| Aloha Boca Joe, I don't know if either sugar cane or pineapples have sprouts at the base of the plants. Generally, to propagate them, we just use cuttings of cane and the tops of pineapples. Chop the cane stalk into sections with a several nodes in each section. Push them half way into the dirt at a forty five degree angle. The node left sticking out at the top will sprout leaves and the nodes underground will sprout roots. With pineapple tops, twist them off the fruit and tear a few layers of the small leaves off the bottom. You will see the little root nubbins there. Push it into the ground about an inch or two and that's about it. Both sugar cane and pineapples are two year crops, though. If you are somewhere it gets cold during the winter, you may have to bring them inside. A hui hou,
Cathy | 
