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- Wed May 25, 2022 4:31 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Bory flowering
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1630
Re: Bory flowering
David, Thanks for the reply. it would be my intention to propagate the seeds in pots but i can collect them when they fall. i like the idea of having many small plants as it's so hard to make small divisions that are viable. i wonder if the Nigra will flower soon if the Henon, Megurochiku and Bory h...
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:44 am
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Bory flowering
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1630
Bory flowering
Hi all, I havent been here in years but thought I'd stop by to say my Bory is flowering and ask: when is the best time/when to collect the seeds? i wouldn't mind growing up some small plants to see if I can do it. It's such a strong variety
-Alan in Seattle
-Alan in Seattle
- Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:01 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Bamboo Mite Reality Check
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12409
Re: Bamboo Mite Reality Check
given how rapidly they reproduce I would not be surprised if the bamboo mites up there are not only more cold resistant, but have evolved as such. down here they seem to have population booms & busts, which I thought had something to do with the weather but maybe not. my latest treatments so far...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:02 am
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Dark specks only on the moso
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9320
Re: Dark specks only on the moso
I get the same spots on my young mosos (the ones that still have big leaves); but the more mature plant has none of these spots. They are growing in the same conditions but I have no idea if they are the same cultivar...and what's up with the big leaves on the little guys? Maybe it has something to ...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:25 am
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Bad news in Prince Edward Island
- Replies: 49
- Views: 27456
Re: Bad news in Prince Edward Island
the rain is nice though. nothing like clean air. by resistant i mean not proof...like a nylon rain jacket. sorry about the confusion. the colonies on the dulcis & moso were sparse and easily pruned away but the damage looked similar although more on the edges and mid-leaf. i suppose this if beca...
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:31 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Bad news in Prince Edward Island
- Replies: 49
- Views: 27456
Re: Bad news in Prince Edward Island
Shmu, What I have noticed is that any bamboo will pick up mites (see some recent posts for photos). Thay are even on my bashania fargesii in very small numbers; but they also seem to have a much easier time really taking over certain species. I have a castillon that they have really taken to right i...
- Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:13 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Bad news in Prince Edward Island
- Replies: 49
- Views: 27456
Re: Bad news in Prince Edward Island
has anyone tried Kontos? i heard from Rosemania that it's a new product with good systemic action
- Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:08 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: mite damage on Bashania Fargesii
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2984
mite damage on Bashania Fargesii
i am very disappointed to see this although the damage is minimal, had thought the hairy b. fargesii would be immune.
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:22 am
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Aureosulcata Flowering
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12158
Re: Aureosulcata Flowering
Bashania Fargesii may be quite hardy. Mine puts up shoots all year..it also runs like crazy! I can spare some next spring if you can't find it elsewhere (i am roughly between bamboo garden and booshoot).
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:21 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: Bamboo Mite Reality Check
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12409
Re: Bamboo Mite Reality Check
wow that's bad! looks like what they do to s. fatuosa...and i am saying that from here in mite central. is the plant somewhere near a heat source where the mites don't freeze off in the winter?
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:35 am
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: does imidacloprid work as well as disulfoton?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4029
Re: does imidacloprid work as well as disulfoton?
yes I have used avid in the past but i live in the city and do not wish to spray. i would rather just do without anything than spray. what i was using before was a granular type systemic that you can just put on the soil for a more times release. i also understand this is not considered as effective...
- Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:25 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: does imidacloprid work as well as disulfoton?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4029
does imidacloprid work as well as disulfoton?
there was a sytemic put out by bayer that worked well for me to keep the mites off that had disulfoton and imidacloprid but is now unavailable. they have another similar granular product with imidacloprid but the label does not list mites, while the one with the disulfoton did. i am interested in th...
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:01 pm
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: FYI 1 year moso & dulcis mite test results
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6543
Re: FYI 1 year moso & dulcis mite test results
do you have mites in NS? i dont think the mites we have would survive in your area. if we have a cold dry spell in the winter here there is a noticeable decrease in mite activity the next year (cold and dry for us is a few nights around -10 c). i only tested these two because they are reputed to hav...
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:22 am
- Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
- Topic: FYI 1 year moso & dulcis mite test results
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6543
FYI 1 year moso & dulcis mite test results
after reading that moso and dulcis are mite proof i decided to place some small plants (one of each) under (and in direct contact with) a heavily infested mature grove of black. it has been more than a year since then and i can definitely say-and prove they are not mite proof yet are resistant. ther...
- Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:55 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Phyllostachys atrovaginata shoots breaking in half
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11693
Re: Phyllostachys atrovaginata shoots breaking in half
mine break too. i tried a splint last year as an experiment to see if the top could survive with only a fraction of the culm intact. it did and fully leafed out...until snow weight bent my splint and the top died off.
here is an image from 2011
here is an image from 2011