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Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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Posted by kris2001 6a - s.e.PA (My Page) on Sun, Jun 14, 09 at 10:58
| Hi
I got Purple fountain grass from lowes more than a month ago . They were small in height...like 3". They have grown to 6" thats all in a big pot, I water often, gave m.gro and full sun too.
Why is it slooow ? I thought they grew fast ? what can i do to speed up growth?
Thks....kris in sePA. |
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RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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Like the rest of us, they are waiting for summer to arrive.
Panicums - especially these, love the heat!
Be patient - they should get going soon.
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RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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- Posted by donn_ 7a, GSB, LI, NY (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 15, 09 at 7:37
| "Panicums - especially these, love the heat!" I think A has Panicum on the brain these days, but has the diagnosis right. PFG is a Pennisetum, and a tropical one at that. When the heat of summer arrives, it will explode. |
RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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LOL .... Donn, thanks for that correction.
You're right - I really must have panicums on my mind lately!!
I think the blackflies are scrambling my brains.
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RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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| Can I give pFG any m.gro? |
RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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- Posted by donn_ 7a, GSB, LI, NY (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 16, 09 at 7:26
| I wouldn't give it any ferts at all. The grass tends to be a little floppy anyway, and ferts will only accentuate that. |
RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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| my question is how to keep them through the winter here in Indy? I bought 10 of them for my patio, dug through the ridiculous clay and now I am hearing that they are annuals????? I really miss my home state of FL!!!! |
RE: Purple fountain grass ...slow to grow - why?
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- Posted by jean001 z8aPortland, OR (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 10, 09 at 1:40
| greenish wrote "now I am hearing that they are annuals?" Not so. They are perennials. But they are *tender* perennials. So, in cold climates, they're grown as "if" they were annuals because, if grown as a perennial, they would die a cold death. |
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