Sugar Cane Question.

[lateaprildawn]

I am definately going a bit over the top this year on growing "unusual" plants in my UK garden.

I have been scouring shops here for sugar canes, to try a little growing experiment but I cant find anywhere that has them fresh to try to root them.

I was told that sugar cane is not grown from seed , do any of you folks know if this is true or not.
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If its not true, can any of you suggest a seed supplier who would just sell a few ounces for experimentation.

Many thanks
( and yes i know its a Daft idea )
;D ;D ;D

April

[GoodDaughter]

I wish you were in the U.S.--I'd send you all the sugar cane you wanted.

I have no idea if it can be grown from seed, to be honest I have never seen seed on sugar cane, but that may not mean anything.

The method of propagation here is generally by stem division. Much like a bamboo plant, sugar cane has ridges every few inches where a bud forms for a new leaf, and it will also root at each bud. A stick of sugar cane with just a few buds is practically guaranteed to root. Usually done late winter/early spring here. Right now my plants are already about 5ft. high with new growth.

Good luck finding some plants. Perhaps an ethnic market might have them?

[lateaprildawn]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Mission accomplished.

When they say you can find ANYTHING on ebay, they were right ...

Thanks for your reply Gooddaughter, if i do manage to root them I'm afraid I will probably be bugging you for info.

Best wishes,
April

[journey149]

mine did not root, i tried four cuttings about 2 to 3 feet still nothing. Its been in the ground since june and nothing

[tomato204]

Instead of sugarcane, you could grow sorghum from seeds. There are varieties that are pressed for the juice to make syrup, also kinds that make lots of grain and even broomcorn is a kind of sorghum. you can get seeds of several kinds at rareseeds.com or search the 'net. Sorghum is annual and grows lots further north than sugarcane too.