New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
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New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
I planted Phyllostachys parvifolia not long ago and it's shooting fine with nice green leafs on the new shoots ,but the old culm are re-leafing with yellow leafs ,can anyone help with the reason why and what I can do to rectify the situation please
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
This is not uncommon, the plant will invest most of its resources in the new growth. Some additional fertilization might help green up the older culm's leaves, but the culms themselves will stay yellow.
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
Thanks very much Dependable ,I will give it a feed and stop worrying nowdependable wrote:This is not uncommon, the plant will invest most of its resources in the new growth. Some additional fertilization might help green up the older culm's leaves, but the culms themselves will stay yellow.
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
I recall David in TN saying his was prone to pale and he threw Ironite at it to remedy that. Mine in IN did not get unusually pale but mine here in a pot is quite pale and thus far not responding to Ironite nor fertilizer - yet anyway.
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
According to David Crompton, who introduced the plant into the UK, it does have a tendency to yellow if not given a rich soil or regular feeding.
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
Interesting but it's in rich soil and does get regular feeding ,I think as it's new in and the new shoots have green leafs that Dependable Might have hit the nail on the head ..we will see how it gets oniain wrote:According to David Crompton, who introduced the plant into the UK, it does have a tendency to yellow if not given a rich soil or regular feeding.
Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
Dependable is right. Compton is speaking of a mature plant, which I should have made clear.
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
Definitely something to remember for when it is mature thoughtiain wrote:Dependable is right. Compton is speaking of a mature plant, which I should have made clear.
Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
out of all the bamboos I grow Parvifolia is the greediest bar none and if it's not well fed it goes yellow pretty quick. It probably gets double the feed of any equivalent plant - it really is a seriously hungry plant. A rich soil means nothing to this plant it'll deplete that in a few weeks when it gets going. It does seem to respond to a constant supply of nutrients and the results are pretty good in a cool climate.
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Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
Looks fantastic Mark what do you feed with ?
Re: New leafs on old culms yellow help needed please
The carcasses of dead animals, no doubt. That looks like shreddings at the base of the plant. Not many have a ready supply of bamboo foliage to shred. Horse manure, homemade compost, chicken pellets, grass clippings used neat (away from newly emerging culms!) are all good, from what I have read.
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