Sugar Cane..How Sweet it is or is it?
 

Well since bananas seem to be on my preferred list of plants I can kill with ease ,

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I'm back to Sugar Cane:} Lost it seems like last years cane so trying again..

Who's doing Cane and how is it going?

Thanks

Snookie

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I plan to. I bet I'll be the first one in my state to, too. Haha. That banana looks to have quite the frostbite. You're in zone 9, perhaps just stick to hardier cultivars?

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I've got 400 acres of cane at work, does that count?

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I thought the pineapple diaries thread was dedicated to sugar cane. :ha:
http://www.bananas.org/f8/pineapple-diaries-17309.html

I have black, Georgia Red, a produce market green type (could be Yellow Ga)l that are growing in pots. Also have some Yellow Gal and red/green ribbon type started.

Nick, do you know what the name of the red/green ribbon cane might be? Is it the Louisiana Ribbon Thirteen Oaks Farm and Cane Mill - Sugar Cane Varieties (Ribbon Cane)

DM

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As far as the taste, because my palate is used to tons of white processed sugar, chewing on actual sugar cane tasted like slightly sweet soft wood pulp. I was not impressed. If you don't eat a lot of sugar, or did not grow up eating white sugar, I'm sure it would be quite tasty.

I wonder if people who grow different varieties make any syrups from them and if they taste distinct from the "regular" sugar cane, whichever that would be?

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Unfortunately it didn't come with a name tag, it just got planted. A few people around here call it red stripe, but it does look like ribbon cane.

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Thanks, only things I've found when google searching "red stripe sugar cane" was in reference to some disease in sugar cane called "red stripe disease".

DM

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Your area of Louisiana should be almost perfect for growing sugar cane. That brings up the queston "What do you know about growing sugar cane?"
There is a lot of information on the web about the various aspects of caring for cane as well as a myriad of other plants.

To see if you are doing something wrong try this site for information from planting to harvesting sugar cane.
Growing Sugarcane

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A lil burn.. That's just superficial Yo.. it will be just fine next month Amigo.. :^)

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SUPERFICIAL...LOL The 29 degree temps this week got all the little nana sprouts beat down again..... "BROWN TO THE GROUND" is what I have lol

Better stick to something less killable lol

Maybe Pecan trees:}?

Or Sweet Potatoes

:ha:

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Uh a little shy of what I consider a back yard crop of can...But may do :ha:

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WOW wonder what the Sour Sugar Cane sounds like; that....

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You didn't like it ? :ha:

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Sorry, I like Lizard Creek Cajun music best:}

DL Menard : The Back Door - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=AazJUQIEqNM

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I have heard that Sugar Cane mulch is real good for you plants. They break down quick and the sugar feeds the soil organisms.

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Cool

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This is how we grow cane on the muck

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:nanadrink: SHAZAM.....