About 10 years ago, I planted a half dozen or so specimens of
Cortaderia selloana (pampas grass) between my Father/Mothers house and the trailer they put on their property to help me out after my accident. Mostly as a screen between our two abodes. Wikipedia describes this species as being 2-3 feet tall ... mine regularly grow to more than six feet, and their stalks of "Flowers" frequently reach 9 feet.
But I had one down on the end that sat in the shadow of a black walnut tree that was not doing especially well. So last year winter (2016/2017) I burnt it down. Oddly enough, it came back in the spring of 2017. With a truly respectable show of growth. It seems as though burning it down provided it with a fit of "fertilizer" that it needed.
So this year, I'm decided to burn the one closest to the greenhouse as it was providing a substantial amount of shade TO the greenhouse. I'm going to be busy, keeping it from coming back, cropping it close to the ground everytime I notice a new shoot. Here's the greenhouse & pampass grass AFTER I cut it, but BEFORE I burned it.
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But then I thought "Hey, if the last one I burnt down had its growth stimulated SO well as it did, I might as well finish the job and burn the rest of them.
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I'll let you know how they are doing, later in the summer if you are interested. I know this has nothing to do with cacti OR succulents, but several people have made comments to me about my "yard" and I thought I might try to provide some of some TINY interest for them.
