Imagine a sweet smell. Sweeter. Keep going. Sickly sweet…now add in undertones of the bottom of a garbage can. Top it off with old aquarium water that needed changing a month ago….
Yea…that was what the sugarcane smelled like in 2 weeks. One tiny bud tried and gave up…root nodes swelled and then rotted…no matter how often I changed the water white scum was on it.
No pictures because once I picked up the containers on the final day I had to get them off the porch to save my nose. Fail!
What went wrong? Well, after looking at the cane that didn’t get planted I noticed it was covered in white mold! So it seems it came with the canes.
Also, looking back, I didn’t wipe the saw blade down with rubbing alcohol like I probably should have.
I will do this again…sugarcane is one of my wish list items. What will I do differently? I will scrub the canes with soap and water and then wipe them and the cutting implement with rubbing alcohol. I may also dip them in rooting hormone and use soil instead.
That’s why it was an experiment! Until next time…..