Thanks for your help guys i am still a newbie on growing Also how big do you think i can expect this too get

I am in USDA Zone 9 i believe

Also all of my bamboo is pretty much in full sun so i know that can turn the culms that color right

Hmm I dont know but all of the boo came from this grove last year the guy that owns it said it was rubro http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/Bamboo%20propagation%20and%20Neglected%20Grove/Neglected%20Grove/IMAG0080.jpg Here is a new shoot i just took a picture of http://i1124.photob...

Boo as of this evening these are of the first ones in my op http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/Bamboo%20propagation%20and%20Neglected%20Grove/New%20Bamboo%20Propagations/boo-2/IMAG0404.jpg http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/Bamboo%20propagation%20and%20Neglected%2...

Yes Steve i hope we don't get any frost we are going to have a few cool nights and in the upper 60's for daytime highs but do not think we will have frost our lows are gonna be in the upper 30's

I think they are needmoore i have a big mix of it

And here are some pictures from the grove i got all of these divisions from last year its still there but very neglected http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/Bamboo%20propagation%20and%20Neglected%20Grove/Neglected%20Grove/IMAG0080.jpg http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshou...

stevelau1911 yes i would love to get some big Moso and Henon growing
temp topped out at 83 today here is our forcast below

I will get some more pictures this weekend but they have spread about 10 to 12 feet from the mother

Moore new shoots http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/6.jpg http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/8.jpg http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/3.jpg http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcshouston/7.jpg http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l561/itcsho...

And here it is again

jpluddite it had only one its in the background in the pic below
these are also those shoots as of today

dependable we had a very mild winter here if you really want to call it winter

stevelau1911 yes they are everywhere i am also going to be plating some arrow and grey henon around april

jpluddite it was around 8 ft tall