I've collected about 50 seeds from my 14 year old grove of flowering Pseudosasa japonica and wonder if anyone would like to trade a piece of clumping bamboo for them? I'm in Northwest Georgia and have had good luck with Alphonse Karr, so I'd love to try something else.
P. Japonica 'Arrow Bamboo' seeds -trade for clumping bamboo?
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Re: P. Japonica 'Arrow Bamboo' seeds -trade for clumping bam
Are you sure seeds are viable? P. japonica is known to flower occasionally, but as far as I know, they won't produce viable seeds.
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Nope. No clue if they're viable or not...
It's the first time this grove has flowered, so I've not had a chance to try any. I collected another 20 yesterday that had dropped to some sheets I laid out on the ground.
They're plumpers!
It's the first time this grove has flowered, so I've not had a chance to try any. I collected another 20 yesterday that had dropped to some sheets I laid out on the ground.
They're plumpers!
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Re: P. Japonica 'Arrow Bamboo' seeds -trade for clumping bam
Try germinating them. They should start very fast when fresh. Photo of the seeds perhaps? I have a bit of bamboo seedling growing deprivation
Re: P. Japonica 'Arrow Bamboo' seeds -trade for clumping bam
Those sure look like good seed! It's important to sow them while fresh... although I don't know exactly what that means. A couple of weeks? Longer?
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Re: P. Japonica 'Arrow Bamboo' seeds -trade for clumping bam
These look great, well developed! Congrats!
Fresh as up to a couple of months. 6 months possibly a year in the fridge. After that, some bamboos lose viability completely like Moso, some can still sprout but with low germination rate.
Fresh as up to a couple of months. 6 months possibly a year in the fridge. After that, some bamboos lose viability completely like Moso, some can still sprout but with low germination rate.
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Sorry, I keep having issues linking photos to this site. I thought Google or OneDrive would suffice, but problems persist. It's likely me, though.
Is short-term storage in the fridge considered the best way to keep them for a few weeks? They're in a little plastic bottle with a silica pack for now.
I don't know what I'll end up doing with them, but I'll keep collecting while the gettin' is good. Can I assume the grove I took these plants from years ago is flowering, as well? I may drive by there and see if I can spy it..
Is short-term storage in the fridge considered the best way to keep them for a few weeks? They're in a little plastic bottle with a silica pack for now.
I don't know what I'll end up doing with them, but I'll keep collecting while the gettin' is good. Can I assume the grove I took these plants from years ago is flowering, as well? I may drive by there and see if I can spy it..
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Re: P. Japonica 'Arrow Bamboo' seeds -trade for clumping bam
For a few weeks, don't even bother, if you don't mean to sow them soon, then yes, place them into the fridge when the seeds are properly dry.sporkandbeans wrote:Is short-term storage in the fridge considered the best way to keep them for a few weeks?
Possibly bot not likely. Pseudosasa japonica is flowering from time to time and it's not gregarious flowering like with many bamboos, it happens sporadically. I have one and I've never seen it flower.sporkandbeans wrote:Can I assume the grove I took these plants from years ago is flowering, as well?