Sugarcane Production

Sugar Cane Production

        Do you know that a sugarcane is a kind of Grass?. Sugarcane is perennial in nature, it lives for a many years same as trees. Sugarcane grows in a tropical countries.

        One of the major product of some countries especially Philippines is the sugarcane.

Sugarcane has many uses in our daily lives. Imagine life with no sugar, no sweetness in our coffee, juice and other beverages. Aside from sugar, sugarcane has also other products such as vinegar, alcohol, and even bio-ethanol that is used as fuel in many vehicles.

        Our main goal here is to know some basic up to high-tech ways of the production of sugarcane from planting up to harvesting. In planting the sugarcane, proper ways must be considered. Choosing

 a variety of seed must be considered based on the nature of the plot to be planted. Based on reasearch on planting, you must use 3 stalks that at least there are two mature joints.

The position in planting, the 3 stalks must be placed to maximize the area of cover(maximum sunlight as possible). Note also that sugarcane yields more when planted in the months nearly august (based on research). The seed must be bury at a depth of 3-6 inches below ground.

For greater yield in production proper watering and fertilizer application must also be considered.

For less competition in the nutrients weeds must also be lessen, there are herbicides that are capable of eliminating any kind of weeds(herbicides must be used with proper care). An example of planting sugarcane, stalks are placed in V form to maximized the area of coverage.

 

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        In harvesting the sugarcane, it takes 11 to 16 months depending on the variety of the cane before it is ready to be harvested. Traditional way of harvesting the sugarcane is by burning is thus removing the leaves and unwanted part of the cane, but now there are large machines that are capable of harvesting sugarcanes. This machines works fast. Basic and Machine ways of harvesting sugarcane is shown below. Aside from their size, the difference can already be seen. And machine works faster than human.

 

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Machine works (above) and Human Works (below).

 

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