Big vivax in north Mississippi
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I love seeing these types of posts, but get envious too.
Everybody measuring, but not one person climbing.
Everybody measuring, but not one person climbing.
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Thanks Alan. I didn't include the pics of us climbing it........didn't want to show off. Ha ha.
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All of you rubbin' it, none of you tried mounting it.
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Out of curiosity -- when the culms get that big, are the rhizomes any bigger than when the culms were smaller?
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Amazing! Thank you for sharing the photographs.
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The rhizomes do get bigger as the grove gets older. We've only taken divisions from the edge, so I wouldn't know how big they are right underneath the largest culms. The biggest rhizome I've seen was about 1" in diameter, but again, that was at the edge.Alan_L wrote:Out of curiosity -- when the culms get that big, are the rhizomes any bigger than when the culms were smaller?
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That's soo cool. Thanks for sharing.
Do Vivax culms that big still get breakage?
Do Vivax culms that big still get breakage?
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There is some breakage, although we don't get as much snow as some places. We do get some ice every once in a while. I know vivax has a reputation for breaking more than other varieties, but I don't think its that bad. I might have a different opinion of it if I lived in an area that had more snow though.springtimeshoots wrote:That's soo cool. Thanks for sharing.
Do Vivax culms that big still get breakage?
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That is very cool to see. Biggest mine ever got was 3 inches diameter, 50 ft tall, then they froze.
From what I have seen, vivax culms are brittle and prone to breakage after first season, but toughen up considerably after a couple of years.
From what I have seen, vivax culms are brittle and prone to breakage after first season, but toughen up considerably after a couple of years.
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We have some similar Vivax patches here in North Alabama....Love VIVAX...
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