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Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 3:33 pm
by Steve73
Planted in 1991 from rhizome section.

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 11:07 pm
by Alan_L
I love seeing these types of posts, but get envious too.

Everybody measuring, but not one person climbing. ;)

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 11:01 am
by Steve73
Thanks Alan. I didn't include the pics of us climbing it........didn't want to show off. Ha ha.

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 2:30 pm
by Tarzanus
All of you rubbin' it, none of you tried mounting it. :D

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 9:11 pm
by Alan_L
Out of curiosity -- when the culms get that big, are the rhizomes any bigger than when the culms were smaller?

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 5:12 am
by Glen
Amazing! Thank you for sharing the photographs.

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 3:19 pm
by Steve73
Alan_L wrote:Out of curiosity -- when the culms get that big, are the rhizomes any bigger than when the culms were smaller?
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.

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 9:24 pm
by springtimeshoots
That's soo cool. Thanks for sharing.

Do Vivax culms that big still get breakage?

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:51 pm
by Steve73
springtimeshoots wrote:That's soo cool. Thanks for sharing.

Do Vivax culms that big still get breakage?
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.

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:05 pm
by dependable
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.

Re: Big vivax in north Mississippi

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:58 pm
by BamaBamboo
We have some similar Vivax patches here in North Alabama....Love VIVAX...