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Hello.

I am trying to propagate D. clandestinum as it is one of the few things that deer and woodchucks don't seem to like yet it provides cover for small animals and insects and seeds for the birds and a nice ground cover that will compete w/stiltgrass...what more could anyone want I have access to several mature clumps that I found growing here and I have tried to propagate the seed....seems there are spikes with seed (birds usually get there before me) and then there are additional seeds hidden in the "culms" (sorry if this is wrong word....they are hidden in sheath of leaf stem) and I usually collect a few of these. I haven't had much luck with the seeds....so I am considering taking a bit of rootstock but Dicanthelium is tricky when it doesn't have the basal rosette....it seems like a weedy species but I'm doing something wrong....any tips would be appreciated...thank-you!