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New nursery pics
Got all of my final pictures for my catalog to send out to people, decided ill post some pics of our grass fields. The marks on the pole represent 1' intervals.
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more.....
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08-13-2008, 11:00 PM
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last ones for now
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08-19-2008, 11:16 PM
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What do you b&b those?They look great
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08-20-2008, 11:17 PM
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yes, we are B&Bing the clumps, or we can take a clump and split to sell for BR liners
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08-21-2008, 08:48 PM
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They dont sell it that way down here to much.I would love to move to north florida(cheap land)and get into cold hardy tropical design and growing.It would be a good time to get the land but a bad time to start growing
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08-21-2008, 09:18 PM
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we are the only nursery in NC to my knowledge growing field grown grasses to sell in mature clump form, so its a very niche market which i think will pay off since we are still going through a drought period, the interest in zeriscaping is highly in demand
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Those are some impressive grasses. Too bad you aren't up in Wisconsin - I'd love to be able to plant grasses that big here.
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Niche is the only way to go.You have price flexability,and a no or little comp.I bet you go from plug to sell alot faster with field growing.How long do you harden them off after you dig?
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we dig when we get in an order, those clumps went from a 2.25" plug to the size you see in 1.5 seasons..............the key is proper fert at the right intervals..........i have about 30 varieties right now, some are not ready, but the coming spring i will push close to 50, and eventually get to over 60 in a few more seasons. I do all of my propagation now with the varieties i have, only reason i have to buy in liners is if i add something new or if its a patented plant
i have found that instead of being cut back in winter, they respond better to being burnt down flush to the ground. In winter it looks like an empty field, you cant see anything.
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09-05-2008, 10:37 AM
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I'm jealous of those grasses Matt
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thanks for the compliments. i just cleared another couple of acres to add another 6,000+ plants for late this fall. Spring i should be around 40 varieties instead of the projected 50 due to availibility of my liner supplier.
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looking good matt. been awhile since I've read your name.  |
09-06-2008, 05:15 PM
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hey man, good to see ya again
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I'm starting to get really interested in grasses and I'm wondering what some characteristics are that make a grass suitable for use in a landscape. Only one I can think of is that it's a bunch type grass that won't spread using rhizomes or stolons and take over a bed. Would you mind sharing some others?
Sure would love to see your nursery. The majority of our grasses here in the arboretum are container grown so they don't reach very big sizes.
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