Robert Young seems to be the latest shooter in my small collection.

I took two divisions of vivax a couple of years ago. Each rootball was probably over 100 pounds. I transplanted them pretty close to eachother. On one of the divisions, the culms turned the same color as yours, and within a month or two they were dead. Nothing has ever emerged from underground from ...

I agree with you on that. 10 year old vivax should be at least twice that diameter.

I am inclined to think it is Vivax. The elongated pictures seem to be causing some distortion, but the upper culm sheaths/ shoot resembles Vivax.

David, thank you for your offer. I am unable to travel at the moment, but I will gladly make the trip if my situation changes for the better. I always do enjoy reading your posts, and seeing the updates on your bamboo.

I have read some reports of various nigra forms flowering over the last couple of years, so there is at least some sporadic flowering going on for sure. I have the regular nigra form, and it is not showing any signs yet. It is still quite young though.

I dug a couple of divisions from my old property in 2019. The double culm division died shortly after transplant. No shoots produced in 2020 from surviving division. Now getting a look at the first shoots since the dig.

Brad, things are looking good there in Hawaii. Looking forward to seeing how things progress there in the coming years.

Thats a little far for me to drive at the moment. Was hoping to find a source that would ship. Thank you anyways.

Thanks Steve, I will keep that in mind.

Is this bamboo readily available anywhere in the United States? I have found sources for it overseas, but having trouble finding it in the states.

I think my main issue was that the plant I started with was a small recent division. It was not stable. We also had an unusually dry summer that year. The odds were not in my favor from the start.

Thanks for the info Glen. I might see if Jim Bonner has any in stock. He is Just a couple hours south of me.

I will probably end up trying it again. Will start out with a better plant next time. It seems to have a reputation for being finicky. Maybe its not as finicky as I have been led to believe. Just dont seem to be a lot of pictures of nice groves, considering the amount of people who have tried it.

I used to be active on this forum about ten years ago under a different user name. It was a very active forum then. People seemed to be planting moso left and right. So what ever became of all of this moso? I ask because I tried planting it last year. I thought I stood a decent chance of growing thi...