Fish
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I began planting this sterile grass 3 years ago. I am very impressed with its ability to screen. I am using it as a road screen on Little Blue because the utility will not allow a red cedar to grow anywhere near their power lines.
But their killing herbicides don't affect the grass.
Miscanthus Giganteus shouldn't be confused with the more common miscanthus grasses we often see for sale in retail nurseries. I have some of that stuff in the landscaping and it has spread in places on my property. Gotta admit, I like it growing in limited spaces, but it's an invasive grass that should be avoided.
Giganteus is a better choice.
Rhizomes can be purchase on the internet and aren't too expensive. I propagate all of my rhizomes for planting out now. They will come clean of soil if ordered off the Inet.
Clumps that I dug from the garden bed. Rhizomes can be separated and planting individually, or you can plant the clump for a much larger first year plant. It was muddy!
This is the garden bed I use to grow my own rhizomes every year. I will warn you, they are a pain to dig out. but well worth the effort for free rhizomes. I never planted a single one of these. I dug out the old clumps and relied on leftover rhizomes in the ground there to grow back. They sure did.
Late November...
I also propagate by cuttings..... easy and makes for a nice potted plant at summer's end. Cut a shoot just below the first node above the ground and stick into water... roots growing.
Plant into soil. Took about 4 weeks to get these roots.
Soon they were growing.
And by August....
A mass of roots in there....
But their killing herbicides don't affect the grass.Miscanthus Giganteus shouldn't be confused with the more common miscanthus grasses we often see for sale in retail nurseries. I have some of that stuff in the landscaping and it has spread in places on my property. Gotta admit, I like it growing in limited spaces, but it's an invasive grass that should be avoided.
Giganteus is a better choice.
Rhizomes can be purchase on the internet and aren't too expensive. I propagate all of my rhizomes for planting out now. They will come clean of soil if ordered off the Inet.
Clumps that I dug from the garden bed. Rhizomes can be separated and planting individually, or you can plant the clump for a much larger first year plant. It was muddy!
This is the garden bed I use to grow my own rhizomes every year. I will warn you, they are a pain to dig out. but well worth the effort for free rhizomes. I never planted a single one of these. I dug out the old clumps and relied on leftover rhizomes in the ground there to grow back. They sure did.
Late November...
I also propagate by cuttings..... easy and makes for a nice potted plant at summer's end. Cut a shoot just below the first node above the ground and stick into water... roots growing.
Plant into soil. Took about 4 weeks to get these roots.
Soon they were growing.
And by August....
A mass of roots in there....
