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Gracilis bamboo dying, and it's spreading through row now
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:00 pm
by minimatt
Re: Gracilis bamboo dying, and it's spreading through row no
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:34 pm
by Alan_L
What's on the other side of the fence? Possible that the neighbors are doing something to the soil or spraying something? Some people are paranoid about bamboo...
Re: Gracilis bamboo dying, and it's spreading through row no
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:16 am
by JamesF
Hi there,
I have a row of Gracilis along the sie of my pool and it is starting to look exactly like the photos minimatt posted.
I am presuming the cause is something to do with the chemistry of the pool water 'poisoning' the plants. But does anyone know whether it is chlorine, salt, ph, hardness etc that would be the cause? or too soggy? It is definitely not the neighbours!
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
James
Re: Gracilis bamboo dying, and it's spreading through row no
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:34 am
by RichieRich
Did you ever figure this out? We have a similar issue with Gracilis. Our neighbours put an above ground plunge pool in along the fence in summer, and they left the water running - a lot of water leaks through, but we do have good drainage. I wonder if it was the chlorine that perhaps caused this.
That was 4 months ago, and I would have expected it to recover. There are a few new ones growing, but not nearly has thick or hardy as the bamboo further along the fence. Many of the new shoots die off before they grow more than a few inches. Lots of black spots on the branches too. Very curious and concerned as I can't find a definitive answer anywhere.