What do I do with pampas grass?!?!
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St Augustine Grass - better now, but what do I do next?
Comments (1)Most organic fertilizers provide everything the plant needs. You could fine tune it I suppose but I definitely don't. Morpheuspa is an advocate of winterizing the lawn at the end of fall. The end of fall is defined as that moment when you notice the grass has stopped growing but is not dormant yet. In Florida that day may never come if you continue fertilizing and watering weekly. I know in San Antonio it is a rare (cold) winter when we cannot maintain a St Augustine lawn all through the year. Most people choose to let it go dormant, but you don't have to. I would think in FL it would be a very rare time. If you want to winterize, use a fast release fertilizer that is heavy on the N value and much lighter on the other values. I believe he uses an uncoated urea product. If you are mowing at your mower's highest setting, the bermuda should be fading out. It does not like to compete with the tall, coarse, St Augustine blades....See MoreWhat about pampas grass?
Comments (8)I just thought I'd mention that real pampas grass isn't hardy where Dan lives, but there's another grass that people call pampas grass. Here's a quote from a thread in Ornamental grases: " * Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 4, 06 at 22:45 There maybe some confusion regarding common names. True pampas grass, Cortaderia species, are recommended primarly for warmer zones. There are cases where it has been grown successfully in colder zones, but these no doubt offer microclimates or otherwise protected locations. Hardy "pampas" grass (aka plume grass or ravenna grass) is really Erianthus ravennae and is listed as hardy to zone 4. It does prodcue tall plumes but is really quite distinct from Cortaderia. For one, it is deciduous and true pampas grass is evergreen. It also produces much smaller plumes than Cortaderia." And, Erianthus is not invasive in Michigan. Dan, good luck with the seeds, I guess you could check with that other forum to be sure about collection. Sorry to hear about your kitty!...See MoreDivided Pampas Grass not doing well
Comments (8)Frankly, it looks more like Miscanthus sinensis to me. I've never seen a C. selloana with a single white mid-vein. Do you have a photo of it blooming? That would tell the tale. I think part of the problem is the fact you didn't cut the old growth down far enough. It should be no more than 6" from the ground. It's hiding a lot of the new growth, but the new growth I can see looks healthy enough. I'd stop the fertilizer. If you give grasses too much fertilizer, they'll flop. All I give my grasses is a yearly topdressing of compost under the mulch around them. Rake away the mulch, apply an inch or so of well-aged compost, and rake the mulch back over it....See MorePanicles on pampas grass, when do they appear?
Comments (1)It's nearly impossible to tell what could cause a difference this slight, in grasses or in other plants. For example..I have two 4x8 nursery beds of miniature daffodils. Each bed got ~250 bulbs (same variety) planted on the same day, a few years ago. The bulbs came from the same source, a wholesaler of bulbs. They all share exactly the same conditions; soil adjusted for them, sun, irrigation and fertilizer. They bloom over a 2-month period. 90% of them bloom in the same week, but the other 10% are all over the place....See MoreIna Plassa_travis
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