Congrats canadianplant! You seem to be doing well. Which part of Ontario are you in by the way?

Mark

Hey Wooddy, I've been growing bamboo here in Oakville, ON for almost two years now and it's been going pretty well. Check out my thread to see before and after pictures. http://www.bambooweb.info/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5127 I purchased all my bamboos from bambooworldcanada as canadianplant had ...

Hey Alan, I too had a few praying mantises which laid eggcases. I kept them in the fridge but when I brought it out for the spring to hatch, they all never hatched. Do you guys have any tips for storing eggcases? What kind of container and temperature should it be kept and when should I remove the e...

I agree about the dry cold being a bamboo killer. All my bamboos are perfectly fine when it's freezing or even snowing outside. However, when the snow melts away and it gets windy.....I really start to notice leaf curl and such.

Needmore, I think it really just comes down to microclimates plus the amount of years a particular bamboo species has been given the time to "develop". After that, every year that species should become more used to whatever new climate it is exposed to.

Update: I also posted this in another thread. Location is Oakville, ON Canada Spectabilis and Rufa on Dec 11, 2011: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z360/Fobwall/2011%20-%202012%20Winter%20Pics/Dec_11_Spectabilis.jpg Atrovaginata on the Dec 11, 2011: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z360/Fobwa...

Here are the pics! (Location is Oakville, ON Canada) Spectabilis and Rufa on Dec 11, 2011: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z360/Fobwall/2011%20-%202012%20Winter%20Pics/Dec_11_Spectabilis.jpg Atrovaginata on the Dec 11, 2011: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z360/Fobwall/2011%20-%202012%20Wint...

Hey Canadianplant and Steve, Just to give you an update on my bamboo here in Oakville, Ontario....I did not cover my Spectabilis, Bissetii, and Rufa and they all seem to be doing fine. Bissetii looks perfectly normal, the leaves are not even curled up! Spectabilis hasn't had any leaf burn yet but I ...

I'm in Oakville, Ontario and it seems like I'm a zone 6a. I'm actually pretty impressed with all my species this year. So far without too much snow and a lot of cold nights, my Spectabilis, Atrovaginata, and Bissetii have been doing pretty well; very slight leaf burn at the tips of the leaves withou...

Squishee: looks great! What's the green tarp for again? Winter protection? With a fence that pretty behind the bamboo, I'd take it down for the summer. Thanks Alan! Yeah the green tarp was actually for some wind protection during the wintertime. My dad has been asking me to take it down as well, I'...

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Picture taken on July 15, 2011

I sent you a PM about this, but I'll repeat it here for others. Don't expect the raised bed to contain the rhizomes -- you'll still need to rhizome prune around the outside of the box. I'm growing a couple of Phyllostachys in raised beds like this and the rhizomes escape every year even though the ...

Phyllostachys Spectabilis...over 22 shoots!


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Hey guys, I don't post much but I did post up my P. Spectabilis last year when I first received it. It did really well but had some top kill during this winter, I gave it some protection via plastic sheeting but it wasn't fully covered. I'll post pics from before (from other thread) and then now... ...

Canadianplant, I'm glad to hear and see that your plants are handling the winter pretty well so far. I'm located south of you in Oakville and so far, all my plants don't seem too bad. I have my Phyllostachys Atrovaginata wrapped up in burlap as it is more exposed than my other plants, and it's doing...