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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:48:51 -0800, "Paddy's Pig"
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Where do you live? That is very nice, I really miss the ice plant. Alas, we
just finished a week of 10 degree weather, and iceplant would not have survived that. "Paddy's Pig" wrote in message ... |
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"Zootal" wrote in message ... Where do you live? Southern California. -- Pat |
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When I was in high school I spent a summer vacation planting this stuff
all along the Monterey coast. Now, wherever it can be, it is being removed. -- 09=ix |
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"Garrapata" wrote in message
... When I was in high school I spent a summer vacation planting this stuff all along the Monterey coast. I saw plenty of it while I was at Ft Ord. I thought it was native to the area. Now, wherever it can be, it is being removed. Why? Seems like it does a good job holding the sand down. -- Pat |
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"Garrapata" wrote in message ... When I was in high school I spent a summer vacation planting this stuff all along the Monterey coast. Now, wherever it can be, it is being removed. -- 09=ix Why are they removing it? I used to live in the Monterey area, and we had it growing everywhere there was a hill that we didn't want to errode. Back yards, along the highways - all over. It's not invasive, and IIRC it's easy to control. It attracts bees. It's quite pretty. |
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On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:21:15 -0800, "Zootal"
wrote: "Garrapata" wrote in message .. . When I was in high school I spent a summer vacation planting this stuff all along the Monterey coast. Now, wherever it can be, it is being removed. -- 09=ix Why are they removing it? I used to live in the Monterey area, and we had it growing everywhere there was a hill that we didn't want to errode. Back yards, along the highways - all over. It's not invasive, and IIRC it's easy to control. It attracts bees. It's quite pretty. It is invasive, it crowds out native plants, it is shallow rooted and gets so heavy it causes erosion in sandy soils by pulling down hillsides when it rains -- 09=ix |
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On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:41:02 -0800, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote: "Garrapata" wrote in message .. . When I was in high school I spent a summer vacation planting this stuff all along the Monterey coast. I saw plenty of it while I was at Ft Ord. I thought it was native to the area. One species, Carpobrotus chilensis used to be considered native. The other, C. edulis, African. Now both seem to be introduced Now, wherever it can be, it is being removed. Why? Seems like it does a good job holding the sand down. It's ok on flat places but native plants do it better. It is just easy to cover disturbed places by sticking unrooted cuttings directly in the soil. In the dunes and on steep hills it gets so heavy in the rain that it causes erosion when it breaks off and slides downhill. -- 09=ix |
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