Sugarcane Planting Methods.

 Sugarcane Planting Methods


Sugarcane plantation can be done by following any of the below methods:
Ridge Method
Furrow Method
Pit Method
Wet Method
Flat Bed Method
Rayungan Method
Trench and Jawa Method
Transplanting Method
However, for commercial sugarcane plantation, furrow method is the most suitable and is also followed by the most of the growers.
Furrow Method
In this method, setts are planted horizontally in the furrow by keeping depth 20 to 30 cm inside.
After planting them horizontally covers these planted setts with thin layer soil.
The setts of cane can also grow via planting them directly on the main field or through transplanting them on the main field.
Pit Method
Apart from the furrow method of sugarcane plantation, pit method is also chosen by the growers since it has the capacity to produce more than the furrow method, about two times than the furrow method.
Planting Density or Seed Rate In Sugarcane Farming
For growing sugarcane on a hectare land commercially, it requires cuttings, about 18,000 to 24,000 cuttings to cover the whole field.
However, plants the setts at good planting depth so that seedlings appear faster.
Irrigation in Sugarcane Farming
This crop is very sensitive to water supply and needs water more than other crops. This crop requires sufficient water supply at every crucial stage such as sprouting stage, formative stage, ripening stage and also during the introductions of sprouts in the setts. However, giving water abundantly is the best way to produce the maximum. So, supplying water through drip irrigation or with alternate furrow method of irrigation in water scarce area for optimum sugarcane production.
However, follow the following watering schedule for cultivation in tropical region:
1. Once in a week during the emergence of germination. Generally, the germination period in sugarcane productions varies from 30 to 40 days after plantation on the main field.
2. After that, provide water at an interval of 10 days during the tillering stage. Carry this scheduled for about three months after the plantation on the main field.
3. Then after, this crop requires more amount of water for about six month period because, during this period, the vegetative growth of this crop takes place in this time period.
4. Then during maturing state, supply water to your crop at an interval of 12 to 15 days up to harvesting your crop.
That means this commercial crop requires about irrigations about 40 times during its complete growth. However, growing this crop in the sub-tropical region, about 10 to 12