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by jd.
Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:59 am
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Ph. virella for sale for a limited time
Replies: 0
Views: 3828

Ph. virella for sale for a limited time

I have an extra Phyllostachys virella rhizome available for sale in early April. This plant is vigorous and among the most cold hardy bamboos, appearing similar to Ph. rubromarginata. Feel free to submit any bids via PM . I'll alternately accept bamboos on my list of wanted plants for trade. Optiona...
by jd.
Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:09 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Bamboo + Salt...
Replies: 11
Views: 7375

Re: Bamboo + Salt...

Even one surviving culm can push new growth in time. :) For fastest recovery, it would be best to avoid disturbing the existing rhizomes and allow new rhizomes to grow into the newly added soil. This strategy is not without risk from another high salt water event. Yet such an event does not occur ev...
by jd.
Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:19 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Phyllostachys virella
Replies: 15
Views: 11929

Re: Phyllostachys virella

The virella here suffered topkill last winter with temperatures down to -27° C (-18° F). It's a survivor, including a recent rhizome division planted out in the open with little care amid the brome grass. Since last winter, recovery growth of that virella bamboo reaches about a meter high. In terms ...
by jd.
Mon May 23, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Looking for spares
Replies: 9
Views: 10282

Re: Looking for spares

I've a surplus of aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' here after a relatively mild winter.

Brad, is this one of the bamboos that you're seeking?
by jd.
Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:55 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: How fast should yellow groove grow?
Replies: 8
Views: 5291

Re: How fast should yellow groove grow?

In addition to water, a bamboo like yellow groove requires fertile soil and full sunlight to grow and spread rapidly. These factors become more important in an area where the bamboo may suffer leaf damage from a cold winter. Is there something I can do to propagate or does it just take a few years b...
by jd.
Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:35 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Newcomer to Bamboo
Replies: 31
Views: 15759

Re: Newcomer to Bamboo

For more success with parvifolia in zone 5, the rhizomes are best planted deep in a fertile low area that receives generous snow cover in the winter and full sun in the growing season. If the snow isn't heavy before temperatures drop, extra snow can be shoveled over a young parvifolia to form an ins...
by jd.
Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:41 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Need advice on containment of bamboo
Replies: 6
Views: 5185

Re: Need advice on containment of bamboo

I'm considering a 30" 60mil barrier completely surrounding the bamboo to keep it out of the neighbor's yard and our other landscaping areas. [...] Will the full containment work? The area of containment is about 3' x 16', minus 1' from the fence, so actually 2' x 16' between the fence and the ...
by jd.
Fri Jun 19, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Different culm colors during the shooting
Replies: 6
Views: 4515

Re: Different culm colors during the shooting

Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' photos:
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by jd.
Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:27 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Different culm colors during the shooting
Replies: 6
Views: 4515

Re: Different culm colors during the shooting

Regarding culm colors, that aureosulcata is a wild bamboo. :D Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' has been growing here since 2009 and I've noticed interesting culm colors over time, especially after colder weather. For example, here's a culm that turned black after winter a couple years ago. F...
by jd.
Fri Jun 19, 2015 7:32 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: comparing Phyllostachys species for edible shoots
Replies: 23
Views: 13272

Re: comparing Phyllostachys species for edible shoots

Thick shoots make a meal,
but add hunger for bamboo
and lean shoots can do. :)
by jd.
Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:04 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: comparing Phyllostachys species for edible shoots
Replies: 23
Views: 13272

Re: comparing Phyllostachys species for edible shoots

Has anyone here tasted shoots from multiple Phyllostachys species? Besides size and quantity and shooting times, how do they compare as far as taste and ease of preparation? Parvifolia is the tastiest among the few bamboos that survive the winters here. :D Fresh parvifolia shoots here are the easie...
by jd.
Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:20 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Ever try to kill a patch and later change your mind?
Replies: 3
Views: 3257

Re: Ever try to kill a patch and later change your mind?

Has anyone done this before? What should I expect for results? Phyllostachys aureosulcata (including f. aureocaulis) appears exceptionally resilient. I've a bamboo of the 'Lama Temple' variety here that initially recovered from a thin culm and a small rhizome fragment. This bamboo continues to spre...
by jd.
Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:09 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Boiling Bamboo?
Replies: 7
Views: 6573

Re: Boiling Bamboo?

jd, what solution do you think is used? just water? water and lime? salt? Besides applying heat, one of the objectives of boiling is to remove water-soluble compounds that would otherwise support microbial growth or insect attack. Plain water would serve this purpose. For flooring, they might also ...
by jd.
Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:37 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Boiling Bamboo?
Replies: 7
Views: 6573

Re: Boiling Bamboo?

Just trying to "stabilize" the piece of bamboo (one node in-tact, -not- drilled out). Think of a flower vase made from bamboo. What is happening is: dry bamboo to a MC of 8% over several weeks -> in Mississippi climate it comes back to around 20% MC -> then it ships to Denver, CO and it c...
by jd.
Wed Jan 07, 2015 5:17 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Boiling Bamboo?
Replies: 7
Views: 6573

Re: Boiling Bamboo?

While I've never read of boiling bamboo, I speculate this method would show some benefit for heat treating bamboo that has the nodes drilled out. However, you may have an easier time reaching a desired temperature using steam or another method of heating. For example, a maker of bamboo rods wrote ab...