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| I need to plant a Purple Robe this fall because of a deceased relative. The best place I figure I could plant it where it will be sheltered from high winds will be in an area that is my "water zone". Im concerned because there will be a lot of other irrigated plants near by and that the locust will sucker and take over. Im wondering if I build a raised bed, around 2' tall for it, will that contain the suckers and keep them out of my other plantings? Ive read in the bamboo forums that some of the posters do that for running bamboo.... |
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| There seems to be variation in propagation method, because immediate heavy suckering is not universal. But then not all black locusts have thickets around them either - you would assume the hybrids are being grafted onto black locust roots. When black locusts do go on the move it can be frightening. A friend here discovered a tree next door was growing across the back of his lot all the way to the property on the other side, with the runners being found to be some feet in depth when uncovered. So any containment method you employ will probably have to be more serious even than the kind that is needed to curb larger, more vigorous running bamboos. And curbing is the operative word, you have to install a barrier that will wall the plant off and keep it boxed in. In the case of the new tree the area of confinement will have to be large enough to hold a root system adequate to support the continued top growth. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 10, 12 at 22:24
| if anyone could do it.. it was me.. or that is how i thought about these quandaries over the years.. and frankly .. i never won .. and now i know better ... you know its a problem .. and mother nature ALWAYS wins ... i dont understand why YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS ONE.. i understand the memorial part .. but why this one .. there is no second option that is not a problem??? i say get a 100 gallon pot.. and grow it outside of mother earth.. and block that drainage hole... IMHO.. you will never stop it otherwise.. ken |
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- Posted by stompoutbermuda Z8DesertSunsetZ11 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 0:46
| The reason: I live on an acre of land that I inherited which was passed down from my grandma to my mom to me and I have to pass it down to equal shares between my brother's kids and my own. It is desert and not much grows here. My grandma had planted one years ago that did not get much water and I managed to finally kill it thru neglect(ooops!!). But it was in a bad place anyway for a project Im working on right now... Anyway, I did pull it out of the ground, roots and all and it is utterly d-e-a-d. Out of respect for her, I want to plant another one in a better area BUT the area IS irrigated for other plants. Building a concrete container for it to grow in is not out of the question.. I wonder if being in a container will stunt it's growth? |
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