Bamboo vs Sugarcane
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Bamboo
Sugarcane
| Measure | Bamboo | Sugarcane |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul | Oct–Nov, Feb–Mar |
| Days to harvest | 4–6 yr | 300–365 |
| Spacing | 5 × 5 m | 90–120 cm rows |
| Soil pH | 5.0–7.0 | 6.5–7.5 |
| Water | 1000–2000 | 1500–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 18–35 | 20–35 |
| Seed rate | Rhizomes | 35–40 k setts |
| Yield | 8–15 t | 80–100 t |
| Watch for | Shoot borer, witches broom | Early shoot borer, red rot, woolly aphid |