My sweet shoot that just apeared last monday is now 7 feet tall,the upsizing is amazing on that one from one half a pencil sized 15 inch plant to thumb size in 18 months,,,others that have popped up this week are Hennon Black tumidisanoda Fastuosa herbano tranq shiroshima aurea koi my other bisseti ...

Ive known a few people that have had theirs die here in texas from getting wet, I think they need to be planted on mounds to ensure drainage ,good luck

My first thought was vivax,or viridis ,, the stump pic looks like it has fairly thick walls.

Last Sept I planted some vivax that had been in pots about a year and a half in a spot that sometimes floods,like right now they have been under about 4/5 inches of water for one week,and it may rain again soon. This is the first time in a few years the water reached where they are but I guess they ...

First one up this year was arrow the green onion type doing the rounds today I noticed robert young popping up also sweet shoot that one is up sizing fast,a few spectabalis are showing and I tessalats a few castilons are shooting,HHHmmmI know there was more but I forget,sorry about not putting the r...

for de-branching I use a flush-cut saw,one or two pulls from the underside near the culm and its a nice and smooth

that's definitely true on my S fstuosa,,everything else is already branched out but my fastuosa hasn't popped up,,i may have to start checking on it only every other hour,,,

I'm about to register a dot com name , I've never done it before , any advice about the process is appreciated ,,,,thanks kaylen

Brad, I have some of the inversa ,origanaly from bamboo sorcery, it would be inrtersting to see how they compare,,,Is the division of Semiarundinaria Yashadake Kimmeii you sent me a few years back from the same grove from wich your inversa appeared?

August/September,,,,If they are not established they may shoot any time ,,or recovering from winter damage some smaller shoots pop up from spring on

Rob, I saw some textilis last weekend that was started by culm cuttings,I was surprised as this is a thin walled species and most reports are its not a good candidate for culm cutting propigation,Oldhamii is a very good candidate and should grow pretty good where you live especialy if you can shelte...

I'd think two times the thickness or something close to it

It was a good day for me as well,but next time I want to make a greater effort to get the word out,,,,,,but it was a start ,thanx for comeing you have my number ,drop by anytime,,(almost) later

I had mine in a half wiskey barrel for a year before deciding where to put it ,it was wrapped twice around when I planted it just before last spring,,,but my non verigated tootsik has some kind of problem sisnce about a year that I never figured out ,lot of leaf lossand off color but still alive,,,m...

From what I've heard over the last few years is all three of those are excellent choices,,,I've gotten plants from Bamboo Gardens and was impressed with the quality of shipping ...Bamboo Sorcery also has been very helpful in there costomer service dept,,,there are lots of good choices ,those three i...