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- From: Nan Sterman <Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com>
- To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:55:53 -0700
Title: Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus
A few days ago I spent a good couple of hours trenching around a mature Miscanthis sinensus zebrinus in order to divide and move it. After ruining a perfectly good shovel I now have alot of dirt piled up around the blasted thing, which is leaning a bit, but I cannot leverage it out. It bent my shovel beyond repair. I even tied a rope to it & tried to pull it out with the car but it slipped right off. (ok, you can stop laughing now...)
Other than getting a small backhoe, are there any techniques or tips someone can offer on how to get this monster out? I already have to go to the hardware store for a new shovel, so if there is a reasonable purchase involved, I'm open to it.
Having you tried using a saw to cut the roots
into pieces before you start pulling?
This may be a bit simplistic but did you soak the
soil first? Whenever I have a project like that, I soak the soil
first to soften it up, and that often helps the roots to
loosen.
I am amazed that the grass is so well
entrenched.
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[gwl-g] moving miscanthus,
Rich Pomerantz, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Ellen Zachos, 06/10/2004
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Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus,
Nan Sterman, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Melanie, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Doug Green, 06/10/2004
- RE: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Donna, 06/10/2004
- [gwl-g] Spades/shovels, was moving miscanthus, Lucky Pittman, 06/11/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Marge Talt, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, KTCopsey, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, fran gustman, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Duane Campbell, 06/10/2004
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[gwl-g] moving miscanthus,
Rich Pomerantz, 06/10/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus, Bruce Zimmerman, 06/10/2004
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