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- Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Not AGAIN! Phyllostacys Nigra flowering again.
- Replies: 9
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Re: Not AGAIN! Phyllostacys Nigra flowering again.
Agree, there is a nursery near me selling a bamboo that is flowering everywhere, I pointed it out to him and he keeps selling it so I am starting to consider that his is mis-ID'd if it's not flowering already but in any case stop the sales especially at $99 for 5 gallon size.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Not AGAIN! Phyllostacys Nigra flowering again.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1720
Re: Not AGAIN! Phyllostacys Nigra flowering again.
It is not 100% that they will die, but I would expect it if I were you I fear.
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:51 am
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Cold Tolerance 9A Advice Needed
- Replies: 7
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Re: Cold Tolerance 9A Advice Needed
Hmm, wonder if Hirose is less hardy? My Oldhamii was fine to 26f it never got colder than that.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:56 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Cold Tolerance 9A Advice Needed
- Replies: 7
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Re: Cold Tolerance 9A Advice Needed
D minor Amoenus can handle the upper 20's for a bit, but B textilis should be hardier as well as B oldhamii. My Oldhamii in north CA got over 30' and never took damage in the upper 20's.
But I suspect all would die at 14F.
But I suspect all would die at 14F.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Bambusa nana
- Replies: 22
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Re: Bambusa nana
Doing quite well for a 3 year old
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Bamboo mites
- Replies: 18
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Re: Bamboo mites
I’ve come to live with them here as they are too rampant to try and fight. None of my plants are ugly from them but most have them, a few seem less inclined.
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Winter Kill
- Replies: 19
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Re: Winter Kill
I do not miss winter bamboo damage and the subsequent cleanup...
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:24 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Large Grove Removal With Photos
- Replies: 8
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Re: Large Grove Removal With Photos
Right, they must be disconnected from anything with foliage/leaves or they’ll just keep going.
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Large Grove Removal With Photos
- Replies: 8
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Re: Large Grove Removal With Photos
They will keep coming up for a few years but regular mowing keeps them under control. Ideally you try to exhaust the rhizomes by letting new shoots get several inches tall between mowings. This is maybe not ideal for a lawn but your situation does not look’lawny’ so if it were me I’d just keep mowin...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:42 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Large Grove Removal With Photos
- Replies: 8
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Re: Large Grove Removal With Photos
Just mow it.
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Winter Kill
- Replies: 19
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Re: Winter Kill
You can cut it down now but I would wait until a new crop of culms are up, leafed out, and when you press a thumbnail against the culm it does not leave a mark. Might take until September! Just my way of going about it, in my experience if you cut them too soon the new culms can tend to be floppy an...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:58 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Dividing a bamboo clump
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1307
Re: Dividing a bamboo clump
Sounds right to me! On the cuttings it is recommended to shorten the branches down to a few viable buds and some people swear by filling the cut culms with water and keeping them full - never tried that yet, my last one were solid so I couldn't but why not?
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:07 am
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Saving newly planted waterlogged bamboo
- Replies: 12
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Re: Saving newly planted waterlogged bamboo
Probably best before shooting, worst right after.
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:24 am
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Saving newly planted waterlogged bamboo
- Replies: 12
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Re: Saving newly planted waterlogged bamboo
I've never paid attention to the time of year to do it, I suspect that there is a proper one, I did just see an old demo that said right before shooting is the only time they do it, but I'd do it if I were you and see what happens. The video I saw was produced by Bamboo Sourcery in CA and I suspect ...
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Saving newly planted waterlogged bamboo
- Replies: 12
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Re: Saving newly planted waterlogged bamboo
Yeah, Oldhamii will work from culm cuttings. The cuttings take a year or more to really be ready to plant so often nurseries don't like the wait and do divisions instead as they are a bit faster.