Re: Strange growth of Moso seedling
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:13 pm
In 2 months my Borinda fungosa became much larger than I could ever expected. It's not the best bamboo choice for our climate, because temperatures can easily get over 30°C in the summer and drop below 10°C in the winter. I'll try to keep it safe. When it's exposed to full sun, leafs started to fold. I'm not sure if that's the problem, but lately, leafs on almost all stems are not growing as they should. There seems to be a lot of underground growth, lower parts of problematic stems are growing branches with normal leafs. I'm keeping it out of the sun for now, perhaps that happens because of extremely fast growth.
Back to the mosos
One of the seedlings is growing rhizome and I think there's new shoot forming. I'll cover it to protect everything from too much sun exposure and drought. Pink colored root is getting thicker every day.
New leaf is having similar stripes. This is the only seedling with such stripy leaf pattern emerging. Yellow seedlings are growing slower and I've seen leaf necrosis. Transplanting and fertilizing didn't help. The ones in full sun suffered most. Perhaps yellow seedlings are some kind of almost-albino planties. Green seedlings, this striped one included, can't get enough sun, one day temperature was almost 30°C already. We're getting close to 0°C at night, so they are already inside again.
When it makes new shoot(s), I'll be able to see if pattern occurs there too. I'll transplant it soon, because there are two seedlings in the same, small pot.
The "siamese" seedling is fighting hard to survive. It has deformed leaf growth that makes it impossible for the leaf to open. I'm cutting leaf tips (3/4 of the whole leaf) to make it open, so the new one can start growing. If I ever get it to shoot, perhaps it will be healthy plant. If not, I'll make compost out of it.
Back to the mosos
One of the seedlings is growing rhizome and I think there's new shoot forming. I'll cover it to protect everything from too much sun exposure and drought. Pink colored root is getting thicker every day.
New leaf is having similar stripes. This is the only seedling with such stripy leaf pattern emerging. Yellow seedlings are growing slower and I've seen leaf necrosis. Transplanting and fertilizing didn't help. The ones in full sun suffered most. Perhaps yellow seedlings are some kind of almost-albino planties. Green seedlings, this striped one included, can't get enough sun, one day temperature was almost 30°C already. We're getting close to 0°C at night, so they are already inside again.
When it makes new shoot(s), I'll be able to see if pattern occurs there too. I'll transplant it soon, because there are two seedlings in the same, small pot.
The "siamese" seedling is fighting hard to survive. It has deformed leaf growth that makes it impossible for the leaf to open. I'm cutting leaf tips (3/4 of the whole leaf) to make it open, so the new one can start growing. If I ever get it to shoot, perhaps it will be healthy plant. If not, I'll make compost out of it.