't grow it, but I've seen cuttings available in german web shops for abot 20 - 25 € and seeds for just a few €.
momoese
10-11-2010, 02:30 PM
Here ya go.
http://www.bananas.org/f8/who-can-enlighten-me-about-sugar-8657.html#post84114
hmm
http://www.bananas.org/f8/who-can-enlighten-me-about-sugar-8657.html
Dalmatiansoap
10-11-2010, 02:37 PM
mission-find cane:ha:!
:woohoonaner:
Narnia
10-11-2010, 05:04 PM
Maybe this site will be helpful. God B
Australian Sugarcane - Industry Centre (http://www.canegrowers.com.au)
sunfish
10-11-2010, 05:13 PM
Super Purple Chewing Sweet Sugar Cane'1-Live Plant - eBay (item 160433202507 end time Nov-05-10 20:12:57 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Purple-Chewing-Sweet-Sugar-Cane1-Live-Plant-/160433202507?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255a90654b)
Super Red Chewing Sweet Sugar Cane Live Plant - eBay (item 120565025502 end time Oct-29-10 21:37:39 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Red-Chewing-Sweet-Sugar-Cane-Live-Plant-/120565025502?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c123c4ade)
Sugar Cane Plant Cutting Rare - eBay (item 250701496466 end time Oct-24-10 04:24:22 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Sugar-Cane-Plant-Cutting-Rare-/250701496466?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a5ef94092)
sunfish
10-11-2010, 05:27 PM
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MediaHound
10-11-2010, 05:40 PM
Be careful where you plant it, it can be quite invasive. I have seen yards taken over by it.
I used to grow purple sugarcane, I got mine from a grower in Hawaii. I thought I had pics of it in my gallery but I cant find them.
I distributed many cuttings.
As it gets older the nodes will grow aerial roots, just cut that stalk down once it gets very old, and cut it up with a hacksaw, put each section in soil and it will form a new plant.
kelehawaii
10-11-2010, 05:45 PM
I have grown sugarcane for a few decades both on O'ahu and here on the 'Big Island'. I use it as a windrow as well as the leaves for mulch. I also like to chew on it or cut the culm into slices and stick it into a cup of hot coffee or tea and avoid having to use processed sweeteners.
When I have a lot of it (due to the 'invasiveness' posted by another member, I cut it and trade it with a goat owner up the road who gives me fresh goat milk in exchange! WONDERFUL!!!
coast crab
10-11-2010, 08:20 PM
As a kid we'd buy sugar cane in the autumn around Halloween at the farmers' market. What we didn't eat I'd cut into lenghts with 3 or 4 joints (nodes), and bury them just under the surface of the soil. This seemed to keep them warm enough and moist. In the spring we'd dig them up and replant them in rows in the garden. When the soil became the right tempature they'd sprout along the nodes and grow into beautiful plants during the summer. In the fall we'd cut them and start over.
That's north Florida, zn 8b.
Russell
kelehawaii
10-11-2010, 08:29 PM
As a kid we'd buy sugar cane in the autumn around Halloween at the farmers' market. What we didn't eat I'd cut into lenghts with 3 or 4 joints (nodes), and bury them just under the surface of the soil. This seemed to keep them warm enough and moist. In the spring we'd dig them up and replant them in rows in the garden. When the soil became the right tempature they'd sprout along the nodes and grow into beautiful plants during the summer. In the fall we'd cut them and start over.
That's north Florida, zn 8b.
Russell
Russell: I was in Central Florida for 2 years in '04 and '05 and grew sugarcane there in Ellenton which is just a few miles from the southeast shore of Tampa Bay. It grew very well.
Your method of planting...horizontally with 2 or 3 nodes in a couple of inches of soil is the way I always do it. I have quite a lot of it now and am giving it away to others on this island so that they can plant it and grow their own as a food and energy source or just for ornamental purposes.
Kele
planetrj
10-12-2010, 02:24 AM
I can attest that Sugar Cane is rewarding to grow, and when it gets warm out, it can grow almost like corn! I would not be without it for the aforementioned reasons, including using it as the best sweetener for sun tea. Cut the pulp and put it out with the jar in the sun, and you have the best tasting sun tea ever.
