greekfreak
5 year old buck +
Hey guys,
so I had something incredibly interesting happen to my very first miscanthus planting done about three weekends ago. We planted 100 rhizomes and fell short so I ordered 200 more to help seal the deal on this screen.
Fast forward three weeks, we receive the 200 extra rhizomes. I’m stoked to get this going. I walk to the pond dam where we planted the first one hundred, and I dropped everything in my hands in amazement. Something dug up one of my rhizomes!!! I then walk, the entire line..... 90% of the rhizomes had been dug up. Some were completely missing. Some were just laying on top of the dirt. Others were in the hole as if we’d just plucked them in there.
Any ideas here? Our planting method was a 2” auger bit on a drill. Was wondering if I used a spade and planted them that way if maybe I can prevent this? Other wise, it’ll be going the tree saver route. Either attempt to fence the 300’ x 20’ wide strip in or do a tube over the hole. Not sure. I asked a few guys that deal closely with the company I bought them from. They were stumped as well.
so I had something incredibly interesting happen to my very first miscanthus planting done about three weekends ago. We planted 100 rhizomes and fell short so I ordered 200 more to help seal the deal on this screen.
Fast forward three weeks, we receive the 200 extra rhizomes. I’m stoked to get this going. I walk to the pond dam where we planted the first one hundred, and I dropped everything in my hands in amazement. Something dug up one of my rhizomes!!! I then walk, the entire line..... 90% of the rhizomes had been dug up. Some were completely missing. Some were just laying on top of the dirt. Others were in the hole as if we’d just plucked them in there.
Any ideas here? Our planting method was a 2” auger bit on a drill. Was wondering if I used a spade and planted them that way if maybe I can prevent this? Other wise, it’ll be going the tree saver route. Either attempt to fence the 300’ x 20’ wide strip in or do a tube over the hole. Not sure. I asked a few guys that deal closely with the company I bought them from. They were stumped as well.