What makes Black Bamboo black?

serenityinbamboo · Post by **serenityinbamboo** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:39 pm

BooKing wrote...

The only 'Fact' I know about bamboo is that it is highly addictive

I whole heartedly AGREE

And like any other addictive substance, you just CAN NOT GET ENOUGH

CJW · Post by **CJW** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:20 pm

foxd wrote:CJW: I am wondering how you treat your P. nigra under the metal halide lamps. Fertilizer? Watering? Do you mist the leaves regularly? I'm curious about every detail.

The fertilizer was a full spectrum version of 20-20-20 in a slow release form. Yes, there was a bit of copper in it too. The bamboo was watered during the dark cycle, and the leaves were misted. The lamps were 4 ft above the plants as to not give them UV radiation burns. The wattage of my bulb was 1000W HO version MH.

UV triggers the oxidation of the Tyrosine which inturn causes the black to occur. This can happen rapidly or gradually depending pn the nutrition availible. Yes, copper is nessesary to being the oxidation of tyrosine into melanin.

1000W MH lamp costs a tonne of Kw/hrs per month.. I don't do this anymore because it got WAY too expensive.

foxd · Post by **foxd** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:43 am

CJW: I may try adding a fertilizer with copper and misting my black bamboo next year to see if that speeds up the color change.

coolshare · Post by **coolshare** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:55 pm

I feel the Nigra family could turn black in some condition.

Here is one on Bory

<img src="http://bambooweb.info/images/crafts/diff_bory.jpg">

I am doing some experiment on henon to see if I can make it black

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