I do offer it in 4" pots at my nursery, but I'm afraid I cannot import the plants overseas. However, if you do purchase it, make sure you confirm that the one you get is edible. I'd also recommend buying it rooted, because some people have a tough time trying to root sections, depending on the time of year and the maturity of the stalk.
Good luck, and you won't be sorry!
sandy0225
10-12-2010, 06:06 AM
I have some. It's kind of a pain in the greenhouse overwintering it, the edges of the leaves are very sharp and will cut you like a knife if you drag your arm through it. It is easy to overwinter potted as long as it's at least 50 degrees where you're overwintering it.
coast crab
10-12-2010, 07:22 AM
I can attest that Sugar Cane is rewarding to grow, and when it gets warm out, it can grow almost like corn! I would not be without it for the aforementioned reasons, including using it as the best sweetener for sun tea. Cut the pulp and put it out with the jar in the sun, and you have the best tasting sun tea ever.
That's a cool idea, I'm going to have to give this a try. And I think I'll bury some for spring too. I haven't thought much about it in years, but sugar cane really is a pretty ornamental grass.
R
Dalmatiansoap
10-12-2010, 07:48 AM
Anybody willing to sell/send a Cane stalk?
coast crab
10-12-2010, 07:54 AM
I sent some bulbs to Turkey and Argentina last month and it worked out fine. When I get my hands on some I'll pm you.
Russell
AmberNichole
10-12-2010, 08:30 PM
I have some black sugarcane growing in the backyard. Don't really do too much to it other than make sure it doesn't get to dried out when it doesn't rain.
Dalmatiansoap
10-25-2010, 01:20 PM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0415.jpg
THANK YOU!
:woohoonaner:
planetrj
10-25-2010, 08:22 PM
Looks great! I am happy to see you got some, and that's a nice bundle! What form of mailing was used, and what was it 'named' *wink*. I always am curious how people get past customs. :)
Dalmatiansoap
11-02-2010, 01:20 PM
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG0508.jpg
:woohoonaner:
Greenie
11-14-2010, 01:57 AM
good job!
lost this one a couple years back.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39195&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39189&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39190&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39194&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38405&size=1
planetrj
11-14-2010, 02:38 AM
Looks Excellent! You're doing a great job there :)
Want Them All
11-16-2010, 12:07 AM
I just had a bunch for snack over the weekend, and about 3 cups of sugar cane juice. One of my favorite juice. I'm gonna be planting some soon. Thanks for the great links in this thread.
Dalmatiansoap
11-18-2010, 06:39 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38583&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38583)
:woohoonaner:
Greenie
11-18-2010, 04:15 PM
looking good!
Anyone else have any to share or trade? I'd like to give them a shot too now that I'm inspired...... they make rum out of sugar cane don't they?:ha:
alpha010
11-19-2010, 10:00 AM
I have been looking for a good stateside source for a while now for cane (short of finding a plantation in the south and "borrowing" a cane but that wouldn't be the ethical nor condoned way to go.
And for you Bob! The sell chunks of cane and unprocessed cane sugar online and in most grocery stores that you can use to make rum........
Greenie
12-09-2010, 01:46 AM
got the striped ribbon cane again last month from a good buddy.This is a very vigorous ribbon cane! :08:
Hope not to kill it again once it sprouts.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39188&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39187&size=1
TommyMacLuckie
12-09-2010, 11:41 AM
I had some purple sugar cane but something happened to it. I have the regular ol' green kind but my dogs keep beating it up!
kelehawaii
12-18-2010, 03:24 PM
I had some purple sugar cane but something happened to it. I have the regular ol' green kind but my dogs keep beating it up!
Is there anything left of the root system or even a small shoot? It can be replanted in a different spot.
Check out Stokes tropicals. They are in Louisiana as well and they may have starts. They've been
in business a long time and if they don't have purple can I'm pretty sure that they will be able to
get it for you.
Stokes Tropicals-Specializes in Tropical Plants, Rare, Exotic Plants, Trees (http://www.stokestropicals.com/)
TommyMacLuckie
12-18-2010, 04:10 PM
Yeah, it's OK. I'm going to move it. It's a bit freeze damaged as well.
kelehawaii
12-18-2010, 04:14 PM
Yeah, it's OK. I'm going to move it. It's a bit freeze damaged as well.
