Phyllostachys edulis in mediterranean forest
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:10 am
Hello I am seeking some advise concerning a project I have started in order to create a small bamboo area in a property i own. The area contains of mediterranean forest (oak trees etc average 3 meters) and some scrubs. I planted there 5 plants (moso) of the age of 1-2 years old that I grew from seed and had previously in pots that have some pretty nice dense rootballs.
Its been about 4-5 days now since the plants are in their new environment and i noticed that some leaves are turning yellow/brown at a fast pace. The yellowing is happening in the first (the oldest) leaves of each clum and first happens first in the edges of the leaf and then in its middle.
I would suspect over watering but since the soil is pretty dry this season i dont think this is the cause.
I havent had a ph soil test so i dont know whether the soil is acidic or basic.
What i do know is that some of the plants are in black forrest soil that comes from natural leave compost and some plants are in a more red/brown soil.
I also water them via bucket from a small pond that there is nearby that was probably created for animal consumption, and is rather dirty but i did not think it would cause a problem.
It could also be stress from the transfering them, since its happening to all 5 plants regardless of location and soil (some plants are more than 20 meters apart from each other, other are as close as 5 meters).
Apart from the yellowing, new leaves are growing normally and some shoots that were in development have even grown a little
What i plan on doing, is spray them with a contact/stomach pesticide in order to protect them from the new insects that they might be introduced to that could be chewing their root system and also do a soil ph test to determine if the soil is indeed basic.
Does anyone have a similar experience that could help me out here? Its been 3 really tiring days of transfering them to this location and i wouldnt want to lose my plants.. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time.
Its been about 4-5 days now since the plants are in their new environment and i noticed that some leaves are turning yellow/brown at a fast pace. The yellowing is happening in the first (the oldest) leaves of each clum and first happens first in the edges of the leaf and then in its middle.
I would suspect over watering but since the soil is pretty dry this season i dont think this is the cause.
I havent had a ph soil test so i dont know whether the soil is acidic or basic.
What i do know is that some of the plants are in black forrest soil that comes from natural leave compost and some plants are in a more red/brown soil.
I also water them via bucket from a small pond that there is nearby that was probably created for animal consumption, and is rather dirty but i did not think it would cause a problem.
It could also be stress from the transfering them, since its happening to all 5 plants regardless of location and soil (some plants are more than 20 meters apart from each other, other are as close as 5 meters).
Apart from the yellowing, new leaves are growing normally and some shoots that were in development have even grown a little
What i plan on doing, is spray them with a contact/stomach pesticide in order to protect them from the new insects that they might be introduced to that could be chewing their root system and also do a soil ph test to determine if the soil is indeed basic.
Does anyone have a similar experience that could help me out here? Its been 3 really tiring days of transfering them to this location and i wouldnt want to lose my plants.. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time.