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Sugar Cane As Fertilizer

1diesel1 Feb 24, 2019 13 Replies 8,612 Views
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does anyone have any expertise in the subject of sugarcane breaking down in a soil mix? Very little info on the Subject. I’ve acquired a pallet of raw USDA sugar cane and would like to use it this summer if it is beneficial to microbes in the soil for my garden.
 
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1diesel1 said:
does anyone have any expertise in the subject of sugarcane breaking down in a soil mix? Very little info on the Subject. I’ve acquired a pallet of raw USDA sugar cane and would like to use it this summer if it is beneficial to microbes in the soil for my garden.
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press the syrup out of it,mollases,then cut stalks into a comfortable size to run under your lawn mower and mulch it,add some bacteria and let it roll,that being green,add equal amount of browns,leaves,straw and such,wet it down go out and stir once a week for first 3 weeks,keep moist not drenched add some Em1 in two months it be ready for compost
 
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press the syrup out of it,mollases,then cut stalks into a comfortable size to run under your lawn mower and mulch it,add some bacteria and let it roll,that being green,add equal amount of browns,leaves,straw and such,wet it down go out and stir once a week for first 3 weeks,keep moist not drenched add some Em1 in two months it be ready for compost
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I should have been more clear. It’s food grade baged sugarcane in granular form.
 
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First you’re gonna have germinate it and grow it out into a field of sugar cane. Then do what oldskool said, ha! Kidding.
 
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First you need some cracked corn and some bakers yeast. While that's working you need a empty keg, some copper pipe, a tri-clamp, and...:D
 
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First you need some cracked corn and some bakers yeast. While that's working you need a empty keg, some copper pipe, a tri-clamp, and...:D
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Lmfao!!
 
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Any sort of sugar boost to soil is only relevant if you are trying to kick start microbes to break down organic nitrogen compounds. Even then, you only need a little, once.
 
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Any sort of sugar boost to soil is only relevant if you are trying to kick start microbes to break down organic nitrogen compounds. Even then, you only need a little, once.
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I’m talking a wider scale. Hemp farm this summer amending into 1-1/4 acre will it be beneficial for the plants to utilize this? They are going in ground not pots.
 
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This is basically cane sugar right?

It looks like white granular sugar.

There will be trace minerals in there so its not completely useless. It’ll feed the microbes also. But other than that i don’t think it’ll provide much. I’d just water with it couple of times thru the grow. It’d be your carbo load.
 
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This is basically cane sugar right?

It looks like white granular sugar.

There will be trace minerals in there so its not completely useless. It’ll feed the microbes also. But other than that i don’t think it’ll provide much. I’d just water with it couple of times thru the grow. It’d be your carbo load.
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Yes, raw cane sugar not white though.
 
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Yes, raw cane sugar not white though.
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Yeah the degree of its brown hue means, it has some “molasses” in it. Like brown sugar. As it gets white the molasses goes down and pure sucrose goes up.

Anyway, carbohydrates are carbohydrates, you just will not get the potassium and trace mineral boost of molasses but i’m sure you have a fertilizing plan already.
 
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Yeah the degree of its brown hue means, it has some “molasses” in it. Like brown sugar. As it gets white the molasses goes down and pure sucrose goes up.

Anyway, carbohydrates are carbohydrates, you just will not get the potassium and trace mineral boost of molasses but i’m sure you have a fertilizing plan already.
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In the works:). I was hoping I could utilize this in some manor. I’ve got 54- 60 pound bags= 3240 pounds of sugar and I ain’t gona be able to consume it all!
 
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In the works:). I was hoping I could utilize this in some manor. I’ve got 54- 60 pound bags= 3240 pounds of sugar and I ain’t gona be able to consume it all!
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Now thats sweet. :p

You know what i’d do man.

Go get all the fish guts, heads, bones and any other part you can get, even whole fish, and get a couple of big drums. A layer of sugar, a layer of fish, a layer of sugar, a layer of fish... fill it. Let it ferment. Don’t forget the airlock. Boom you got fish fertilzer.

Use this technique with any material you want. If the starting material is dry add moisture too. You will have a nute line up of your own.

Best way to utilize all that sugar that i can come up with.
 
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