Propagating Sugar Cane, Which Method works best?

Hey, how you doing everyone? This is Sam the Fugu Hugo Gardener. I'm in my growing room this morning because I just got a shipment in of some sugarcane. And I got some red sugarcane and I got some green sugarcane. And what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and start the propagation process and grow some roots and grow some stems coming out so I can go ahead and transplant them outside. So this is what we're going to do. First thing you want to do is get yourself the sugarcane, determine which portion is up. And if you look closely, you'll notice that right over here is where the roots are going to grow in and the stem is going to be on the upside. See that there? So you want to cut it below that. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to cut below it right over here, just like this. I'm going to take the knife and I'm going to go around. And as soon as you go around, it just comes off that easy. Okay, right over here, what I did is I took some fungicide, copper fungicide, and I took these and I put it in it, swished it around. That way there's no bacteria or anything that's going to go ahead and grow on it. So for right now what I'm going to do is I'm going to take these and put them on in there. So here's one right now. You can see the roots right there and you can see this portion right there. The stem is going to come out there and these roots are going to grow and we're going to cut the bottom here in a second. Okay, so right over here I got another green and I can see that the node is on the top side over here. So this is where I want to cut, right over here, right in the center. Here's another. I'll place it in there and let me do this one. Here's the top. Turn it that way. So I'm going to cut this right here, right here like that. Okay, now there's a few things I'm going to do. I already went ahead and put these in the fungicide and then I put them in the pots just like this. So there's four to a pot and I'm going to take this and put it in water and I'm going to let the water soak up. I'll show you that in a second. Let me move this, maybe you can see it. And I'll move this over here. Okay, so once again what I'll do is I'll show you. Right here is the top side and I'm going to place these down like that so that they're facing up and I'm going to set these in water. There's water in here and the water is not going to cover, it's just going to come up over where you want to root it. Those are in here like that. So these are already done. So what I'm going to do next is I got myself some pots and I got some trays. So I'm going to go ahead and put some potting soil in these and then I'm going to take these and put them in the potting soil. So let me go ahead and fill these up with potting soil. Okay, so I went ahead and filled these up with potting soil and this is what we're going to do. Now I already got this here in the fungicides, so I'm just going to take it and here's one with potting soil and I have this node facing up. I'm going to go ahead and push that down in the potting soil and I'm going to make sure that I fill in all the way around it. Okay, just like that. I put potting soil all the way around it on up and now I'll water them, but what I'm going to do is I'm just going to take these and set these in the water and it will wick up to it and stay really wet just like it was in water. So let me go ahead and do another. Okay, I'm going to take this one right here, the fungicides in it. I'm going to press it all the way down and I'm going to go ahead and put some more potting soil on it like this. Okay, so that's in there just like that if you can see that and I'm going to place this in the water. It's going to wick up plus this is already moist and damp, the potting soil. So let me go ahead and finish these and what I'm going to have afterwards is I'm going to have some of these in the water and I'm going to have some of them that are potted like this here. So let me go ahead and get these started. Okay, so I went ahead and potted and I got some in water, but I have more pots so this is what I have for now and of course I got them in trays so I can move them around. So now I can keep all these moist and then I have some like this and then I have the rest in water in a tray. Okay, so next what I'm going to do is I'm going to take some blue paper towels. These are the really good shop type and I'm going to go ahead and take a couple and I'm just going to roll it up in here like this just like that. So all you really got to do is about one sheet per each one. Okay, so now that I have these rolled up like that, I'm just going to go ahead and put them back in the water and wet them a little bit. See they're wet, you can see the water dripping out, they're nice and wet, they're soaked. Okay, so let me do the rest of them. Okay, put those in there and that should do it. Okay, I'm going to wipe off this table. Okay, put this up here. Okay, so these are wet so what I'm going to do is just take a little plastic bag. These are a grocery bag and I'm just going to take a few of them like this and put them in here and just roll it up like that. I'm going to set it right over here like that. Same thing over here. Go ahead and take about three of them and put them in here and wrap it up like this and put it right up over here. Do another one. I've got three. I'm just going to take it, put it in the bag, wrap it up, get another bag, same thing. Okay, right there. Okay, so I got these in bags like that. I just wrapped them up in a roll of paper towels, wet them, put them in the bag. Now I'm going to put them on the shelf and they're going to propagate. We'll see what these look like compared to all the other ones in about a week or two or a month. We'll see how long it takes. So, okay, hey, I hope you enjoyed. This is Sam the Frugal Hoogle Gardener. Don't forget to come back and you'll see the results in about a month or so. We'll see if the ones in water rooted better than the ones that are in dirt. Now some of them are in dirt are sticking straight up and some of them I put in sideways and we'll see which did better or which one does better as far as that goes. So if you enjoyed the video and you like what I'm doing, give me a like, subscribe, come check out my Facebook page, The Frugal Hoogle Gardener, and come check out my Facebook group, Sunshine Harvest Edibles Garden Group. Just click on the link below. It'll take you there. Until next time.