Sugar cane?

Question

I live in south Louisiana and sugar cane is grown everywhere here. Between that and soy beans it's a huge crop for the area. I've watched the cultivation process all my life and notice that it is replanted every year. My question(s) are after the cane stalk is cut at harvest time wouldn't it sprout again?Why does it have to be replanted every year,and what is the average yield per acre of refined white sugar?

Answer 1

Eric, I am from Louisiana also (north central). I do not know the answer to the amount per acre but the reason you plant it every year would be like any other crop I would think. Like all other things they do reseed themselves, but to maintain a proper amount and area of growth it must be replanted. I would suggest you check with your local LSU Extension agency and I am sure they would be glad to answer all the questions you have in this area or any other ag. area in fact.

~fishineasy~

Answer 2

I think you know more than me on this one because you are there in south Louisiana where sugar cane is grown everywhere. Only thing I can think of is, just like my tomatoes, they die in the beginning of winter. For me to grow them again next year, I have to save the seeds. I think maybe sugar cane is the same. The different is sugar cane have no seed, but it can be roots again.

Answer 3

I don't know about the yield, but sugar cane is a type of grass. As such, it is an annual. Like corn, it needs to be planted every year.
I have harvested sugar cane; at harvest, the stalk is dry, tough and pithy.