It should recover. If you are going to have frost again, cover it overnight. I wish I could send you some culms as I have loads of it as windrow around my property but the USDA will not permit shipments from here to the 'states'!
Aloha and good luck!
harveyc
12-20-2010, 12:59 PM
This looks like a good guide on growing sugarcane.
SS-AGR-253/SC052: Backyard Sugarcane (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sc052)
planetrj
12-21-2010, 07:32 PM
I think in the spring, I'm going to get some of this var. of Saccharum:
Shaman Australis Botanicals (http://shaman-australis.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=28_305&products_id=168)
Violaceum looks very beautiful, but one thing I've read about it is that it's not quite as hardy as other officinarums, so I might even have to overwinter it in a GH. :/
Maybe its' worth it, if it looks like that.
Curious if anyone has grown it and if it's as sweet as other var's?
harveyc
12-21-2010, 10:09 PM
Anybody here ever try Cachaça?
Maison Leblon Demonstration At The Doheny with Master Distiller Gilles Merlet - A Cachaça Education (http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Entertainment/cat_index_la_events/Maison_Leblon_Cacha_a_Demonstration_At_The_Doheny_printer.php)
I'm getting ahead of myself, but I'd like to give it a try. Maybe Bob will be my partner in crime??? :D
Greenie
12-23-2010, 01:25 AM
Anybody here ever try Cachaça?
.... had a very tough week.I think I might need about 5 of those pretty soon!:nanadrink:
Greenie
12-23-2010, 01:34 AM
...After watching this,I think 10 will be better LOL!
YouTube - How to make a Caipirinha - LEBLON Cachaça (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P1Q-UycHA)
harveyc
12-23-2010, 01:44 AM
Wow, I need at least one of those.
Live. Love. Live Long.
Dalmatiansoap
01-22-2011, 11:55 AM
short update
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1565.jpg
:woohoonaner:
Hey!
I'm in the sugar business as well!
Last week on Monday I received two cuttings of sugarcane from the Canary Islands. I got it from Canarius (http://www.canarius.com/) in Tenerife.
I put it in water on a heat mat at temps around 30° C and just after about 5 - 6 days roots started to show. I will put it in soil now and let sit another week or so on the heat mat. Then it'll go to the green house at the weekend after temps have hopefully risen to spring weather!
I got a purple cane with yellow stripes and yellow cane.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40617&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40617&ppuser=5708)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40621&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40621&ppuser=5708)
Here's an update two weeks later:
I put it in pot and it continued to grow. The heat mat was just on at night. During the days it was warm enough. Very easy to grow that stuff - I hope it'll continue that way!
Purple Cane:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41102&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41102&ppuser=5708)
Yellow Cane
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41103&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41103&ppuser=5708)
palmtree
03-27-2011, 11:11 AM
Im also trying to grow some sugar cane! I got some from the store and Im trying to root them in water by a very sunny and warm window. I think roots are starting to grow on one of them now. Once roots begin to show Im going to pot it up horizontally and let it take off! I have purple sugar cane.
Great pics everyone!
AmberNichole
04-09-2011, 12:34 PM
Here is My Black Sugar Cane, Latley I Have Tried To Treat It Like My Bananas And It Seems To Be Doing Good!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41628&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41628)
Greenie
04-09-2011, 06:27 PM
Nice!....I think the variety you are growing is from Fiji:08:
musaboru
04-09-2011, 07:52 PM
They grow like slugs in So Cal, cos they don't get enough water. But any sugar cane grower should have this machine:
YouTube - Powerful sugar cane juicer ?????? cana garapa 4 rollers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-iUCZ7ysQ)
Greenie
04-10-2011, 11:13 PM
The Striped cane is growing good:08:
If anyone has a cane with STRIPES and would like to trade for a banana variety.....just let me know.
Anyways,new shoots are starting to pop up.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41682&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41681&size=1
Update:
Still in pots (4-6 weeks), but gaining speed now, as temps finally start rising.
