Here's a Yellow Groove culm that has some weird damage. A couple of the culms had this on the lower few feet, but then the rest of the culm looks completely normal. The other side of this culm is "smooth" -- no crack in it. Just looks like a bunch of compressed nodes from that side. The culm is about 1" in diameter or so.
(sorry for the blurry photo)
What caused this?
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What caused this?
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Re: What caused this?
I'd guess that a slug or other critter nibbled a spot while the shoot was 'telescoped in' and the mark then elongated with the shoot.
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Re: What caused this?
So if they didn't bite deep enough, that would explain why the higher portions of the culm weren't affected.
Does it also explain why the nodes are compressed?
Does it also explain why the nodes are compressed?
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Re: What caused this?
A mutant gene. Like when Bluebonnets have triple stems? Unfortunately not a reproducible trait I suspect.
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Re: What caused this?
I've seen on a french forum something very similar to this. It's almost like there are conjoined twins with a shoot and looks pretty cool. Does your culm split into 2 separate culms at the top?
I found it on this thread.
http://lesbambous.fr/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 01&start=0
Here's the pictures.
I found it on this thread.
http://lesbambous.fr/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 01&start=0
Here's the pictures.
Re: What caused this?
That's cool, but mine is a single culm at the top. There are 2 different culms that have this damage or form, and they were a foot apart or so.
Alan.
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Re: What caused this?
I found a double stemmed dandelion before. it was awesome until the lawnmower ate it.