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- Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:58 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Running bamboo - Stopping growth in one direction ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4087
Re: Running bamboo - Stopping growth in one direction ?
Thanks for the input. I am surprised no one else has chimed in about keeping bamboo away from unwanted areas (other than a barrier or trenching or........). Does anyone use drip sprayers, 90 or 180 degrees, to limit growth in any direction ? I suppose when the rains come, they will send out shoots t...
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:54 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Running bamboo - Stopping growth in one direction ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4087
Re: Running bamboo - Stopping growth in one direction ?
We live in Grants Pass, OR. Usually little or no rain from June thru Oct. Last month it was 80-90-100 degrees every day.
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:21 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Running bamboo - Stopping growth in one direction ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4087
Running bamboo - Stopping growth in one direction ?
Greetings. I planted 12 running boo in August 2013. In a row, spacing was 8 feet, o/c. They are mostly Pseudosasa japonica viridula and akebono with a few Hibanobambusa shiroshima in the mix. They are growing and spreading just fine. I have drip sprayers placed front and back of the boo. I want them...
- Sat May 31, 2014 3:54 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Slugs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5345
Re: Slugs
I bought some "Sluggo Plus" for our strawberries. It is iron plus Spinosad (which is a natural bacteria). Seems to work OK.
- Sat May 31, 2014 3:48 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Fargesia dracocephala "Rufa" Newbie has many questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9194
Re: Fargesia dracocephala "Rufa" Newbie has many questions
So.....15 months later: The new shoots were 3-4 feet and the boo is now about 8 foot tall and 6-7 feet wide. I'm too inept to post a picture. They get a lawn fertilizer light feeding about 3-4 times a year. I have augmented our drip with a rainbird type adjustable sprinkler on a stand for a GOOD wat...
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:11 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussions
- Topic: There is bamboo in my toothpaste ! !
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4182
There is bamboo in my toothpaste ! !
I bought some natural toothpaste today. www.jason-natural.com
Listed among ingredients is "..........Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Powder"
Now you know
Listed among ingredients is "..........Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Powder"
Now you know
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:33 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Neighbors mites traveling
- Replies: 42
- Views: 27720
Re: Neighbors mites traveling
Hi Van........any results yet ?
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:56 am
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Need Advice on growing bamboo for the first time
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7937
Re: Need Advice on growing bamboo for the first time
Hi John. I am new to bamboo but planted F. dracocephala "Rufa" which is rated down to -15 F in USDA zones 5 - 9.
Coldest it has been here in So. Oregon in the last 6 years was about +20 F.
Coldest it has been here in So. Oregon in the last 6 years was about +20 F.
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Need Advice on growing bamboo for the first time
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7937
Re: Need Advice on growing bamboo for the first time
OK, I'll jump in as no one else has yet replied. We wanted to screen out a neighbor's fence; and another section to screen road. We planted Fargisia rufa, a clumping boo, three years ago and they are now about 6' x 6'. Road boo went in this year (F. rufa) and is doing well. We planted on 2' mounds t...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:42 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Spray leafs with liquid kelp ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1976
Re: Spray leafs with liquid kelp ?
Made by www.gsplantfoods.com and made from Ascophyllum Nodosu.
About 1+% N; 0.23%P and 6%K. Trace amounts of sulfur, magnesium, calcium, sodium, boron, iron, manganese, copper, zinc and carbohydrates. Use 1 part kelp to 10 parts water.
About 1+% N; 0.23%P and 6%K. Trace amounts of sulfur, magnesium, calcium, sodium, boron, iron, manganese, copper, zinc and carbohydrates. Use 1 part kelp to 10 parts water.
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:23 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Spray leafs with liquid kelp ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1976
Spray leafs with liquid kelp ?
Bought some for our veggie garden and was going to spray our Rufa leafs. Anyone do this ?
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:08 am
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Fargesia dracocephala "Rufa" Newbie has many questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9194
Re: Fargesia dracocephala "Rufa" Newbie has many questions
So, two years later.....here is a report. The bamboo is growing well; about 5-6' high and 6' wide. No replies about keeping the dry areas wet.....but I did set up a Rainbird adjustable sprinkler on a stand and gave all areas a good, long watering once a week. Probably was a good thing. Any and all c...
- Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:03 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Putting layer of manure on grove
- Replies: 50
- Views: 24777
Re: Putting layer of manure on grove
Well, I'm a day late and a dollar short, as the old saying goes. :lol: We live in Grants Pass, OR and a local building contractor is pals with the person who started and runs www.mycorrhizae.com. He was visiting us and started to pick up brown mushrooms or fungi, or whatever, for his pal. Guess his ...
- Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:05 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Mites on bamboo, or bamboo mites?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3914
Re: Mites on bamboo, or bamboo mites?
AlanL:
What was the name of the systemic miticide, please?
What was the name of the systemic miticide, please?
- Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:38 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Fargesia dracocephala "Rufa" Newbie has many questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9194
Re: Fargesia dracocephala "Rufa" Newbie has many questions
I'm baaaack............. :roll: The bamboo is doing OK. About 20% of leafs on each plant have yellow/burnt tips. (As I recall, this happened last winter and it cleared up in summer. Is this too much water, such as what happens to blades of grass when they cannot absorb excess water and the tips die?...