Sugar Cane varieties

[561MangoFanatic]

They are not very good for eating. Very hard fibre.

  NO!!! 

Can it be used for juicing?

[simon_grow]

The striped cane is not good for juicing because of the shape. Straight cane is much easier to juice.

Simon

[palmtreeluke]

Its cane season again. Here's is a photo I made of most of the varieties we grow.

if anyone is looking for sugar cane cuttings we updated our website with many new types.

[561MangoFanatic]

Its cane season again. Here's is a photo I made of most of the varieties we grow.

if anyone is looking for sugar cane cuttings we updated our website with many new types.

Thank You!! Been waiting!  😁 I also subscribed to your YouTube channel

[Nuraxi]

Hi everyone, this is mine sugarcane, he got it from a German collector, he told me that it is of Portuguese origin, but he never managed to find out what variety it was, because the gentleman who gave it to him then died ..

[vodanh]

Its cane season again. Here's is a photo I made of most of the varieties we grow.

if anyone is looking for sugar cane cuttings we updated our website with many new types.

Glad I found this post. Looks like I bought 2 varieties from your website/farm because I recognized the pictures. I was looking for the green varities but only got LA green and Don Cinco. I got plenty of cuttings on that order but for some reason they haven't sprouted, but the cuttings still look green in the ground (its been 5 months, other cuttings next to it have grown tall). I want the thick dark green one in your first picture. I saw a video of something like it and reviewer said it was very soft chew and sweet : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR7zFLD37tA&t=789s&pp=ygUIbWlhIHhhbmg%3D

I am in search of collecting the following main varieties of particular interest, and the rest for collection purposes. I realize the coloring is very subjective because of the differences in cameras and video compression.

1) Thick, green, soft chew referenced above (Is this possibly the "Home green"?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR7zFLD37tA&t=789s&pp=ygUIbWlhIHhhbmg%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sml2-Ihe2w&t=398s
(Maybe same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvqLyGlSn8)
(Maybe same https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fvRE5bVMYDU)

2) Green https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7yipgNNhYgI


3) Bright yellow, easy peel, looks soft chew, only seen in videos from farms in China :
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5f6s2x-YFbk
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aeMJBx3xyFA
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hs1KpYkmAds  (The skin is so thin it can be cracked with fingernail based on video)

4) Dark purple or even black, soft chew, famliarity in Vietnam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvqLyGlSn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KER_qI-lFQg   (Often also confusingly called Thanh Dieu but in this video its not pink inside)

5) Small yellow, thin, very sweet, used by local shops. ( I just bought something called San Diego yellow but it looks too big to be like the shop but close)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1499970937/san-diego-yellow-sugarcane-plant-or?ref=yr_purchases

6) A vietnamese variety called "Thanh Dieu" the sweetness is described as soft, not sharp, chew is soft, and core is supposed to be lightly pinkish/red.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWaJi5Q9iU8

I have a green variety that turns slightly orange when ready. A bright red, probably luisiana red. A dark red, almost purple. The budda oval shapped stripped hawaiian. A green/yellow stripped hawaiian. A green/reddish almost brown variety, was told its called Honey, it tastes dinstinctly different, with a hint of sour and bitter of honey like sweetness.









Willing to pay for cuttings of any varieties I don't have that are like the above listed, or either 1) Soft chew and as sweet as possible for soft chew 2) Or commercially for jucing, generally thinner, softer, cleaner so less prep.

[Rice-N-Beans]

I have a raised 4'x8' bed that's 6" deep, I want to grow my Asian Black cane in that raised bed to keep the cane contained within that perimeter, my question is should I plant 1 row in the center horizontally lengthwise, or plant two rows lengthwise going horizontally with about a 1-1/2 foot between the row I don't want to crowd them and stunt them when they start growing.

[Galatians522]

I have a raised 4'x8' bed that's 6" deep, I want to grow my Asian Black cane in that raised bed to keep the cane contained within that perimeter, my question is should I plant 1 row in the center horizontally lengthwise, or plant two rows lengthwise going horizontally with about a 1-1/2 foot between the row I don't want to crowd them and stunt them when they start growing.

All cultivated sugarcanes are clumping and are typically re-planted after 3-4 raton crops. So, there is no need to contain them they won't spread far enough in that time to cause a problem. In 20 years they might spread 10' from what I have seen. They will really appreciate the enriched soil, though. I would plant just one row, you could do 2 and get more cane the first year, but it will be really hard to maintain between the rows once they start growing.

[Rice-N-Beans]

I have a raised 4'x8' bed that's 6" deep, I want to grow my Asian Black cane in that raised bed to keep the cane contained within that perimeter, my question is should I plant 1 row in the center horizontally lengthwise, or plant two rows lengthwise going horizontally with about a 1-1/2 foot between the row I don't want to crowd them and stunt them when they start growing.

All cultivated sugarcanes are clumping and are typically re-planted after 3-4 raton crops. So, there is no need to contain them they won't spread far enough in that time to cause a problem. In 20 years they might spread 10' from what I have seen. They will really appreciate the enriched soil, though. I would plant just one row, you could do 2 and get more cane the first year, but it will be really hard to maintain between the rows once they start growing.

I had ordered the 10 pack of cuttings, I think the 10 cuttings can make one row in the center, I'll do that for my first time growing cane rather than the two rows of five.

Thanks again!

[Mike T]

That Hawaiin stripy heirloom sugarcane sure looks like and old New Guinean village sugar and they are not uncommon here.