Harvesting
- The S/C is matured in 12-18 months depending upon the variety grown and time of planting.
The signs of maturity are:
- Matured canes are light; leaves turn paleness or yellowish in color.
- When mature can e is tapped by knife or any other hard material gives a sort of metallic sound.
- When a mature cane is cut in a slanting way and held against the sun, we can observe sugar crystals glistening.
- Lowermost internodes starts cracking due to more sucrose percentage should not be below 16.
- Top:bottom ratio of cane juice is about the same.(1:1 ratio).
- The harvesting can be done manually by hand knife, axes etc or by use of tractor front mounted harvester.