Plant ID ???????????

cherokee_greg · 10-22-2009, 11:50 AM

Anyone know what this is ? The people next door have it every were. They speak no english.
thanks

Bananaman88 · 10-22-2009, 11:54 AM

Hard to tell for sure but it looks like sugarcane to me.

cherokee_greg · 10-22-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bananaman88

Hard to tell for sure but it looks like sugarcane to me.

I thought the same thing. If it is I wounder how you start it ? Very unusal to me . Im fasinated by it. I first thought it was corn tell I saw the canes.
I like it tho very nice.
Thanks

musaboru · 10-22-2009, 11:30 PM

Yeah looks like sugarcane to me too. A section with a node or too roots very easily. Just stick it in the ground and it will send out new shoots. About one of the easiest things to root.

You can find them in the Hispanic or Asian grocery stores and you can root that too. There are different varieties too, so it might end up being different from the one they are growing.

In the Chinatown in LA, there is a shop that has a machine that squeezes the juice out of the stalk and they sell it as a drink. But the way I use to eat it as a child was my mom would cut off the skin and then cut the canes into bite size chunks and we would just bite and suck on it. Its kinda fibrous though.
And one thing I should note is the leaves can give you a serious papercut.

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Bananaman88 Bananaculturist Bananaman88's Photo Gallery Location: Houston, TX area Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Brent Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,019 BananaBucks : 273,644 Feedback: 22 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,339 Times Was Thanked 2,263 Times in 1,178 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 191 Times	Re: Plant ID ??????????? Hard to tell for sure but it looks like sugarcane to me.

10-22-2009, 11:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
musaboru musaboru 's Photo Gallery Location: Ontario, Calif. Zone: 9b Name: Dar Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 193 BananaBucks : 96,644 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 328 Times Was Thanked 262 Times in 105 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Plant ID ??????????? Yeah looks like sugarcane to me too. A section with a node or too roots very easily. Just stick it in the ground and it will send out new shoots. About one of the easiest things to root. You can find them in the Hispanic or Asian grocery stores and you can root that too. There are different varieties too, so it might end up being different from the one they are growing. In the Chinatown in LA, there is a shop that has a machine that squeezes the juice out of the stalk and they sell it as a drink. But the way I use to eat it as a child was my mom would cut off the skin and then cut the canes into bite size chunks and we would just bite and suck on it. Its kinda fibrous though. And one thing I should note is the leaves can give you a serious papercut.

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