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Southern reed also known as common reed. This rhizome plant is one of the crops in the family called bluegrass.
Description of the southern reed
The southern reed is endowed with a rather high stem, the height of which can reach five meters. There are many nodes on this stem, the rhizome is very branched, and the leaves will be lanceolate-linear. The width of such leaves varies between five and twenty-five millimeters. The panicle of this plant is quite large, and the length is about thirty centimeters, the length of the spikelets will be about six to seventeen millimeters.
Spikelets of southern reed are colored in dark purple tones and they consist of three to seven flowers. spikelet scales are lanceolate, with the length of the upper spikelet being about three to nine millimeters, and the lower one not exceeding five millimeters. the lower floral scales of the southern reed are leathery-membranous, endowed with a subulate tip. The length of such a point is capable of exceeding the length of the very scales of this plant.
The flowering of this plant begins in July and ends in the month of August, while the fruits ripen around the month of August-September. It is noteworthy that flowering and fruiting does not occur every year. In one inflorescence, about fifty to one hundred thousand caryopses are formed. Growth requires a temperature of about twenty degrees, but the plant will begin to grow at a temperature of already ten degrees Celsius. It is noteworthy that the viability of southern reed seeds will remain for one year.
This plant can even be called a cosmopolitan, which is associated with the almost ubiquitous distribution of southern reeds. Actually, this plant cannot be found only in deserts. The southern reed is found in the Caucasus, the European part of Russia, as well as in Central Asia, the Far East, Western Siberia and Eastern Siberia, with the exception of only the Arctic.
Description of the features of care and cultivation of southern reed
It should be noted that the southern reed is a very moisture-loving plant. For growth, this plant will prefer areas where groundwater is located nearby: approximately at a distance of two to two and a half meters. The southern reed grows in the coastal zone, sometimes in the water, as well as along the shores of lakes and rivers, and besides this, it also grows in swampy meadows, swamps and damp meadows. The southern reed can often be found in swampy meadows, grassy swamps and forest edges.
It should be noted that this plant is a malignant weed. The southern reed is widespread in irrigated lands. Very often, this plant infests crops of various agricultural crops, but most often this applies to rice, alfalfa and cotton.
Inter-row treatments will promote vegetative propagation of this plant. This circumstance should be associated with the fact that even small fragments of the rhizome of this plant can very easily and simply root, and also subsequently give rise to new plants.
To control the weed, you will need to provide very good drainage for the southern reeds. After the cessation of watering occurs, it will be necessary to dry out the topsoil. In addition, for such a struggle, it is very important to carry out multiple treatments of the soil. In addition, crops of rice and other crops should be alternated, which are watered only periodically.
Actually, this plant is a very interesting culture, the development of which is so interesting to watch.
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