Thanks moriphen and bambootony. I'll keep taking pic to see how this will grow out over time. Right now the heat is awful so lots of watering.

This is a great thread. Thanks

I get very excited about bamboo that grow new shoots at least twice a big as the last year's growth. The Parker Giant is one of those. Just took this picture today of a new shoot. Can't wait until mine is as big as Chuck's. I got mine from him. http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/1084/parkergia...

That's an awesome sight. Can't wait to see when my can get bigger.



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Looking good! Do you have pic of the whole thing?

What is rain? <-----I think this is for shade now. Definitely need some rain!

farm? hmmm, my brother-in-law have 80 acres of land east of Dallas. idea idea. I wonder how it will do in that weather up there.

Fairly new here myself.

Down in hot and dry Texas!

Thanh

I think you are winning. You have quiet a collection there.

Congrats and keep us update. Want to see how they grow out.

This is what I have. Oldhamii? Some close up pic. Not a very big yard. :cry: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/Thanh_Nguyen/DSC_0159.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/Thanh_Nguyen/DSC_0159c.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/Thanh_Nguyen/DSC_0168c.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums...

Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for posting pics.

Thanks for all the welcomes! I'm glad to found this place. Sugarland is right down the street! :D Right now I got what was sold to me as Bambusa Oldhamii. The more I browse the more I guess this boo is very common. This lady told me she have it for about 3 years, but it's only approx. 1" the bi...

Hello everyone. Just got some bamboo for the backyard recently and now found this place. This is a cool forum. Hope to learn from the gurus on this board.

Cheers,
Thanh