I think Moso just takes time and a little tending. I have Moso in a very hot dry climate.( humidity is around 10% in the summer) Chico CA. Put in as a 36 inch box, But lots of stress and infrequent watering. ( clay soil helps me survive the moisture problem- water maybe every 3 weeks in 100 plus deg...

I will probably grow another crop of the Sunn Hemp it to suppress weeds and use as mulch when the monsoons stop.....!!! Bio char is a little more than just burning the rice hulls. The process is more like making charcoal in something that can be airless a some point to stop the burning to create ch...

Anyone else seeing this going to seed? I may have caused it by digging it out and forgetting to pot the clump for a couple of weeks and stressing it severely. I then move it to more sun from the original location. I'll let you know if the seeds seem viable. My Tsuboi when it went to seed grew hundre...

I'm sort of down sizing my Bamboo collection. I don't think many have the Othello at this point, although I have been off the site for about 7 years due to jobs etc. ( Bamboo4me, now Bamboo4me2 as I changed jobs and the email was linked to my other employer.) I have 2 groves that have stayed true to...