Polevosnaya shoot is a low-growing cereal plant native to Southern and Eastern Europe. It is widely used as a lawn grass and for sodding gardens. The plant does not require a haircut, so in landscape design it is very popular.
This feature is due to the fact that the fieldgrass does not grow upward, but in breadth, forming a large number of creeping shoots with internodes resembling those of strawberries. When rooted, from these "whiskers" grow bushes 10 cm high, which also give young offspring. Even one small bush with regular watering over the summer can cover about a quarter of a square meter with its shoots. The result is a very beautiful and soft light green grassy carpet.
After the grass has dried and turned into hay, the ability to form shoots still remains. In addition, if you dig a chopped tuft of grass into the ground and fill it with soil, then in a month it will sprout and create a nice fresh green cover. Here is such a tenacious volebosnaya vole. The photos presented in this article clearly demonstrate these features.
This grass is rather unpretentious. Although the soil loves fertilized and grows better on well-drained garden soils. Due to the fact that the root system is superficial, the plant needs a lot of moisture, especially in the first year after planting. If the grass dries in a drought, you should not worry. It will again turn into a lush green carpet as soon as the first rains pass. It grows remarkably in brightly lit places, but also tolerates partial shade. These are the conditions preferred by the Polevoshnaya shoot.
You can buy the seeds of this plant in any specialized store or order via the Internet with home delivery. They are very small and resemble dust in appearance. For 1 square. m. usually 1-2 kg of seeds are sown. Before sowing, they are mixed with wet sawdust in a ratio of 1:10. Soil should also be prepared. With this method of sowing, it will be better to see if the territory is evenly seeded or not. It is not necessary to fill the sown seeds with earth. Polevoshnuyu vole very efficiently propagated by dividers.
This grass is recommended for soil sodding in orchards where fruit and fruit trees and shrubs grow. In addition to decorating the garden, it also brings significant benefits. It contributes to the preservation of moisture in the soil and protects the roots of young and insufficiently strengthened plants from freezing. Thanks to the soft green carpet, the fruits that have fallen from the trees remain clean and do not deteriorate longer.
In late autumn, before mowing, it is recommended to carry out low mowing of the grass, which is well tolerated by the shoot. In those years when autumn is warm, you can do this even in October. This procedure is necessary so that the grass does not have time to grow strongly, since in the spring it will not work to mow it. The plant will turn yellow, the lawn will lose its decorative effect, the restoration of which will take some time.
In the spring it is useful to aerate the lawn, puncture it in several places with a pitchfork. In addition, as soon as the grass begins to grow, you need to water the lawn with a special complex mineral fertilizer.
The polevole is ideal for sowing trunks of fruit trees. She looks very beautiful on the shores of an artificial reservoir, which also strengthens. Originally, this grass also looks in hanging flower pots.
Polevosnaya shoot is excellent for creating a lawn for the lazy, as it does not require complicated maintenance. And the fluffy green carpet formed by her is beautiful and useful, and walking with bare feet on it is very nice