Sugarcane is a source of sugar. To grow it yourself, special conditions are not required. It is enough to know how to sow the seeds of a plant and what fertilizers are most favorable for it.
Sugarcane is somewhat similar to bamboo. And despite its unusual appearance, this plant is quite simple and unpretentious. Sugarcane usually grows in groups of stems, each with a diameter of at least 1.25 m and a height of up to 7 m. Each stalk tends to grow upward, and sugar is obtained from the juice that they contain.
This plant is common in Central and South America, Australia, India and the Caribbean, as well as on the islands of the Pacific Ocean. From sugarcane juice not only sugar can be obtained, but also due to its strong fermentation, real rum can be produced.
Self-growing sugarcane
If sugar cane is grown in the most favorable conditions for it, then it grows quite quickly. In the central black earth and southern zones, reed is recommended to be planted in a certain period, for example, from May 2 to 10. In this case, you should prepare the site for planting in advance, you need to start in the fall.
During the preparation of the site, soil should be fertilized with high-quality compost. The calculation should be as follows: one bucket per 1 sq.m. To evenly plant the reed, its seeds should be sown at a depth of not more than 1 cm, immediately after that it is recommended to water them.
If you want to get the thickest and highest stems of a plant, then it is advisable to prune all additional processes periodically and plant them at a distance of at least 30 cm between the plants, leaving a gap of 60 cm between the rows.
If it is important for you that the juice content in the reed was sufficient to produce sugar, then you need to plant a plant according to the 30x60 cm pattern, and if it is also for animal feed - 60x70 cm. Livestock such as goats, sheep and eats well green leaves of the cane cows.
If you did everything correctly and according to a certain pattern, then the shoots will appear in 10 days. To be 100% sure, you can pour 2-3 grains of sugar cane into each well. This will increase the guarantee that the plant will rise well.
