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kbadams
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by kbadams Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:50 pm
Planted a truck load of Phyllostachys rubromarginata Last April and now i am seeing some very
impressive culms after all the hard work all of the Bamboo are shooting now will try to get more pictures this weekend
but here is one i took before i left for work there are a total of 12 coming up in this area some are just beginning to break the surface
stevelau1911
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by stevelau1911 Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:46 am
Looks like you have rubro rhizomes going all over the place in only 1 year. You probably have them running more than 10ft in all directions already from the 1 little division that was planted last spring.
jpluddite
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by jpluddite Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:05 am
That looks great!
dependable
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by dependable Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:32 am
Makes me want to go out and see how my rubro is doing, oh wait, it just snowed 5 inches.
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:54 pm
jpluddite it was around 8 ft tall
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:59 pm
stevelau1911 yes they are everywhere i am also going to be plating some arrow and grey henon around april
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:01 pm
dependable we had a very mild winter here if you really want to call it winter
jpluddite
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by jpluddite Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:08 pm
How many culms did the division have? Did you cut the culms before planting?
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:11 pm
jpluddite it had only one its in the background in the pic below
these are also those shoots as of today
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kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:14 pm
And here it is again
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:18 pm
jpluddite
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by jpluddite Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:31 pm
Can you post a pic that show us how far the shoots have traveled from the parent?
stevelau1911
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by stevelau1911 Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:20 pm
Seeing how high you shoots are already, you must be in a very warm climate, maybe even the best temperate climate out of anyone in this forum.
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:25 pm
I will get some more pictures this weekend but they have spread about 10 to 12 feet from the mother
kbadams
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by kbadams Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:33 pm
stevelau1911 yes i would love to get some big Moso and Henon growing
temp topped out at 83 today here is our forcast below
