Question

How do farmers grow sugarcane????

Answer 1

by cultivating them in india sugarcanes are
are mainly grown in tamil nadu

Answer 2

The native method of sowing sugarcane is to plough the land some three to five times, the plough going round and round the field and forming a fine seed-bed about 10 to 15 cm deep.

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Next the field is leveled and the cuttings of seed cane are planted.

New canes are usually planted by taking cuttings from old plants. These cuttings become established and after a few days buds sprout to form new stalks. Six to ten stalks grow from each plant, and the sugarcane then takes from one to two years to mature.

Little work is done in the field while cane is growing, except in the early stages when plants are kept free of weeds. Before the crop is harvested the field may be fired to burn off dead foliage to get rid of pests from the fields. The crop is then cut by hand.

The canes are loaded on to trucks or tractors or by any other fast means of transportation to take them quickly to the mill for the processing as early as possible to preserve the high quality of sugar. Sugarcane is a perennial crop and the same plants could continue to produce cane for many years.