if you'll dmail me again i will send you this plant. thanks. barb
CLOSED: who wanted PURPLE SUGAR CANE from me?
I did not dmail you, but am curious about sugarcane. Can this be grown in zone 5 perhaps as an annual if the plant is well taken care of? If so, where would you suggest I look for such a thing and instructions to care for it? Thanks for any ideas! :^)
tetley, you would have to ask someone in your zone. sugar cane needs HEAT and lots of it to reproduce in great number as far as i know. in miss. where my mama grew up they would save some of the stalks every year and bury them outside under a heavy mulch through the winter. then the next spring they would cut the joints and plant them for the next year's crop. i kept this plant in a pot and so it never got very big.
Hearing that you kept it in a pot encourages me to think that it can be done! I will have to research this and may grow some in the spring in a nice big pot. I already have a large banana overwintering in the boss's office. He was kind enough to say yes when I asked him if he wanted "a bit of the tropics" in his office. I am sure he was thinking smallish house plant until the 8 foot tall nanner appeared at his door. The look on his face was priceless! LOL
OK, I have to ask.. what does purple sugar can look like?
Mama is this it? http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62092/
chantell, that's it as far as i know. now there may be 3 dozen varieties of purple sugar cane and mine might not be this one. however, it's close enough for government work to what i have.
I would love to play with this a bit. If you will send me some, it will be greatly appreciated. dmail me how much you need for postage. My mailing addy is listed in the exchange or I can dmail it to you.
Hey!
You had said you would send some but if I am to late No Worries.. I have been out of town with family stuff...
Hope you had a wonderful Holiday!
Happy New Year!
Kylie
Hi, I am really interested in this as I live smack dead center in the middle of 100 miles or so of sugarcane. I'm looking for a beautiful cane that is good for chewing & splitting to use as skewers. Here, they replant the whole cane longways on the row & new cane sprouts from the ends of each cane segment. I'd like to be able to use these, or a better kind if known, as a decorative yard border - then sell the cane @ farmer's market for the holidays...
Tony
Good morning,
I would really like some of your sugar cane
my auntie was very happy when i told her
that you had some available
Pls response back
Thank you cindy
Wow me to.......lol
Wow! That sure is a beuatiful plant.. I bet it would grow here where I keep overflowing when I forget to turn off the water to my pond!
Hi, I would love to have some too. My whole yard is wetland and I was told this would grow well here for me. D-Mail me if you can spare some, I will send addy, I can send postage and envie.
Thanks,
Kris