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by ShmuBamboo
Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:29 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: ID help required
Replies: 17
Views: 11197

Re: ID help required

... out when planted in rows. I have a row of them growing along a fence here and they are sizing up quite well and impervious to this climate (zone 7b). They are runners, but not nearly as prolific as its cousin, Semi. okuboi, which is a rampant runner.
by stevelau1911
Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:25 am
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anyone need my aureosulcata spectabilis?
Replies: 18
Views: 10977

Re: Anyone need my aureosulcata spectabilis?

What climate zone are you in? NY has climate zones ranging from 4a to 7b depending on where you are in the state, and I just happen to be in a decent zone where i can grow most temperature bamboos. Also what part of NY are you in? I know Syracuse is particularly ...
by ShmuBamboo
Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:09 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?
Replies: 36
Views: 16372

Re: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?

... this site that is popping up 2 whopping 1.5" culms now. So that is adult size Phy. viridis boo, from rhizome, in Zone 8a for 2 years and zone 7b for 3 years. That is without a greenhouse as well. And according to Crayon Rickel, the world's most self-proclaimed expert in bamboo, one square ...
by ShmuBamboo
Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:03 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?
Replies: 36
Views: 16372

Re: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?

... them to grow it will take fifteen years to get the tall thick culms you want. 15 years? I doubt that it would take half that long. I live in zone 7b and I have gotten atrovaginata, vivax, vivax aureo., viridis Robert Young, Henon, nigra, nigra Daiko., nigra Bory, iridescens and Castillon all to ...
by Cumberland_County_NJ
Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:15 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?
Replies: 36
Views: 16372

Re: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?

... them to grow it will take fifteen years to get the tall thick culms you want. 15 years? I doubt that it would take half that long. I live in zone 7b and I have gotten atrovaginata, vivax, vivax aureo., viridis Robert Young, Henon, nigra, nigra Daiko., nigra Bory, iridescens and Castillon all to ...
by ShmuBamboo
Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:44 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?
Replies: 36
Views: 16372

Re: Where to Buy Timber Bamboo?

... them to grow it will take fifteen years to get the tall thick culms you want. 15 years? I doubt that it would take half that long. I live in zone 7b and I have gotten atrovaginata, vivax, vivax aureo., viridis Robert Young, Henon, nigra, nigra Daiko., nigra Bory, iridescens and Castillon all to ...
by stevelau1911
Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:52 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Phyllostachys aureosulcata Alata hardiness.
Replies: 56
Views: 27045

Re: Phyllostachys aureosulcata Alata hardiness.

... likely vivax, or AGP reach about 35-40ft in only about 100 square ft of space with soda can diameter culms(2.6 inches). I know in zone 7b or so down in Maryland, P dulcis, and henon can get all the way to the 3.7 inch range, up to around 45ft with no fertilization so bamboos can get ...
by erm1981
Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:09 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Bamboo - The South Carolina Way -From Anderson to Charleston
Replies: 15
Views: 13189

Re: Bamboo - The South Carolina Way -From Anderson to Charle

I think it's fun to test the limit with some of the bamboo to see how they handle cold stress. I notice my young seedlings were fragile at first to frost up in 7b but they have hardened off now to where the weather does not affect them.
by johnw
Sat May 25, 2013 6:47 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Please suggest specific bamboo for noise pollution & privacy
Replies: 23
Views: 10707

Re: Please suggest specific bamboo for noise pollution & pri

... inland even though that cold lasted a matter of minutes before the temp rebounded above -17c. So that would make P.aureosulcatat a Z7a or better 7b for above ground parts. Do you routinely loose above ground parts of all P. spp. when temps drop down there however briefly? That would mean a huge ...
by ShmuBamboo
Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:42 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Potential of phyllostachys vivax in zone 6
Replies: 28
Views: 11310

Re: Potential of phyllostachys vivax in zone 6

... vivax culms (actually most of my boo culms) were shorter and stouter as a result. This all applies to cool climate growing bamboos though, in zone 7b.
by stevelau1911
Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:08 pm
Forum: Photographing Bamboo
Topic: Visit to Dave Andrew's bamboo gardens lots of pictures
Replies: 15
Views: 17614

Re: Visit to Dave Andrew's bamboo gardens lots of pictures

This is zone 7b in the DC area, but recently most winters haven't dipped below 15F so it may change to 8a if the warming trend continues. The Nigra is getting shaded out by a few groves on the south side so it may not be performing ...
by jd.
Fri Nov 30, 2012 4:09 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Holiday Decorations on a Bamboo?
Replies: 6
Views: 4290

Re: Holiday Decorations on a Bamboo?

... a plastic tarp [...] Somehow, a bamboo hiding under a tarp doesn't seem the most festive decoration although the bamboo could benefit if that zone 7b drops a few zones colder for the winter. :o For lighting, another option to consider is to illuminate the plant from below with colorful floodlights, ...
by JD_z7a_NJ
Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:30 am
Forum: Other Plants & Landscaping
Topic: windmill palms
Replies: 9
Views: 7754

Re: windmill palms

... has been there for about 20 years now. I have about 15 in the ground here. Sabals MUST have full sun and shelter from winter winds north of zone 7b. The key for sabals is summer heat and moisture. I mix crushed shells into the soil when planting, this is what the giant coastal NC and variety ...
by ShmuBamboo
Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:00 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: overwintering indoors
Replies: 12
Views: 4887

Re: overwintering indoors

... will water them if it is not freezing. They generally stay wet here all winter from all the rain and snow that we get. I live in a variable zone: 7b to 8b.
by needmore
Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:43 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Phyllostachys virella
Replies: 15
Views: 11929

Re: Phyllostachys virella

... more like rubro? Phy. atrovaginata grows faster and is more vigorous here than red margin is. Atro and vivax are two of my fastest growers in zone 7b/8a. They are the most common boos to run rhizomes out of pots here when sunk in the ground. As I describe on my website, my sources in Europe described ...