2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymore!

[mantis]

I have new leafs on everything, but only new shoots on B. multi. 'Golden goddess' and B. multi 'Alphonse Karr'. None of my larger boo are shooting.

[serenityinbamboo]

Today I noticed that my lako has a few new, smaller shoots and my (still waiting to confirm) betung asper is leafing out, as well as my monestery, textilis gracilis and alphonse karr.

[foxd]

Today I found the first shoots from my Phyllostachys aureosulcata, they were delicious.

Leaves are starting to sprout on the Phyllostachys aurea 'Holochrysa', Arundinaria gigantea and Pleioblastus pygmaeus.

[EBinNC]

boonatick,
I know what you mean. My moso last year was about 3/8 of an inch in diameter and about 4 1/2 ft tall for the largest shoots. This year I have many shoots and 2 of them are at least 1 inch in diameter.

[foxd]

Sasa tsuboiana has put up a couple of shoots.

[mshaffer]

My biggest Moso shoot since I planted a couple years ago, yay.

[Roy]

My biggest Moso shoot since I planted a couple years ago, yay.

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Is this your moso seedling?

[mshaffer]

Yup, here's a couple pics of my seedlings. The one that is totally top killed is from midatlanticbamboo.com. Apparently their Moso seedlings are less hardy.

[Roy]

Yup, here's a couple pics of my seedlings. The one that is totally top killed is from midatlanticbamboo.com. Apparently their Moso seedlings are less hardy.

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I've lived in Florida for over 30 years now and I'm not used to seeing the trees with no leaves on them. Reminds me of my old Mississippi days and squirrel hunting in Autumn. "Autumn"! Now that's a word I haven't used in a very long time.

[CJ_IS_HERE]

My zig zag shot up 2 thumb sized culms yesterday... 6 inches overnight. Everything else is showing new leafs... My 2nd year moso has 6 new shoots. Warming up here too 60s-70s all week.
Take care
CJ

[Jeff: Igor's Apprentice]

Pleioblastus simonii and Fargesia 'Rufa' shooting.

[CJ_IS_HERE]

Well this am...my arow has 6 new shoots popping out. Vitatta had real bad cold kill... one little sprout showing its head popping up. Nuda 3 new shoots this am. Buddhas got really cold killed... not sure they will rebound or not. Moso out by the pond has 3 new shoots too.

[foxd]

I found the first shoot of the year from the Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'. This brings the number of species shooting to seven.

[bambooweb]

I can finally say that I have bamboo shooting this year.
The plants that are shooting are Pleioblastus viridistriatus 'Chrysophyllus', Pl. fortunei, and Sasa veitchii.

In the greenhouse Phyllostachys kwangsiensis also has a shoot.

We are still getting lows into the lower 20*F so I don't want to many tender shoots poking out of the ground.

Bill

[igrowbamboo]

All the usual suspects are doing their thing.
I was particularly happy to see my total top kill D.Strictus
has a small shoot.