'FL Red' RARE Sugar Cane Cuttings FRESH ORGANIC PLANT NOW

Description: cuttings 5-8" long shipped via priority mail. See first picture for what this variety looks like.Grow your own sugar cane! A taste of the south and a piece of history. We grow and collect over 25 varieties of heirloom sugar cane. We offer fresh cut pieces that are perfect for growing. Sugar cane prefers a hot and humid growing climate with plenty of moisture and soil fertility. It is successfully grown across many of the southern states and west into California. It can also grow in greenhouses or large pots and harvested before a winter freeze. The best time to plant in USDA zones 8-11 is from October- March and that is usually our main season for Cane offerings.'FL Red' Also called "Georgia Red". This is an old heirloom chewing cane that was grown in the deep south Has a purple base with some green stripes and a waxy coating. The nodes like to swell and mature early on this variety and make it easy to propogate. It makes a nice sweet juice, easy to peel, and also makes great tasting syrup that would be made from the fresh pressed juice. Its an early season cane which mature earlier and grows tall fast. Can easily be grown in containers or greenhouse.Our heirloom sugar cane is organically grown, and we send fresh cut pieces 6-8" long of ready for planting. *Planting Instructions*Bury the cutting about 2-3" below your soil if directly planting in the ground (zone 8 or warmer). Mulch and let the cutting root in. the cane will sprout and come up in the spring as it warms with a established root system.For starting the cane cutting in a pot: Bury the cutting about 2" below the soil laying on its side horizontally. Keep warm and slightly moist.The nodes will root out and the cane will sprout.HAPPY GROWING!!

Price: 38.99 USD

Location: Punta Gorda, Florida

End Time: 2024-10-17T15:47:53.000Z

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