Purple/Yellow striped in the back, yellow cane in the front!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42429&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42429&ppuser=5708)
cherokee_greg
05-04-2011, 09:37 AM
I have some coming here is a link to what im going to grow
PlantFiles: Detailed information on Purple Sugar Cane, Burgundy Sugar Cane, Black Magic Repellent Plant Saccharum officinarum 'Pele's Smoke' (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62092/)
cherokee_greg
05-18-2011, 06:17 PM
heres my sugar cane
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42863&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42863&ppuser=5959)
Greenie
05-25-2011, 02:28 AM
Louisiana striped
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43018&size=1
"Jamaican Striped" or "Green Rose Ribbon"
I obtained "Jamaican Striped" from a house that is 10 minutes from my home.A very friendly grower gave me 2 stalks of this very pretty cane.She has since sprouted!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43019&size=1
cherokee_greg
05-25-2011, 09:38 AM
Louisiana striped
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43018&size=1
"Jamaican Striped" or "Green Rose Ribbon"
I obtained "Jamaican Striped" from a house that is 10 minutes from my home.A very friendly grower gave me 2 stalks of this very pretty cane.She has since sprouted!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43019&size=1
wow that is cool ! Thanks for posting this.
The Striped cane is growing good:08:
If anyone has a cane with STRIPES and would like to trade for a banana variety.....just let me know.
Anyways,new shoots are starting to pop up.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41682&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41681&size=1
Do you mean striped leaves or striped stalks? (or have you already gotten some?)
sandy0225
05-26-2011, 06:59 AM
my sugar cane is pretty cool, but I don't like it. Since we have to bring it in for winter, and the edges of the leaves are razor sharp. whenever I have to deal with it, I end up with like paper cuts all over me!
Greenie
05-26-2011, 02:43 PM
Do you mean striped leaves or striped stalks? (or have you already gotten some?)
The one with stripes along the stalk.
There are many different striped Sugarcane varieties out there.Finding them,is another story! LOL!
cherokee_greg
05-27-2011, 09:31 AM
check out this sugar cane
LIVE SUGAR CANE PLANT PURPLE RIBBON HEIRLOOM CANE SYRUP | eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/LIVE-SUGAR-CANE-PLANT-PURPLE-RIBBON-HEIRLOOM-CANE-SYRUP-/120726580268?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1bdd6c2c)
Its pertty neat I would like to try some striped cane nice
Greenie
05-27-2011, 01:41 PM
check out this sugar cane
LIVE SUGAR CANE PLANT PURPLE RIBBON HEIRLOOM CANE SYRUP | eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/LIVE-SUGAR-CANE-PLANT-PURPLE-RIBBON-HEIRLOOM-CANE-SYRUP-/120726580268?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1bdd6c2c)
Its pertty neat I would like to try some striped cane nice
thats the same variety I am growing.It goes by many different names.There is a forum member on here that sold them.I don't know why he has not posted on this sugarcane thread,but his screen name is FRITO.
Frito,post some pics!!!!:08::08:
cherokee_greg
05-27-2011, 04:03 PM
thats the same variety I am growing.It goes by many different names.There is a forum member on here that sell them.I don't know why he has not posted on this sugarcane thread,but his screen name is FRITO.
Frito,post some pics!!!!:08::08:
isnt that the same guy selling that cane on Ebay I think it is
yes it is here is his store
Frito's Plant Paradise items - Get great deals on Bananas, Misc Plants items on eBay Stores! (http://stores.ebay.com/Fritos-Plant-Paradise?_trksid=p4340.l2563)
he sold out on that cane wow I wanted some i was to late
I found two pieces of Ko Manulele (Hawaiian green/maroon variegated stem) at the local farmer's
market here. (see photo) The smaller piece was cut into 3 sections and is becoming 'one-with-my-garden',
but the other one is waiting until Greenie looks at the photo.
I also planted a dark maroon cane with maroon tinted leaves called Ko Honua'ula. I'm told
there is another variety called Ko Halali'i that is yellow pink, and green, but I haven't found it yet.
