[Syrupmakers] sugarcane(above ground suckering)

[DBACrownhoney at aol.com]

Oh and thanks for the help on the suckering.
 
 
JT
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/12/2008 6:42:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
rharrison922 at yahoo.com writes:

J T,
   This is commonly believed to be caused by a virus, but  not always. It was 
recommended to me by USDA folks to cut the cane down  and dig up the stubble 
to avoid increasing the virus. I did that to a  part of a row of red/purple 
chewing cane 1 year. 
   However, I had some Black Cambodian(only 1 hill  of it) that did this the 
first year it was planted(2006). I cut 1 or 2  good-looking stalks(no sprouts 
above ground) from the hill to try and  salvage it--because it was all that I 
had of it---and planted it (and it  did okay). The remaining cane I simply cut 
to the ground just before  Winter and the next year(2007) it came back from 
stubble--amazingly with  no above ground suckers that year!
    Truth is stranger than fiction, I say.
    So would I advise to destroy the cane(and  stubble) with above ground 
suckers? I'd say if you only have a  small percentage of stalks with abnormally 
suckering , then dig up  the diseased plants for insurance. If you have a high  
percentage of plants like that, maybe consider leaving it alone  this year. 
Personally, I wouldn't plant the stalks that have the  abnormal suckering. 
     I generally watch my seedcane very  carefully and discard any that looks 
like it may have some of this above  ground suckering characteristic----to 
avoid any possibilty of increasing  a virus. 
     By the way, the major effect that I  noticed from this suckering is that 
it seemed to sap the sugar out of  the stalk. The cane would not be very 
sweet below where the suckering  took place.
     I have had cane sucker near the bottom, in  the middle, and near the 
top. Thankfully it isn't too prevalent.
     Hope some of this helps.
                                                  Richard

--- On Mon, 8/11/08, DBACrownhoney at aol.com  <DBACrownhoney at aol.com> wrote:


From:  DBACrownhoney at aol.com <DBACrownhoney at aol.com>
Subject:  [Syrupmakers] sugarcane
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Date:  Monday, August 11, 2008, 9:35 PM


Hey everybody I got a quick question. Is my sugarcane  supposed to have 
little sprouts coming off the side of the stalk about  2 feet up the side from the 
ground
 
Thanks,
JT



 
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