Re: Kikuyu as water plant
- To: B*@monterey.edu, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Kikuyu as water plant
- From: J* S*
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:01:18 -0800 (PST)
Barry:
This plant (weed?) is used quite extensively for cover
at the Wild Animal Park in San Diego.
It's used primarily in the waterfowl enclosures
because it's just about the only thing that will grow
in the compacted soil, will tolerate the constant
"fertilizing" (if you know what I mean), and will grow
freely into marshy and even watery areas.
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, CA (between Santa Barbara and Montery)
--- Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu> wrote:
>
> One day while i was pulling an errant kikuyu grass
> plant from my garden,
> as an experiment, i put it into a ceramic bowl (a
> large pot really, but
> has no drain hole), that already had some sand at
> the bottom. Thinking it
> would probably rot and die soon, i left it. Well,
> it's been at least two,
> if not three months, and it's still very much alive.
> It seems to have
> rooted itself in the sand at the bottom of the pot.
>
> So, what I am wondering is this, does it ever, in
> it's natural habitat
> grow near marshy areas? Or, is it just a matter of
> time before the weather
> warms up,and bacteria become more active and begin
> to rot the plant?
>
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