Two pieces of Ko Manulele
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43118><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43118&size=1 border=0></a>
Another Ko Manulele
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43117><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43117&size=1 border=0></a>
Ko Honua'ula - a Hawaiian heirloom variety with maroon stems, and bronze leaves.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46972><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46972&size=1 border=0></a>
Greenie
05-30-2011, 08:57 PM
Ko Honua'ula - a Hawaiian heirloom variety with maroon stems, and bronze leaves.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43141><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43141&size=1 border=0></a>
Looking good!!!!:bananas_b
cherokee_greg
06-07-2011, 03:12 PM
check this out
YouTube - ‪Growing Sugar Cane in the Backyard in Sacramento California‬‏ (http://youtu.be/R9nvTPKT5VU)
Nicolas Naranja
06-07-2011, 08:13 PM
About half of my day job is sugar cane research, and I used to be a manager on a 120,000 acre sugarcane farm. Most of the pictures that I see are saccharum officinarum, while most of the commercial varieties for sugar are multispecific hybrids of the genus saccharum. We have some heirloom plots at my work in Belle Glade at the UF/IFAS research station. Most of the breeding work done in the US is done about 3 miles south of my banana farm in Canal Point. For those of you in the panhandle they have a sugarcane field day in Quincy every year where they distribute cane for planting.
I saw a question about planting seeds, but from what I have learned at the breeding station, viable seed is only produced under a very well defined set of environmental conditions.
When I went to the home of local man to get a Hawaiian banana, and noticed that he had some striped sugar cane. One was green and white. When I got a real close look I noticed that the leaves were variegated green and white too. I didn't have my camera at the time so I'll have to wait until it grows before I can get some leaf shots.
striped cane
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44963><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44963 border=0></a>
Rmplmnz
08-13-2011, 10:07 AM
Has anyone ever worked with a home sugar cane mill?
Here are some of my sugarcane weeds. I also have maroon / green striped and solid yellow canes that are just sprouting but don't really have any leaves yet.
Variegated sprout (Ko Halai'i)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45748><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45748&size=1 border=0></a>
Another variegated one
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45739><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45739&size=1 border=0></a>
Bronze Hawaiian (Ko Honua'ula)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45737><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45737&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45736><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45736&size=1 border=0></a>
Bronze leaf detail
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45738><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45738&size=1 border=0></a>
Bronze plant
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45749><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45749&size=1 border=0></a>
Variegated Sugar cane, my smallest sprout has the most variegation.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47072><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47072&size=1 border=0></a>
Updated photos of variegated sugarcane - Ko Halai'i.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47481&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47481)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47480&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47480)
DoctorSteve
04-29-2012, 11:28 AM
I just bought a piece of sugar cane at the store and it looks like the forming buds were cut off. Does anyone know if it will still grow if the buds are cut off?
Dean W.
04-29-2012, 11:32 AM
Never tried-my understanding was if you had a piece you could just stick it in the soil and it would root.:bananas_b
DoctorSteve
04-29-2012, 12:15 PM
That is what I was going to try but didn't want to wast it if it wasn't going to work. I would just eat it:)
RandyGHO
04-29-2012, 12:57 PM
Sorghum is still grown over a good part of Ga for sorghum syrup.
Nicolas Naranja
04-29-2012, 01:07 PM
I just bought a piece of sugar cane at the store and it looks like the forming buds were cut off. Does anyone know if it will still grow if the buds are cut off?
If the buds are cut off it will not grow cane. I say this as someone who has commercially planted several thousand acres.
Dean W.
04-29-2012, 01:25 PM
My bad DoctorSteve!
My Hawaiian bronze (Ko Honua Ula) cane is over 7 ft, but the stems aren't that thick yet. I'm not sure when to cut it.
The variegated one is about 4 1/2 ft, and not big enough to cut yet.
Ko Halai'i
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48633><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48633&size=1 border=0></a>
topshotta
04-29-2012, 10:51 PM
Here are some pics of my cane...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48651&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48651&ppuser=7539)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48652&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48652&ppuser=7539)
I cut the tops off and plant them back into the ground, usually at an angle...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48654&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48654&ppuser=7539)
...sometimes horizontal...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48653&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48653&ppuser=7539)
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DoctorSteve
04-30-2012, 01:20 AM
Anyone have any sections they would be willing to sell? Send me a pm if you do if not that's ok too.
Don't know when this is big enough to cut/eat, but it is still growing. Almost like a large weed.
