Heard it before, from a number of sources, first in the 70's when cutting sugar-cane, which also takes five years before one could produce sugar from it, and the bamboo story again from an Okinawan dojo master. Very good points, made very well, and I enjoyed reading the whole post. Keep on keeping on. 😇
Resteemed.
Wow never knew sugar cana took thank long to mature...than for sharing bro. I am happy you enjoyed the post.
I'm not sure that it might be the soil, the cane in my youth was planted, grew, and was burned. The sugar-mill scientist then tested the quantity/quality and sometimes I remember ploughing it back in after cane was removed for replanting. The length of cane goes into a drill horizontally and the new crop grows from the knuckles. A drill is the manner the earth is turned, so the dirt is raised in lines eight or nine inches taller than channel beside before next drill. Makes for axle-breaking travel across the drills. But those few inches also help the hand-cut with a sharp enough knife to remove one's own foot at the ankle if wielded negligently. 😐