Sugar Cane Problem!!

Subject: Sugar Cane Problem!! Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:03 pm

Hi,
After previous visits to the battlefields, I have not been able to get a good impression of the Gingindlovu encounter, due to the sugar cane being pretty high. Does anybody know what month of the year this stuff gets harvested ?
Cheers

Posts : 527 Join date : 2009-02-28

Harvesting normally takes place between June and December.

Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14

I was at Gingindlovu a few years back and the cane was harvested in late September, and the stubble burnt shortly afterwards, so I got a good look at the area.

kwaJimu1879

Subject: Re: Sugar Cane Problem!! Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:01 pm

Ok, many thanks.

Posts : 747 Join date : 2009-10-18

Did this sugar caine cause problems during the Zulu war or was it not there then.

Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14

It was introduced to that area after the war, in 1880's.

kwaJimu1879

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