How to grow sugarcane

sugar cane

In the summer, people tend to want some cold liquid drinks, which are very useful in this period of the year. Juices can be obtained from many fruits, and one of the most important juices that everyone prefers and requests is sugarcane juice. It is possible to eat sugarcane. Sugar fresh, or squeezed into juice.

Sugarcane cultivation

(Choosing a healthy sugarcane plant): Before planting, choose a healthy sugarcane plant, noting that sugarcane is easily harvested and is found in abundance in late summer and early fall. If it is difficult to find a sugarcane plant in your local main store; It can be found on farms or at farmers markets, and Asian grocery stores also often carry sugarcane plants. You should choose your sugarcane plant carefully; So it must be thick; Because they are more likely to produce new, healthy plants, sugar cane also grows from joints. Each joint is a new seedling suitable for cultivation, and other stalks will grow from these joints. You should take this into consideration and buy a cane pole that is sufficient for what you need to produce the size of the crop. what you want.
(Dividing the sugarcane pole): You must divide the sugarcane pole into long pieces, and you must leave about four centimeters of joints for each piece, in order to make it more likely to produce buds. If you have any leaves or flowers on the sugarcane pole, you must remove them.
(Digging furrows in a sunny agricultural area): The sugarcane pole is planted horizontally, and its cultivation takes the form of slices, so furrows are dug four inches deep in the ground, and these furrows need full sun, so you must choose an unshaded area, and when digging The furrows must be long enough to fit each piece of sugarcane to be planted, leaving a distance of at least one foot between each furrow.
Use special digging equipment instead of a shovel to make it easier for you to dig furrows, especially if the area allocated for growing sugarcane is large. This equipment will be ideal, hygienic and more advanced for digging furrows.
(Moistening the furrows): Use a water hose to slightly moisten the furrows, in order to prepare them for planting sugar cane. Also make sure that the soil drains water well, and do not create water ponds before planting the cane.
(Sugarcane cultivation): Place the sugarcane pieces horizontally in the furrows, and cover them with soil. Do not make the cane pole straight; Because that will hinder its growth.
(Wait for the sugarcane to grow): Usually in the spring, usually in April or May, the sugarcane cuttings planted in the furrows will begin to grow from the joints, and you will see them breaking through the surface of the soil and emerging the sugarcane stalks that will grow later It becomes very long by the end of summer.

Steps for growing and harvesting sugarcane

(Fertilizing sugarcane with nitrogen): To plant and grow sugarcane in a healthy and good manner, it must be fed with rich nitrogen fertilizers. You can fertilize sugarcane plants with an appropriate standard of herbal fertilizers, or they can be replaced with organic fertilizers such as chicken manure, and fertilization is only once. When used, it is used when the buds appear to help the sugarcane grow strong and healthy, so you will have a good crop in the fall.
(Cleaning and purifying the planting bed): Sugarcane grows under somewhat harsh conditions, and requires a lot of care and periodic and continuous removal of weeds, so do not neglect the planting bed. Because weeds may choke out new shoots before they have a chance to bloom, consistent weeding is necessary until the sugarcane grows well and large enough at this stage for most weeds to come out on their own afterward.
(Wait fall to harvest): You should let your sugarcane plant grow as long as possible before the first frost of the year. If you leave it in the ground after the first frost you will not be able to use the plants to extract sugar syrup. If you live in a place with cold, long winters, then your crop is in a safe area, and the sugar cane harvest will be by the end of September. If you live in a place with mild winters; Sugarcane may be able to grow until late October.
(Use a machete to cut sugarcane close to the ground): To distinguish mature cane from others, the sugarcane pole must be long and thick, similar to bamboo, so it will be difficult to cut it with simple household shears. Use a machete or a saw to cut the sugarcane in the area closest to the ground. This is to benefit from as much of your crop as possible.
(Do not dig into the ground to extract the ripe crop); Because this will damage the roots of the sugarcane plant. If you leave the roots of the sugarcane in the ground, they will grow and come to the surface again next year.
(Stripping leaves from sugarcane pieces): Make sure to wear thick gloves. Because sugarcane leaves are very sharp, use the leaves to cover the soil of the planting bed; Its leaves act as organic fertilizer that will protect the sugarcane roots during the winter. If you do not have enough leaves to cover the entire basin, use some straw to complete its coverage.

Steps to make cane sugar syrup

(Cleaning the sugarcane pole): After harvesting the sugarcane at the end of the harvest season, it will have mold and dirt on it; So you have to use warm water and a dirt cleaning brush and scrub it until you make sure it is completely clean.
(Cut the cane pole into 1-inch sections): The cane pole will be very tough; Therefore, use a sharp knife, such as a meat cleaver, as it is an excellent tool for this task. Cut the stem into small sections; So you have a pile of small pieces of sugar cane.
(Boiling the sugarcane pieces in a large pot filled with water): The sugar is extracted through a long process of boiling the sugarcane pieces for about two hours, and the sugar water is ready when it has the same flavor as the raw sugarcane pieces. Here, it will depend on your taste for the sugar syrup and you will Determines whether sugar has been extracted or not.

Another way you can determine the extraction of sugar syrup is to look at pieces of sugarcane a few hours after boiling; If the color turns to light brown, this is evidence that the sugar has been extracted.