I brought in a batch of 300 moso seeds last year. I have detailed my expermentation with germination on my website trying various recommended techniques, including a table with the variables. You may find it a good read. Check previous entries to read the entire experiment. http://www.hardyoutdoorexotics.com/?cat=11 To make things easier for you, I germinated them directly in soil. I had a 75% germination rate by soaking the seeds in a 10% saltwater solution for 10 minutes, and rinsing off with water before sowing. 67% germination rate with a batch that had an overnight soak in a 20-20-20 solution. And 67% germination rate with a batch that had a soak in a 10-52-10 solution. Those two 67% germination rates were ranked in the top 3 for breaking through the soil the quickest at 21 days. A water soak also broke through at 21 days but only netted me a 58% germination rate. For those that recommend a brief refridgeration for these seeds, germination was delayed, and the success wasn't that great. Here is a link that might be useful: My exotic plants blog

If it is in an open area I would simply suggest lopping every culm down to soil level then plant some grass seed and keep that area mowed. For the parts that the mower doesn't reach, I would suggest digging those out. It can take until next year to exhaust the rhizome system depending on what species it is but as long as survival shoots keep emerging a bit smaller each time, the energy is getting depleted and you are getting closer to eradicating the wholeplant.

Laura, what is the ratio of NPP to foliagepro. Our poster lives in India, It might not be available there.. Laura lives in Massachusetts. The sun is so much friendlier up there. I have some new sun scars on my A. ornatum from leaving it in its Spring/winter spot that became an all day sun summer spot and then it reached 108 one day . Sun burn does not take long to happen (says the redheadded girl).The white speckles on the surface of the A. myriostigma will make it more tolerant of sun, but I would tread carefully . I imagine the tropical sun is harder on the cactus than New England sun. These are known to grow in shade of brush and on the east or west side of steep mountains in Eastern northern Mexico where sun is strong but gets cut off for part of the day. Sun is weird in the desert. Things hide in rocks and under overhanging lechugia. I think they get tiny bits of moving shade (bright thin shade) from brush and rocks in Nature. It LIKES sun and its warmth, but maybe not all the time not interrupted or screened slightly. Shade from brush is a very light thin shade that comes and goes.. here is a description I found. I like knowing how things grow in their habitat "A. myriostigma is a desert scrub species and can also grow on scrubby alluvial plains (Salas de Léon et al. 1999). It prefers steep, east or west (and southwest) facing slopes between 10 and 34 degrees angle, preferably around 25 degrees, and prefers low densities. It is rarely found on northern slopes or below 1,160 m asl. This species has a 100% vertical distribution bordering the El Sarnoso mountains and prefers stony, calcareous soils (litosol-regosol calcárico) often found in thin layers in the foothills of mountain ranges. Its distribution is limited by its need for stony, calcareous or lime soils. This calcicole also needs carbonates to integrate calcium and make itself more rigid. A. myriostigma also needs well drained soils as it is sensitive to high water levels. This species is also sensitive to the cold (Romero Méndez 2006). A. myriostigma seems to flower independently of day length, flowering asynchronously from the end of winter to the start of autumn, although they flower synchronously June-July. Temperature may be a factor limiting the northern and southern limits of distribution, since in these latitutes the east-west slopes are most exposed to the sun and these are the slopes on which A. myriostigma grows most densely. This species is found in habitat dominated by Agave lecheguilla, which acts as the main nurse plant to A. myriostigma. Nurse plants may influence the distribution of A. myriostigma (Romero Méndez 2006)." Here is a link that might be useful: Some habitat shots. This post was edited by wantonamara on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 11:23

we use these: http://www.target.com/p/anchor-glass-bistro-pitcher-2qt/-/A-15295071?sid=2124S&ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Dining+Shopping_Local&adgroup=SC_Dining&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9007220&lsft=gclid:CIOI39DP384CFYQkhgodKpQHHQ,gclsrc:aw.ds&gclid=CIOI39DP384CFYQkhgodKpQHHQ&gclsrc=aw.ds have 3 on our door.... we all drink water all day....