When is sugarcane available? How to store sugarcane?

Sugarcane is a winter fruit that is not only delicious but also rich in nutritional value. Sugarcane has the benefits of relieving heat and thirst, promoting body fluid and moistening dryness, harmonizing the middle and wide diaphragm, lowering qi and stopping vomiting, helping the spleen and stomach, promoting urination, and nourishing. Many people like to eat sugarcane, but they don't know much about it. The following is some life knowledge about sugarcane, I hope it will be useful to you.

Contents of this article

1. When will sugarcane be put on the market?

2. How to store sugarcane

3. How much sugar cane should you eat in a day?

When is sugarcane available in the market?

Sugarcane normally goes on the market in early October and November, when it is put on the market in large quantities. The sugarcane that is put on the market at the beginning of each year is relatively expensive. After it is put on the market in large quantities, the price becomes cheaper and it is sweeter. Of course, there is also early sugarcane. Longzhou County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province specializes in growing early sugarcane, which goes on the market in August every year, and a lot of it is now on the market.

How to store sugarcane

Ground storage method

In or near the sugarcane field, choose a sheltered place, rake the topsoil, wet the ground, and pile the sugarcane into a pile about 2 meters high, cover it with fresh sugarcane leaves, and then add a layer of soil on the leaves. This method can store sugarcane for about a month.

Trench Hiding Method

This method is suitable for storing sugarcane in frost-free areas or during frost-free periods. The sugarcane is bundled and placed in the trenches of the sugarcane fields into small piles with a distance of half a meter between each pile. The piles are surrounded by wet soil and then covered with soil. Water accumulation in the sugarcane piles must be prevented during storage.

Cellaring

It is suitable to store sugarcane in frost areas. Choose a place without water accumulation, dig a cellar with a depth of 30-60 cm and a width equal to the length of the sugarcane stem (drainage ditches need to be dug inside and outside the cellar in rainy areas), 10 sugarcanes are bundled, stacked 5-7 layers high, with the sugarcane heads facing one direction or the heads and roots crossed. Each cellar does not exceed 5,000 kg. Fresh sugarcane leaves are placed at the bottom, sides and top of the cellar, and cold water is poured twice to keep the cellar moist. When the temperature drops below 10℃, cover the cellar with mud and seal it. The temperature during storage is controlled at 4-9℃ and the humidity is about 80%-90%. The cellar method can be preserved for several months or even overwintering.

How much sugar cane should be eaten in a day?

It is best to eat 4-5 pieces of sugar cane a day. Don't eat too much. Eating too much sugar cane is bad for your teeth. At the same time, sugar cane is high in sugar, so it is best for obese and diabetic patients to eat less. If you want to eat sugar cane without hurting your teeth and cool down and quench your thirst, you can squeeze sugar cane juice to drink.