Phragmites question.

List what type of plants you keep in your aviaries/cages
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mattymeischke
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Can Phragmites tolerate subzero nights?
I want to put some in my refurbed aviary, but we will likely have frosts until about Melbourne Cup day, so I'm wondering if I should wait 'til November.

Thanks in advance,
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If you are planting them in a water filled container and the water doesn't freeze solid, I would think that they would survive the winter once established. (We are talking reeds here people) :roll:
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Thanks for that T ..Was thinking phragmites =stalagnites and wondering why . :D
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mattymeischke
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Cheers, T.
jusdeb wrote:phragmites =stalagnites
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Sorry for the latin, but I don't know the common name.
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Matty, FYI the common name is REED. :lol:

Deb, I too was concerned he was building a cave - maybe to keep bats, dropbears or other creepy creatures. :crazy:
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I thought they might have been insects, till I read Tint's comment about water, then I totally just knew they were fishes! :roll:
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mattymeischke
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For the record, Phragmites tubers do survive in freezing water.

They are shooting now and I have moved them into the aviaries. The water in the bins they are in attracts/generates some little flying insects which the birds appreciate, and I have put mesh across the top of the bins (to avoid drowning birds) which the reeds can grow through.
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