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Post by kevin8715 on Jan 31, 2014 20:55:57 GMT -5
Anyone know if sugar cane is self-compatible? In my climate they overwinter easily and do flower if I don't cut them. I only have one variety right now but could get a second variety if needed.
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Post by blackox on Jan 31, 2014 21:08:52 GMT -5
I have never seen a sugar cane in my life but would guess that they would be wind-pollinated (probably not self-compatible) like wheat and corn. I could definitely be wrong on that, I do not have much experience when it comes to most grain crops.
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Post by steev on Jan 31, 2014 21:23:03 GMT -5
Here in Oakland, I had a VietNamese neighbor who grew a clump from cutting-sections for several years. I never noticed it blooming, but that might have been related to her harvesting practice for barter; she may have taken the stalks that would have bloomed.
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Post by richardw on Jan 31, 2014 23:26:00 GMT -5
Just reading a website about growing sugar cane, in it said - "It prefers temperatures between 24 and 300 C and will die back with temperatures below 50 C. At temperatures above 350 C sugar cane wilts. "......WTF?? lol
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Post by kevin8715 on Feb 1, 2014 0:11:19 GMT -5
Hey richard, what tempature system is that. I haven't seen this system before.
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Post by steev on Feb 1, 2014 0:23:32 GMT -5
I'd wilt above 300C.
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Post by richardw on Feb 1, 2014 3:48:09 GMT -5
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Post by blueadzuki on Feb 1, 2014 7:15:08 GMT -5
I think it's Celsius, with someone making a typo and putting a second zero in when they meant to put in a degree sign (a big "o" for a little "o") 24 C to 30 C would be about 74F to 86F, with 35C being around 95 F which sounds about right for a subtripical to tropical crop.
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Post by kevin8715 on Apr 18, 2014 0:13:05 GMT -5
Sugarcane grows pretty well here. Never been fertilized for 5 years, but it does deep watering. I will probaly not harvest one to see it flower. Later I might get another variety (my favorite nursery had a black one, mine is purplish).
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