DESCRIPTION:
CARE INSTRUCTIONS:
The home of the perennial herbaceous plant is the southwestern part of the Pacific region. Cane is often found in the tropics, where it grows in high temperatures (from 30 to 35 degrees). It is widely distributed in India, China, Africa, and New Guinea. It is in these regions that the climate and soil are suitable for the growth of this plant. Sugar cane is a perennial rhizomatous plant that is quite hardy and persistent. It grows in groups of cylindrical stems with a diameter of 1.5 to 7 m. It is in the stems that the juice is found, from which sugar is obtained. The leaves of the plant are quite large, wide, very similar to the leaves of corn. Their length is from 60 to 1 meter and width is up to 5 cm.
To get sugar, the stems must be cut off before flowering. Then they need to be crushed by means of an iron shaft and squeeze the juice well. After receiving the sugar, you need to add fresh lime to it in order to separate the proteins. Then the mixture is heated to 70 degrees, filtered and evaporated until crystallization.
It should be noted that 63% of the world's sugar can be extracted from sugar canes. This plant is used in the production of sugar much more often than sugar beet. The fact is that the cane is easy to care for and it grows quickly. In addition to the main purpose, this product is also in demand in the biofuel industry. In Brazil, cane is used for the production of ethanol. In folk medicine, the plant helps to relieve the condition of diseases of the bladder. It is ground and brewed in boiling water, after which it is infused, filtered and consumed several times a day on an empty stomach. Also, dry cane can be used to make a powder that is effective in the presence of festering wounds. In general, this crop is very useful and necessary, and it is easy to grow it in a suitable climate and the presence of certain knowledge.
CARE INSTRUCTIONS:
Select the most illuminated place and prepare the soil in the fall: dig, apply mineral fertilizers and remove weeds. In the spring, dig up the beds again and add fertilizer.
The plant is grown in several ways:
From seeds. Perform the landing when the ground warms up to +15 °C. Before planting, prepare the planting area: add "Nitroammofosku" and compost. Then place the seeds in the holes 2 cm deep. After 10 days, the first shoots will appear, and in July the plant will begin to actively grow by 3 cm every day. Be sure to feed, regularly water and break off the panicles. It is also necessary to water the plant with a solution of superphosphate, if its leaves are red.
In cool climates, grow cane seedlings. Place the seeds in peat pots and only then plant the grown plants in the open ground.
Cuttings. Choose strong, ripe stems. Remove the leaves from them and divide the shoots into 35 cm long pieces. Dig a hole 20 cm deep, pour plenty of water and add compost. Arrange the cuttings horizontally and fill them with earth. Water the seedlings abundantly and often. Leave 35 cm between plantings and 50 cm between rows. Water 2 times a week, weed the weeds and hoe the shoots. The reeds will be up in two weeks.
It is important to regularly and carefully care for sugar cane for the first three to four months. Then the plant itself will cope with weeds and will calmly treat the drought.
In autumn, it is necessary to dig a trench, the width of which should be from 30 to 40 cm, and the depth-34-35 cm. Then it is filled with rotted manure. This completes the autumn preparation, specifically planting is carried out in the spring. Before planting, you need to dig holes and add half a bucket of compost. Then, to a depth of 2 cm, you need to put 2 seeds, pour over the water and sprinkle with sawdust. The first shoots should appear on the 10th day, after which the loosening and removal of weeds is performed. In summer, sugar cane grows very intensively, provided that it is regularly watered. From time to time, it is required to make an infusion of manure. If the leaves start to turn red, it means that the plant does not have enough phosphorus. In this case, it is fertilized with an infusion of superphosphate. You can start harvesting after 130 days after the first shoots appear.
