This post is a recap for late spring. We had a very warm spring and the grass got to a really good start. I was coming up very fast. The picture below was taken on June 1, 2012. Last year we were able to plant the rhizomes on May 18 and had barely began to emerge at this same time last year. It is quite different from bare ground of last spring. Also it appears that practically all of the planted rhizomes came up this spring. Many plants that were either too small or did not come up last fall have started to sprout this spring which is a very good sign. It is very clear that some rows are doing far better than others. This can be tracked to the variable of boxes that were used for each set of rows. Some boxes had great rhizomes while others did not. It is suspected that this is the cause of low population rows. We will continue to monitor population through the year.
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| Late spring stand of rhizomes |
Soil samples were taken and submitted to Iowa State Soil Analysis Laboratory. The ground was not too dry, but was beginning to dry out in areas. There has been a total of 11" of precipitation from January to June 1, 2012.
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| A single giant miscanthus plant. |
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| Another group of healthy plants |
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