New Culms?
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 4:20 pm
Hello--
I live on an island/zone 10a, and the past two Octobers have brought unusually high tides for a day or two that have resulted in my tropical bamboo being severely compromised. In the case of my Ghost Bamboo (Angel Mist/Dendrocalamus Minor Amoenus), it died.
(At great expense, I have remedied the situation by bringing in some 30 yards of dirt to raise the whole bamboo area by 2ft, and I have surrounded the area with raised a raised bed in the form of railroad ties.)
Back in December I replaced it with a 30gal Ghost Bamboo that I bought sight-unseen from a bamboo dealer on the other coast of FL. The price was right and they were kind enough to offer free delivery, as they piggy-backed it onto a much larger delivery in my area.
There were/are about 20 culms, but it should have been transplanted into a larger container long ago. The plant did not look very healthy, and though the culms were/are 12-15' in height, the plant looked anemic and there was very little in the way of green leaves. The culms themselves are quite thin and have areas of black mold spores on them. A few of the culms are curiously oval-shaped, as another board poster is reporting on his bamboo.
Fast-forward now to May. This new Ghost Bamboo has filled out with quite a bouquet of green leaves; much healthier-looking than when it arrived in December. Here's my concern: while all of my other exotic bamboo have sent up multiple new culms, I have not had even one new culm from this formerly root-bound Ghost Bamboo that I transplanted into the ground back in December. Is it just a waiting game, or can bamboo become so root bound that its growth is stunted to the point where no new shoots will emerge?
I live on an island/zone 10a, and the past two Octobers have brought unusually high tides for a day or two that have resulted in my tropical bamboo being severely compromised. In the case of my Ghost Bamboo (Angel Mist/Dendrocalamus Minor Amoenus), it died.
(At great expense, I have remedied the situation by bringing in some 30 yards of dirt to raise the whole bamboo area by 2ft, and I have surrounded the area with raised a raised bed in the form of railroad ties.)
Back in December I replaced it with a 30gal Ghost Bamboo that I bought sight-unseen from a bamboo dealer on the other coast of FL. The price was right and they were kind enough to offer free delivery, as they piggy-backed it onto a much larger delivery in my area.
There were/are about 20 culms, but it should have been transplanted into a larger container long ago. The plant did not look very healthy, and though the culms were/are 12-15' in height, the plant looked anemic and there was very little in the way of green leaves. The culms themselves are quite thin and have areas of black mold spores on them. A few of the culms are curiously oval-shaped, as another board poster is reporting on his bamboo.
Fast-forward now to May. This new Ghost Bamboo has filled out with quite a bouquet of green leaves; much healthier-looking than when it arrived in December. Here's my concern: while all of my other exotic bamboo have sent up multiple new culms, I have not had even one new culm from this formerly root-bound Ghost Bamboo that I transplanted into the ground back in December. Is it just a waiting game, or can bamboo become so root bound that its growth is stunted to the point where no new shoots will emerge?