They are more purple than red, like yours. They look red in the sun, and now looking at them in the shade, they are much darker, blackish at a glance. Still on my back porch in pots, I'm afraid. d-p I'm very glad to hear that as my McClure & Anceps seedlings are still in pots as well. They'll g...

d-p - From which cultivar's seed did the reds come out of? The nitida reds I have are more of a purple red. 1 - typical of my nitida reds Fargesia nitida by north entrance at Brett's nursery Argyle-20130521-03405.jpg 2 - murielae red sheaths Fargesia murielae PEI red culm sheaths.jpg 3 - one of the ...

V-I The Fargesias only tolerate the dryness as nights on the coast are always cool - +15c or lower and foggy, I guess the high humidity helps immeasurably. We are usually not this dry but recovering from the extreme drought of 2016, a good 10" of rain would fix that. Some colours appeared in th...

We were out to the coast yesterday and took some shots of the Fargesia spp. First are two F. nitida we grew from seed after the 2010 flowering. They have been slow to bulk up but they receive no irrigation and weathered the record-breaking drought of 2016 and the dry summer - mainly July - of 2017, ...

Kew uses compressed air injectors to loosen compacted soil beneather trees.

john

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Very good predator information Rai.

Viel Dank

johnw

dp - Imidacloprid is not registered for the control of spider mites, several documents even report an increase of mites after its application. So guess bamboo mites would also be unaffected. joa.isa-arbor.com/request.asp?JournalID=1&ArticleID=3224&Type=2 or Google: Effects of Imidacloprid on...

Apparently Oregon State-USDA research does not jive with what the ABS says, the latter there are no mites on rhizomes. See here what USDA says: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/Bamboo/cultural.htm That BM web is mighty impervious and I can easily see how rhizome mites under tight rhizome sheaths...

Rick - Sorry to hear your infestation is bad. Both the Safers and Malathion are contact sprays so they will not penetrate the impervious web for which the bamboo mite is so notorious. I don't believe there are any chems avail to the general public anymore that are effective. (Never use Sevin (carbar...

Got a F. robusta from a nursery in Chilliwack in 2003 and it was lousy with bamboo mites. I cut the tops to the ground and set them afire. The webs on the leaves are impervious to contact sprays and be aware those mites also make webs on and colonize the underground rhizomes. A friend with a sprayer...

Forwarding response from a duplicated folder: But to answer your question, the D. Minor 'amoenus' will need the most protection without a doubt. The B. Chungii is more cold tolerant. If you lived closer I'd give you a division of B. Eutoldoides 'viridivittata' inversa next season. I'll have a few di...

Iain - I suspect you'll be rather chuffed when your 'Pingwu' looks like this. Wind-borne kindly sent me this screen shot last year.

john
24C, sunny, feels like 30c w. the humidity.

They look lovely with the wet boulders. How do you keep the latter so clean? J1 looking especially fine.

john

Alan_L wrote:Maybe I'll pot up a section just in case...

Good idea! Would be awful to have this important hardy selection to die ouyt when there's a chance it will survive. Mine looks like the culms are made of rubber and the leaves are brownish. I might have a seed or two by no means certain.

john