kate1song wrote:I don't know about the herbicide sabotage. I haven't sprayed anything and the house next to me is abandoned. I live in Florida on the Gulf Coast near Tampa.

Is it possible that you are experiencing salt water intrusion?

We planted various phylostaches in 2013, and they did quite well until the 2020 growing season when squirrels decimated the new shoots. Our outdoor only cat was a pretty good hunter and spent most of her time near the bamboo, but she passed away in late 2019. She was replaced, but the new cat is mal...