Sugar Cane - Ko

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Haven't worked with cane, but i have worked with bamboo in the clumping and non-clumping varieties and have similar characteristics to various sugar canes. I usually keep my bamboo contained with heavy mil plastic - i think usually anything past 10 mil might, the thicker the better or even cheaper large plastic garbage cans with the bottom open can work effectively or any large plastic containers with the bottoms taken out. to keep runners in check when i see new shoots outside of their zones usually wait until the stalk is almost sprouted and chop it down to take out any remaining energy to the growth spurt....i mostly have to dig out the new growth area because that means the rhizome has spread beyond the contained zone....the rhizomes are fairly easy to pull out unless you have solid rock under your soil the it would be hard work to pry the roots off completely.

Is this type of can the variegated variety, I would be interested in a few stalks from anyone....

kindly,

noel