CooterBrown
5 year old buck +
Giant Miscanthus????? Came across this the other day and was wondering if anybody has used it or any information on it?
Giant Miscanthus?????
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Chainsaw
5 year old buck +
We used Miscanthus Giganteus to partition off a section of a very long food plot. It went in easy and has held up well with zero maintenance once established. It looked good in two years and great in three years and ever since(many, many years). It worked as intended and the deer absolutely can not see thru it. Rhizomes were bought from Maple River Farms.
More will be planted here in the future-great screening product.
More will be planted here in the future-great screening product.
Booner21
5 year old buck +
I was able to get an entire trailer full of mature plants and rhizomes attached in sections as big as a tractor bucket anyone have an idea the best way to break it up? Thinking a tractor mounted tiller I have since cut the old growth off. It was free but not sure it will be worth the effort of breaking up the rhizome
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Chainsaw
5 year old buck +
Booner21, Daylilies are similar in growth patterns and we divide them often. It is not easy. We use two large, long and strong screwdrivers. Stick them into the matt of roots on an angle forming am X with the two screwdrivers. Then just pull the screw drivers together and push them apart. First cuts are harder, then as the pieces become smaller they are easier to work. It helps to wet the clump and spray at it with a high pressure hose some also before inserting screwdrivers. When I get the clumps small enough to pick up they are placed in water in a kidde swimming pool to help them get wet throughout. I have not done this with MG but this would be the first thing I would try. Good luck, am looking forward to hearing what you find to work.
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Booner21
5 year old buck +
John-W-WI
Administrator
I've never done it personally but I believe others here use a long blade on a sawzall. Wash as much dirt off as you can and chop up the clump.
-John
j-bird
Moderator
I have grown some from cuttings and from rhizomes. They don't like wet feet. I think they will "spread" better if you control other grass and weeds around them as well. I am still fairly early in my experience with it...I think I am on year 2 or 3.... I simply started with some cutting (from Bill) and then planted those and last year or so I dug one up and pulled apart the root ball for rhizomes and planted those. I think it will be good for taller screens for hiding access route, plots and even blinds. Some avoid it because it isn't native....and I can appreciate that...but I have seen ZERO instances of it spreading on my place.
Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
I only planted 100 MG this spring for screening and as a test to see if it would grow on my crappy soil. Out of 100 I lost 10-15 of them, they average between 3-5’ tall but there is always that one freak that exceeds the rest and throws a tassel.
Bill
Administrator
It doesn’t like shade. Gets kinda thin and weepy in the shade. I doubt it would work in the woods.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
If I’m reading it right it looks very expensive? I need to do about 100 yards of road frontage. I was going to transplant cedars since I have those coming out of my ears.
Bill
Administrator
It’s not cheap but once you have some you can grow it by taking live cuttings or dividing up the roots into rhizomes
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
To prep an area would you spray, disk it nice and fine, pack it, pop a bunch of holes in the alternating pattern I’ve seen, and then put the rhizomes in?
Bill
Administrator
That’s a good plan. Disk right before planting it makes planting easy. After planting just spray the line with some simazine as a pre emergent for weeds. It makes a difference
