As an update for anyone reading this, I ended up getting some Orthene / acephate .97 in granular form. Watered it in aggressively today with a dosage slightly above the minimum recommended for aphids. Ended up doing everything in one go, because there are some aphids on all of them and I want to wip...

You could be correct as greenhouse growers used to tell me both Orthene and Imidichloprid lost their effect on aphids after a few applications. You might be better off using a quick knock-down chem like Permethrim. I think I saw some of that at a nursery I frequent on the weekends. I'll have to che...

[realized I put this in the wrong section originally, so re-posted here and deleted the original] Hi all, I appeal to the collective wisdom of this forum once more, as I am continuing to deal with an aphid problem. It was largely abated due to Imidacloprid granules that I had been watering in, coup...

And more!
Finally got something out of the 'Asian Lemon' bamboo, I've been waiting and hoping for a while!
Close up:
Hopefully more to come from both plants, but this is a good start.

And some more... Finally getting fresh canes out of this B. multiplex 'Silver Stripe': bmulti_silverstripe_plant1.JPG And found these two cropping up almost overnight on one of my other B. oldhamii. Same plant as earlier post, but hopefully a better shot. First time I've gotten more than 1 cane out ...

Got some updates and some new ones! :D My B. multiplex seem to be getting a second wave of shoots. There are already some popping out of the canopy from the last round, but between the favorable weather and liberal Miracid this season, they are apparently not done. :mrgreen: goldeng_plant1.JPG golde...

Looks like one of my other B. oldhamii is finally kicking into gear. The is the second of them to push out shoots already. I thought it was just the one in the foreground, but check the pics carefully, there is a second new shoot in the background.

Watering today and spotted this sucker. Was not there two days ago. One of my four B. oldhamii, hopefully the others are soon to follow suit. Also have a B. oldhamii 'Hirose' not far away, would be nice to see that one get going. oldhamii_shoot1.JPG oldhamii_shoot2.JPG As an update, this sucker has ...

Progress so far, from this (April 25th):



To this (today):

First of the bigger plants to get going are these. Sizing up on the B. dissimulator is fantastic: Looks good, what is your climate zone? Pretty broad range of species there! I think we technically fall under 9b. I have quite a few other big'uns that I am hoping will size up accordingly this year. S...

First of the bigger plants to get going are these. Sizing up on the B. dissimulator is fantastic:

A couple more:

And some varieties of B. multiplex, always some of the first to go for me:

I have a few going at the moment:

Y. boliana is a mountain bamboo that lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Like other mountain bamboos, it requires real cool nights to overcome high daytime temps. This is not a plant that will do well in the desert. It's always fun to see if you can beat the environmental odds but it's also up...