Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-94.210.242.193-20130125145944/@comment-5584420-20130320030154

Like the first comment, vanilla sugar cane planting on dirt/sand  dont have effect

However IC2 sugarcane planting can be faster, some stuff that affect it

Plant (in this case, sugar cane) GGR Rate

Biome it is in, swamp is the best biome

Air quality, the higher the plant is (y position), the faster it grow