Re: Kikuyu as water plant
"Kike" is often used to stabilise dam walls too, although in parts of
Australia there are concerns about it getting into natural waterways as it
will choke out much other beneficial plant material etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Seals" <gardenguru@yahoo.com>
To: <Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Kikuyu as water plant
> 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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