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by LA Bamboo
Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:14 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Awesome bamboo division tool!
Replies: 5
Views: 2149

Re: Awesome bamboo division tool!

Today I tried to divide a few Alphonse Karr and used only the b'root bar. No digging, no sawing and only cutting the culms on the edges to make working easier. Went around it twice then hacked/pried through the middle. A smaller bamboo (2'6" diameter) took me about two minutes of hard work to s...
by LA Bamboo
Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:50 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Awesome bamboo division tool!
Replies: 5
Views: 2149

Re: Awesome bamboo division tool!

I haven't, but looking at one online it would certainly do a better job than my crowbar did. I would guess that the b'root bar would make quicker work of divisions due the size of the head. It's not cheap but should be a buy it for life tool and really does a good job on large tree roots. Wouldn't b...
by LA Bamboo
Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:42 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Awesome bamboo division tool!
Replies: 5
Views: 2149

Awesome bamboo division tool!

I now have many large clumping bamboos on my property and divide them as I clear new fence line. For a few years I've been going at it with a reciprocating saw with 12" pruning blades, a shovel and a crowbar. I saw something called a b'root bar on amazon and decided to give it a try. If you're ...
by LA Bamboo
Sun Oct 22, 2017 3:16 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Propagation from cuttings
Replies: 12
Views: 9314

Re: Propagation from cuttings

Ophiuchus, I've tried the method you linked as well as vertical culm placement with 1-3 nodes, aquaponic cloner and made a 4x4 raised bed with shade cloth and misters dedicated just to bamboo cuttings. 2 node vertical cuttings in the shaded/misted bed gave me my highest success rate...around 20-30%....
by LA Bamboo
Tue Sep 12, 2017 12:41 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Cut shoots in winter or leave?
Replies: 3
Views: 3823

Re: Cut shoots in winter or leave?

Thanks for the replies. Potentially triggering new shooting was my concern, but not wasting energy on doomed shoots was what I was hoping for. This question was regarding only my Oldhamii hedge, which is starting to produce 2"+ diameter culms. Maybe I'll play around with a few plants and let th...
by LA Bamboo
Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:47 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Cut shoots in winter or leave?
Replies: 3
Views: 3823

Cut shoots in winter or leave?

Last year was my first year growing bamboo, and my plants only seemed to stop shooting Nov.-Feb. The new shoots that developed in October and very early November all died. Should I cut new shoots that appear late in the year, or just let my plants do their thing?
by LA Bamboo
Mon May 22, 2017 7:06 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?
Replies: 19
Views: 16460

Re: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?

Everything matches up to my untrained eye...shoots, size, culm sheath, growth pattern and I was assured by Old Oaks that their Oldhamii was ID'd properly. If I didn't have so many of them, I might have never had this trait manifest. I've been extremely aggressive with dividing a couple of plants, an...
by LA Bamboo
Mon May 22, 2017 3:01 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?
Replies: 19
Views: 16460

Re: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?

Why does my first image always post properly, but subsequent images in the same post give links? I'm sure it's user err, but unsure of what I'm doing wrong.
by LA Bamboo
Mon May 22, 2017 3:00 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?
Replies: 19
Views: 16460

Re: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?

All of my oldhamii were purchased from Old Oaks Nursery in Florida. They are upsizing even faster than I had hoped. All were purchased as one gallon plants, and the first were planted early May 2016. In just over a year the first two planted have culms 16-18' tall, and one just pushed up a new culm ...
by LA Bamboo
Mon May 22, 2017 2:18 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?
Replies: 19
Views: 16460

Re: Is this Bambusa oldhamii?

Digging up an old dead thread here, but I wanted to comment that my oldhamii do exhibit a zig-zag pattern in the smaller culms. All culms over 1" diameter are straight, but my smaller culms sometimes (not always...and not usually) zig-zag. I have 38 oldhamii plants at this point, 5 of which hav...
by LA Bamboo
Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:47 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Bamboo ID please
Replies: 13
Views: 10634

Re: Bamboo ID please

Thank you for taking the time to educate me on all of this. I had no idea how useful culm sheaths could be in proper ID of bamboo. I feel like I just earned 1 credit hour in Bootany and owe you tuition!
by LA Bamboo
Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:51 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Bamboo ID please
Replies: 13
Views: 10634

Re: Bamboo ID please

Great info and links Glen. My plants seem to match the description that you linked perfectly: "Culms 1–3 m, 3–5 mm in diam.; internodes solid. Branches usually bent downward, bow-shaped. Culm sheath slanted along one side, apex asymmetrically arched-convex. Ultimate branches with 13–23 leaves; ...
by LA Bamboo
Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:04 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Bamboo ID please
Replies: 13
Views: 10634

Re: Bamboo ID please

So almost every Chinese Goddess for sale online has larger leaves than my bamboo. The sellers who have contacted me back with those larger leaf plants all confirm they aren't solid culms. The plant that I divided looked exactly like this bamboo's neglected twin: https://www.plantdelights.com/product...
by LA Bamboo
Sat Apr 08, 2017 1:32 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Bamboo ID please
Replies: 13
Views: 10634

Re: Bamboo ID please

I've been searching and can't find any other solid culm small multiplex with tiny leaves. Does anyone know of one?
by LA Bamboo
Sat Apr 08, 2017 12:39 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussions
Topic: Be careful out there!
Replies: 3
Views: 5639

Be careful out there!

I had a bunch of trees felled on my property yesterday. The owner of the company was very friendly and obviously knew his stuff. He must have told me "safety first" 3 times...an hour later he was waiting to be airlifted for probable broken pelvis/possible broken lower back. 30+ years exper...