They are growing a little slower than expected, but we have had cooler weather lately too.
Phyllostachys aureosulcata aureocaulis Shoots
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RE: Phyllostachys aureosulcata aureocaulis Shoots
How did you wind up with a bed of shoots and no evidence of mature culms?
Joseph Clemens
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Tucson, Arizona, USA
RE: Phyllostachys aureosulcata aureocaulis Shoots
The winters top-kill the culms. The past two years, I have been cutting them back in late winter/early spring. Next year I may leave them. I have been told by another local grower the old, dead culms help support the grove, but I have observed it doesn't mind the culling.