How to Propagate Sugarcane the Easy Way : Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

What's good y'all? KJ here. I'm going to show you guys how I like to go about propagating my sugar cane. There's a few different ways. All of them are effective. So I'm going to just go ahead and show you. So first thing you're going to do is obviously need a sugar cane stalk. Fortunately enough for me, I have a big stalk right here. I have a few around here on my property and you're going to need a stalk and make sure it has growth notes. So if you don't have access to a stalk, you can find them online. I have them on my website. Depending on what part of the world you're in, they may have them in supermarkets near you. That's where I originally got this one from. But when you do get your sugar cane stalk, you're going to want to make sure that you have at least two growth nodes. And these are the growth nodes right here. So this focuses, this right here is a growth node. Usually where you see these segmented lines, there's growth nodes and roots are going to shoot out of these growth nodes. So you're going to want to make sure when you either, when you purchase it or when you receive it from wherever it is that you get it from, that you have two growth nodes, at least two growth nodes. That's the minimum. Because if you have one and it doesn't take, you wasted your time with two, you get, you give yourself an extra chance. So when you get these, something like this, you're going to want to just go ahead and split into two growth nodes. This was actually already ruined, two growth nodes. And when I first started growing sugar cane, one of my favorite ways was with this bag method. You can use a Ziploc bag. I'm going to be doing a few of them. So I'm using this target bag right here. You're going to want to wet a paper towel, right? Stick it in there, whether it's a bag or a Ziploc bag, right? And just throw your cuttings in. So take your cutting, throw it in there, wrap it up, leave a little bit like a slight hole so it can breathe a bit, right? And then set it somewhere dry, warm, out of the sun. After a few days, this is what it's going to look like. After a few days, you go ahead and check on your cuttings. And I was lazy, so I threw some ginger in there too, but they should start to sprout. And this is perfect. We're going to go ahead and get this in the ground. You can start, you see some roots on it. You can see shoots coming out of it. Oh yeah, this, look at this black one. This black one's loaded with roots. So now we can just go ahead and get this directly into the ground. If you they do perfectly fine in a pot, but damn, look at the roots on this. Sheesh. Yeah. So I'm going to go ahead and just get this in the ground right now and let them take away because it's rainy season here in Florida. So these will take off perfectly fine. And again, this isn't even necessary. You can directly just get this in the ground, but if you're one of those visual growers who'd like to see the roots, I used to be like that. I used to love to just propagate and see roots. I used to just set in water. You could do these in water as well. I don't recommend them because they do rot, but come on, look at that. This didn't shoot out roots yet, but it got shoots. So, and lastly, this is how I go about putting in the ground these days. I usually just take the cuttings and just get it, dig it about a trench that's about an inch or two deep, not too deep. Right. And spread out my cuttings. If you only have one cutting, that's fine. Just make sure it has two nodes. And I like to spread out my cuttings about two inches apart. I'll just pull these when they shoot back up about two to three inches apart, but just make sure your trench is about an inch or two deep. Spread your cuttings about two inches apart. Stick them right into the ground. I love this method because it's simple. It's less steps. That's the reason I like this method the most, but again, no method is more effective than the other. If you're a visual learner, like how I used to be, or a visual grower, that bag method works really well, but just go ahead and cover up your cuttings, right? Remember, key component is moisture. So you don't want this to dry out. So if you're going to ground method, the only downfall is that you probably got to water a little bit more. Once you got it in the ground, mulch. Once you get it real watered in, what I like to do just to help with the moisture, so I don't have to water as much, just throw a light layer of mulch. Not too crazy, because remember, you still want those shoots to pop out, but just throw a light little layer of mulch right on top of where you planted them. And then, like I said, a few weeks, one or two weeks, this is what it should look like. And then this is what it's going to look like after it shoots out. As you can see, we have multiple shoots coming out of here. Multiple shoots is coming out of here, which is why I say it's super important that you get cuttings with multiple nodes on them. It just helps out for when they finally get going. There you go. That is how you go about propagating your sugarcane from cuttings. This heat is whipping my behind, so it's only right I treat myself to some sugarcane. Stuff so good. So good. Stuff so good. Appreciate you guys for tapping into the video. If you want to know about the different benefits and why you should be growing sugarcane in your backyard food forest, go ahead and check out the video we have on our channel. I appreciate you all for tapping in again. Please don't forget to subscribe. Comment any questions, comments, or concerns, and I'll catch you guys on the next one.