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by BooKing
Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:09 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Can you grow bamboo from seeds?
Replies: 5
Views: 4318

RE: Can you grow bamboo from seeds?

Especially my nitida seedling which has nice variegated green w/ white culms and leaves... :wink:
by Iowaboo
Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:36 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Can you grow bamboo from seeds?
Replies: 5
Views: 4318

RE: Can you grow bamboo from seeds?

Refer to http://bambooweb.info/bb/viewtopic.php?t=148 for our seed adventures. Growing bamboo from seed has many advantages such as genetic diversity, long growing period before it flowers, possible chance to find a cold-hardier seedling, or variegated/special features exhibited.

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by Time_Is_Evil
Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:52 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Can you grow bamboo from seeds?
Replies: 5
Views: 4318

Can you grow bamboo from seeds?

I bought seeds from ebay and was just curious.
by Thuja
Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:38 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: PHYLLOSTACHYS elegans flowers
Replies: 21
Views: 13452

RE: PHYLLOSTACHYS elegans flowers

... see if I can get the flowers pollinated. It would be cool to get a few seeds. Good quote there from "Muscles." Maybe Steve in France knows ... All I know is I have a sudden craving for sauteed fungus with fresh bamboo shoots.
by CadyG
Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:00 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: North American enigma
Replies: 23
Views: 14854

RE: North American enigma

... except for the ancestor of A. gigantea. Also, consider the way that bamboo reproduces. It's seeds don't float on the wind, are largely produced at long-spaced intervals, and if eaten ...
by Eastlandia
Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:46 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: North American enigma
Replies: 23
Views: 14854

North American enigma

... North American landscape. In the short time I have been enthralled by bamboo, I have heard many stories of how it came to being. The most obvious ... in which man crossed the land bridge many years ago and carried the seeds out of mainland Asia. But bamboo can barely survive climates of Alaska ...
by Mike,Marietta,SC,z8a
Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:19 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: What ate my bamboo!
Replies: 11
Views: 7066

RE: What ate my bamboo!

I bait vole traps with witha small dab of peanut butter with a few sunflower seeds stuck on top. The sticky peanut butter makes it difficult for them to steal the bait. I set the traps next to any vole holes I find and cover hole and trap with an upturned bucket ...
by Mike,Marietta,SC,z8a
Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:18 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: What ate my bamboo!
Replies: 11
Views: 7066

RE: What ate my bamboo!

I bait vole traps with witha small dab of peanut butter with a few sunflower seeds stuck on top. The sticky peanut butter makes it difficult for them to steal the bait. I set the traps next to any vole holes I find and cover hole and trap with an upturned bucket ...
by Mike,Marietta,SC,z8a
Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:18 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: What ate my bamboo!
Replies: 11
Views: 7066

RE: What ate my bamboo!

I bait vole traps with witha small dab of peanut butter with a few sunflower seeds stuck on top. The sticky peanut butter makes it difficult for them to steal the bait. I set the traps next to any vole holes I find and cover hole and trap with an upturned bucket ...
by Mike McG
Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:13 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Bamboo Nutrients
Replies: 8
Views: 5190

Manure

... is that 100% fresh horse manure contains everything that makes bamboo happy. I have even grown bamboo seeds in an inch or so of peat moss on top several inches of fresh horse manure and they grew ...
by Roy
Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:07 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: East and southern US importers not on the ball.
Replies: 7
Views: 5485

Re: Brazil bamboo

... The reason I've been so amazed that there aren't many south American bamboos on the east side of the country is because there seem to be quite ... it would be a good investment indeed! And then there is also importing seeds, which are really cheap and alot of species of Merostachys(very beautiful) ...
by green99
Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:11 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: East and southern US importers not on the ball.
Replies: 7
Views: 5485

Brazil bamboo

... The reason I've been so amazed that there aren't many south American bamboos on the east side of the country is because there seem to be quite ... it would be a good investment indeed! And then there is also importing seeds, which are really cheap and alot of species of Merostachys(very beautiful) ...
by Mike McG
Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:03 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Phyllostachys heteroclada seedling
Replies: 207
Views: 79251

Ph heteroclada Seeds

... example, a botanical garden should have a better ID than a backyard gardener who got the plant from someone who thought they had planted 'Water Bamboo? around there somewhere, to exaggerate. Mike in Brenham TX
by Mike McG
Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:50 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Phyllostachys heteroclada seedling
Replies: 207
Views: 79251

Ph heteroclada Seeds

CJ, Congratulations, I presume you are not talking about baby bamboo. gdr41, Yes, I got some from Rick. This is the third time I have tried ... that just sprouted last week. As others have noted and as with many other seeds, temperature appears to play a large role in germination; at least with ...
by Mike McG
Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:53 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Phyllostachys heteroclada seedling
Replies: 207
Views: 79251

Ph heteroclada Source

... going back and reading these posts on this subject, wondering if these seeds were really Ph heteroclada and saw your message above. Are you indicating ... or at least the original distributor thought they were since this bamboo is not in particularly great demand. I guess time will tell when all ...