Methods of producing sugar cane transplant units

A method of producing a sugar cane planting unit, the method comprising:

• a. planting multiple sugar cane propagation materials in a non-segregated planting medium, wherein said non-segregated planting medium is not a planting container having a volume from 10 to 200 cubic centimeters, wherein the sugar cane propagation material is a plant produced from tissue culture, a sugar cane billet, or a sugar cane plantlet, and where the planting of the sugar cane propagation materials results in an emerged plant density of 25 to 200 plants per square meter;
• b. after step (a), growing the sugar plant to an age of 4 to 10 months, wherein the sugar cane plant has 1 to 10 stalks and at least one stalk has a linear node density of at least 1 node per 3 centimeters of stalk;
• c. after step (b), harvesting the stalk(s) of the sugar cane plant when the stalk(s) have a length of 20 to 150 centimeters;
• d. after step (c), cutting the harvested stalk(s) into stalk segments, wherein the stalk segments are cut to a length of 1 to 5 centimeters;
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• e. after step (d), planting one or more of the stalk segments into a planting container comprising a planting medium to form a planting unit, wherein said planting container has a volume from 10 to 200 cubic centimeters.

A method of producing a sugar cane planting unit, the method comprising:

• a. planting multiple sugar cane propagation materials in a non-segregated planting medium is a planter, wherein said planter is at least a small undivided planter, wherein the sugar cane propagation material is a plant produced from tissue culture, a sugar cane billet, or a sugar cane plantlet, and where the planting of the sugar cane propagation materials results in an emerged plant density of 25 to 200 plants per square meter;
• b. after step (a), growing the sugar plant to an age of 4 to 10 months, wherein the sugar cane plant has 1 to 10 stalks and at least one stalk has a linear node density of at least 1 node per 3 centimeters of stalk;
• c. after step (b), harvesting the stalk(s) of the sugar cane plant when the stalk(s) have a length of 20 to 150 centimeters;
• d. after step (c), cutting the harvested stalk(s) into stalk segments, wherein the stalk segments are cut to a length of 1 to 5 centimeters;
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• e. after step (d), planting one or more of the stalk segments into a planting container comprising a planting medium to form a planting unit, wherein said planting container has a volume from 10 to 200 cubic centimeters.

A method of producing a sugar cane planting unit, the method comprising:

• a. planting at least 5 sugar cane propagation materials in a non-segregated planting medium, wherein the sugar cane propagation material is a plant produced from tissue culture, a sugar cane billet, or a sugar cane plantlet, and where the planting of the sugar cane propagation materials results in an emerged plant density of 25 to 200 plants per square meter;
• b. after step (a), growing the sugar plant to an age of 4 to 10 months, wherein the sugar cane plant has 1 to 10 stalks and at least one stalk has a linear node density of at least 1 node per 3 centimeters of stalk;
• c. after step (b), harvesting the stalk(s) of the sugar cane plant when the stalk(s) have a length of 20 to 150 centimeters;
• d. after step (c), cutting the harvested stalk(s) into stalk segments, wherein the stalk segments are cut to a length of 1 to 5 centimeters;
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• e. after step (d), planting one or more of the stalk segments into a planting container comprising a planting medium to form a planting unit, wherein said planting container has a volume from 10 to 200 cubic centimeters.