Hello Alan, My property is pretty well shielded to the north. There is an open lot to the west. I would guess I just got lucky. I did not find any leaf curl, everything looked amazingly good. The forcast says 55 deg by friday. I will take another look then and see if there is any change. The plants ...

Hello Bamboo group,
I checked my Bamboo today and found no real damage.
We had a few nights that were 5 deg. with light wind.
Other than my Bissetti and Rubro covered in snow. Everything is GREEN...
I'm 40 miles North of st louis.

There is a grove that I have spotted going to my sisters house. It is in the middle of some woods so I can only see the tops poking out above the trees, it must be ateast 50'. I spoke with a guy that was on the road and asked him about it and he said that there are some 4-5" culms in there (we...

YUP!!! I spotted a grove of Yellow grove that I pass almost everyday for the last 30 years. The grove covers the whole property. The biggest is about 2 inches or less. I will get some photos soon to post. There is also a grove of unknown bamboo that I have heard mythical stories about but can not sp...

I have a question about wintering and watering... If you are storing potted bamboo in the basement "Un-heated fruit cellar" or like Brad does outside, Do you need to water them or just leave them for the winter? P.S. I just got back from Savanna Ga. I should have contacted the guys here to...

Hello Brad, Sorry I did not make it to your Bamboo Celebration Day. Barth, who is my best pal in California wife died suddenly on 9-11 from Sarcoma of the liver. I was told saturday and was in California 12 hours later. I expected to be back by thursday but the funeral was not until friday the folow...

I will be there!!!!
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I am with you there bigone5500!!!!
If the rabbits would eat the bamboo I would not be so mad....'BUT NOOOO!!!!
They just chew off the shoot and leave it lying then move on to the next....
Just got my air rifle sighted in this W/E.
Say goodbye BUGS!!!!

benboo wrote:My dog loves bamboo and raspberry bushes. she killed my first thimble berry plant.....

Hey Benboo,
I think you are a bit mixed up?????
Pippin eats cats not bamboo.

Hello Alan, The flies look like fruit flies, just a bit smaller than house fly with rounded wings. I forgot to spray one of my bamboos when I had the bayer out. This one Bamboo had tons of flyies while the others had none! The flies are just sitting on the culms as you walk up and they must be sucki...

Hello Benboo,
My P. Nigra has been a disapointment, as Needmore had cautioned.
My inground top-killed and the potted has not had but maybe one small shoot.
Maybe it is this speciffic genus???
Not nearly as hardy as most sellers websites describe...
Your climate-species may have better results.

Hello Alan,
I think my Dachshund could fix your problem.

Hello Bamboo group, Was in the yard tonight with a flashlight hunting nightcrawlers for a fish outing with Dalton "my son" in the morning. WOW!!! I must have found 20 new shoots from the Rubro and Bissetii I got from Needmore Bamboo in 2009. No big shoots but there sure are lots of them, a...

Ok so maybe I don;t have the mites on my Bamboo....
My leaves look nothing like the photo FoxD posted.
But those little flys are sure doing some damage.
It has been 2 days since I sprayed the Bayer.
My Bamboo has never looked happier.

My dad just drowns them!!!
but he has a well pump and unlimited water.
Its fun when they pop up and you smash them with a shovel.
But mostly they just drown in the ground. The only way I know is that they never dig up the yard again.