How to Store Sugar Cane Seeds

Typically, garderners and farmers wishing to cultivate sugar cane will use small stalks of mature cane as "seed cane" that will later grow to mature cane themselves. Even though sugar cane is rarely grown from seeds, the plants do produce them. The best way to store sugar cane seeds is to keep them in an environment in which they are least likely to germinate. Seeds must be kept safe from heat, moisture, and fungi.

Storage

• 1

  Purchase dried sugar cane seeds with a high germination percentage.

• 2

  Place seeds into an airtight jar.

• 3

  Place silica gel into the jar with the seeds. The amount of silica gel used should be 10 percent of the total weight of the seeds being stored.

• 4

  Fasten the lid on the jar until it is airtight.

• 5

  Store the seeds in a cool or refigerated location. Ideal temperatures are 10 degrees Celsius or lower.