Here is the variegated one. Ko Halai'i
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49027><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49027&size=1 border=0></a>
This is the bronze-leaf one. Ko Honua Ula
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49016><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49016&size=1 border=0></a>
DoctorSteve
05-25-2012, 10:28 AM
They look like they are doing very well.
cheson74
05-26-2012, 05:43 PM
I took over a garden plot that had purple sugar cane growing. Like MediaHound stated, it can be very invasive. I've dug up countless shoots and the buggers keep coming back. Plus it draws tons of ants.
Rmplmnz
05-26-2012, 07:04 PM
Here are some pics of my cane...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48651&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48651&ppuser=7539)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48652&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48652&ppuser=7539)
I cut the tops off and plant them back into the ground, usually at an angle...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48654&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48654&ppuser=7539)
...sometimes horizontal...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48653&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48653&ppuser=7539)
:0517: :2784: :nanerelectricguitar
Nice....where in the Keys?
Nice mango growing as well.
Rmplmnz
05-26-2012, 07:06 PM
Anyone have any sections they would be willing to sell? Send me a pm if you do if not that's ok too.
Did you find any?
Kat "Dreamingofthetropics" has some
topshotta
05-27-2012, 03:15 PM
Nice....where in the Keys?
Nice mango growing as well.
Key Largo
Greenie
05-27-2012, 03:46 PM
topshotta-your cane looks like CP72-1210.Its a Cana Point variety that was grown here in Fl. commercially in the 70's and 80's.Its a good chewing variety but does not come back from stubble well.
Yug-Thanks for sharing!
topshotta-your cane looks like CP72-1210.Its a Cana Point variety that was grown here in Fl. commercially in the 70's and 80's.Its a good chewing variety but does not come back from stubble well.
Yug-Thanks for sharing!
I know you are just waiting for the variegated one to get taller, it is doing well. Just a little longer. I hate to wait, too. :03:
Ko Halai'i - variegated Hawaiian sugarcane, about 7 ft high
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49467&perpage=24><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49467&size=1 border=0></a>
(updated photo) Ko Halai'i - it's big enough to see the canes now - they are striped too!
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49723&limit=recent><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49723 border=0></a>
Here's the cane!
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49809><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49809&size=1 border=0></a>
better shot of the leaves
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50177><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50177&size=1 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50176><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50176&size=1 border=0></a>
Rmplmnz
05-27-2012, 08:48 PM
Key Largo
Cool...I can drop some corms on my way to Cayo Hueso some time....:nanadrink:
I also have some purple sugar cane if you are interested.
Nicolas Naranja
05-27-2012, 09:33 PM
Cool...I can drop some corms on my way to Cayo Hueso some time....:nanadrink:
I also have some purple sugar cane if you are interested.
There is some numbered variety grown here for chewing and it's got a 2"+ barrel size.
FRITO
08-07-2012, 08:19 PM
heres a large barrel cane of "asian black" sugar cane I just harvested.
This makes a sweet juice with a darker tint and has a mild root beer flavor!
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49994&ppuser=5845><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49994&size=1 border=0></a>
Caipirinha-fresh squeezed sugar cane juice with brazilian cachaca and key lime
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50000&ppuser=5845><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50000&size=1 border=0></a>
I grow many varieties of hierloom sugar cane and always looking to add more! I sell these on my website. Green Planet Farm (http://www.greenplanetfarm.com)
FRITO
08-07-2012, 08:28 PM
I grow many varieties of hierloom sugar cane and always looking to add more! I sell these on my website. Green Planet Farm (http://www.greenplanetfarm.com)
Heres Florida Red
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50003&ppuser=5845><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50003&size=1 border=0></a>
more FL red
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50002&ppuser=5845><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50002&size=1 border=0></a>
Sugar Cane Juicer from Green Planet Farm
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50001&ppuser=5845><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50001&size=1 border=0></a>
Snookie
08-22-2012, 06:24 PM
Just want to thank FRITO
Got my Sugar Cane today, can't wait to plant it:}
Hope I do it right lol
Again thanks for the Langiappe
I like DAT me:}
FRITO
04-28-2013, 06:22 AM
hows the cane coming along guys? Ready to squeeze it and drink it this season?
Luke
Snookie
04-28-2013, 04:23 PM
[QUOTE=FRITO;218170]hows the cane coming along guys? Ready to squeeze it and drink it this season?
Not quite lol
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