Sand dropped on boats can force update cacti, sugar cane, and bamboo causing them to grow very quickly

The bug

You can force sugar cane and cacti to update by placing a sand block on top of two boats. This causes crops to grow extremely quickly (about 250 times faster than normal) and should be considered an exploit.

To reproduce

1. Follow the steps from MC-165034
2. Place a cactus on top of the sand block
   → It grows after a few seconds

Video

Forced Update Cactus and Sugarcane Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKNx1ZCeBI
 
Forced Update Bamboo Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1LuXbXSYw4