Sweeflag

[jwr]

I live in the county of 10,000 reservoirs. 15% of the county is water with 14% of it reservoirs. Anywhere from 20 to 80 acres mostly. Erosion is a huge problem. There's a old man owns 2 freshly dug that he is planting sweet flag around the edges. It's supposed to grow good on this wet clay we have and has a root system that should prevent erosion. My question is how many years does it take it to mature if I wanted to harvest some.

I'm thinking about plant ing in rows. Harvest a row and replant it while the other rows protect the bank.

Is it a crazy idea or would it work.

[tired of scraping coyotes]

we have a lot here and it grows wild in the flood plains of bottomland woods. the wetter the better, like muck ground. real rich black dirt high organic. on yellow clay I`d think it probably won`t do wellas not much will do well on clay, trees or plants. I see it listed at $3.50 a lb. for dried root. I bet it dries real light, maybe 6-7 lb wet to lb dry, but never dug any so not sure. if your primary goal is erosion control I`d say there would be other things better.aas far as how many years to mature, no idea, but wet soil grows things fast, if it has organic matter. I`d say hold off a year and see what the old mans stuff does. a year or two and you`ll know.

[jwr]

Yeah. I'm not jumping into it without seeing what it does.

Probaly like everything else I've tried. Just don't work. The only thing I've planted that stopped erosion was concrete slabs.

[doyleflory]

they smell good and I was told you can candi the roots and there not bad.