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Sugar cane

Harvesting of sugar cane

You can harvest sugar cane about 1 to 2 years after planting.
If you are a hobby farmer or hobby gardener and you have to cut the sugar cane by hand, be careful. The leaves can cut the skin.

Sugar cane leaf part Image 3:
A part of a sugar cane leaf. Enlarged image.
The actual size of the leaf part shown is about 1 x 0.5 cm only ( cut out from a leaf which was about 140 cm long and 7 cm wide).
At the right corner of this leaf you can see the sharp and fine parts, which can cut the skin easily.

History of sugar cane

Sugar cane has a long history. It was planted already more than 8000 years ago on South Pacific islands.

Scientific name of sugar cane

Saccharum officinarum

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Dimensions mentioned here are partly from a particular plant only. They may be different for other plants from the same species or variety.

Note: 1 cm = 0.4 inch ; 1 m = 3.3 feet

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