Hiding a field from the road???

[REN]

Chufa can be planted in NON sandy soils however if you go that route i would recommend row croping it, seems to work better that way.

 

[TAS]

TAS, I have some neighbors that set out over 100 leyland cypress trees along their paved road frontage about 4 years ago. They have lost 10-15 per year to folks cutting them for Christmas trees. I noticed 2 new ones cut yesterday that got whacked overnight. Down here in GA folks will definitely cut em!

Dang, I guess that gives me something else to watch for. Thanks!

 

[NBF7240]

Might want to try this site

http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/ThujaGiant.htm

very fast growing, border trees

 

[trealtree]

good info, im looking into a privacy border also.

 

[hard county]

my dad has some propety that borders a highway thats in the process of being four-laned. what he just found out is they are going to raise the road 20 ft. which will look down on top of a beautiful, two acre clover field. we have looked into moso bamboo and will probably put some out in the spring.
according to the comp. it can grow up to 50' high and the diameter at the bottom is 10"! i dont know if it will ever get anywhere close to this size in tennessee, but ive seen a place where it reached twenty.

 

[Excal Thumper]

I'm not sure where you can buy it, but there are some types of cane/ bamboo that grow 40-50 feet tall. It gets as big around as a coke can. Not sure if it will grow just any where. I'm going to do a google search and see what turns up. I saw the stuff everywhere in Jamacia about 5 years ago when I was there on my honeymoon with the wife.

 

[trealtree]

http://www.lewisbamboo.com/favmoso.html


As long as you keep the fresh tender shutes cut down in the spring when they come up it will stay where you want it. Bamboo cannot cross creek or roads. A barrier of 18 inches deep is required if you want to stop the spread of the roots to new areas, but as I said above you can keep the shutes from invading a field by mowing them although you may still have the root system underground. Bamboo works great for erosion control in certain instances. BTW the tender shutes are eaten by the chinese etc.. My dad and I started a project to stop erosion of the creek in his backyard and it has worked well and created a great songbird nesting habitiat. I will try and find some pics of it.

 

[trealtree]

this bamboo is not MOSO but it gets around 35 ft tall. It was transplanted from some property in fentress county.

 

[greenblazer]

a QDM tv program suggested fountain grass. I have it in my front yard to hide one of those ugly green utility boxes and it grows fast and big, if you don't cut it.

 

[big 8s in Weakley county]

a QDM tv program suggested fountain grass. I have it in my front yard to hide one of those ugly green utility boxes and it grows fast and big, if you don't cut it.

YEp and you can divide it up after it gets big and transplant it. A guy on here i was eating with the othere day was telling me about it a good idea

 

[spctbone]

thanks greenblazer!

 

[treefarmer]

Consider loblolly pine or shortleaf pine available from the TN Div. of Forestry. I ordered 500 a week ago to provide a screen at a recent clearcut. They are available at: https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/topic/ag ... -seedlings . Cheap, easy to plant, no sales tax, shipped free to your county. Pines grow 2-3' per year after the first year. Avoid Autumn Olive because it is not native and is sometimes invasive.

 

[MickThompson]

I would be hesitant to introduce fountaingrass to your property. It could easily spread and possibly be the next kudzu, etc. I'm with treefarmer- use a row of lobleaf or shortleaf, with a row of something shrubbier like Va pine or cedar staggered in between. All it would take is a little snow or a big wind and it will flatten those tall grasses.

 

[WDS]

I have used Kenaf before. I prefer Bi-Color and pines, however. BSK is correct. One strain looks exactly like Pot. Does not smoke as well though ….. :mrgreen:

 

[WDS]

Switchgrass with intermittent pine would work if you could get use of a Native Warm Season drill……. just another thought.

 

[tennbucks]

Switchgrass would work good because it can get 4-5 feet tall and it's a perennial so it will come back year after year. If you need something taller then maybe egyptian wheat. Read this over the weekend: http://www.deerfoodplots.org/deer-food- ... eail-deer/

 

[Novocaine]

I read an article on Egyptian wheat a few months ago. Gets around 10 ft tall.