Weeds between the ties

Neat!  I like that...will trains still run over it with no glitches or does it need to be

trimmed?  I would need a lot of it, to get that image of "weedgrown rails".

Also sold by Scenic express are the Silflor product line of Buffalo Grass and Prairie Tufts. Multiple sizes and tones for any application.

Although mine are at the end of a siding. The top of the grass is about the rail height of Gargraves track. Seems trains would pass through without an issue. On an overgrown siding I'd see no problems with freight cars.

 I've used the Silfor products as well. They just don't have the height of these. Here's a pic of the 2 side by side. Best part is one plant fills up the space between 2 ties and 2 rails. You get 92 of them for around 14 dollars.

I can't remember what they are called? I did get them from SE also.

Dave, what's your track and ground cover in that photo?  Looks great!

Hi Dave • The weeds look great. • This will be on my winter built bucket list.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers from Michigan

They look nice.  I kind of put them down randomly, making them out of bristles and such.  Little details like that add a lot to a layout. 

Nice looking.

These "tuffs" can be VERY habit forming!

The btufts are in the catalog, If you cant find them just call them up, the girls o the phone can find it for you.

I have put them to use as well and love them.  Mixed in with some other scrubs....

Underlined phrase is a link to the Silflor products offered by Forum sponsor Scenic Express.

Small clumps of ground moss looks good too. I use it in my muck loads for MOW gondolas.

Well done, Dave!

Peter

You all need a weed sprayer set from mth.

I don't know about others, but a good source for "tufts" and tall grass are the "chip-brushes" as shown below. They are meant to be disposable one-time use brushes and made cheap.  I use about five or six dozen a year somehow.  They cost between 65 cents and a dollar plus at the hardware store.  I wait until there is a big sale and buy about six dozen of various sizes.  

You can make your own tufts and lines of tall grass easily with these.  

One technique is the lay down a heavy bead of white glue on the bristles, say about 1/2 inch from the end of the bristles and let it soak through (I apply several layers from both sides, and dry.  Then cut through the dried glue.  You basically have one big "tuft" of yellow tall grass: cut it into small pieces as you want, etc. 

However, I just put down a big drop of white glue and then cut some bristles and stick them into it.  Takes more practices than you would think to get good at inserting the bristles into the glue-drop so they look good, but you learn.  

You can dye the bristles anywhere from light green to dark to brown.  diluted water-based paint works best.