I was a member, gosh 2005/2006. Back then I ended up deciding on three varieties to plant in my back yard, Textilis, Malengensis and Gigantochloa atroviolacea.
Sadly, my Gigantochloa was lost in an unusually cold winter in 2009. My textilis and malengensis have been doing well. The Malingensis has been amazing. Thanks to the polar vortex, Our low for Monday is expected to be 15 degrees. I'm a bit worried about the Malingensis only being rated as hardy down to 21. Should I be worried? or only if the the low drops for too long?
Daniel
Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
Daniel, I've never grown B malingensis but yes, I would be concerned about it and the B textilis with 15F on the way.
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
oh no. They've dropped the low even lower, to 10 or 11 degrees, which is even below the Textilis' 15 degree hardy rating. ![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
How did your malingensis fare? I live down the coast in Seadrift and all my clumpers are hard hit including my malingensis. Even the multiplex varietys are hurt bad. Going to have to wait and see what will recover.
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
This was definitely one for the record booksmarcat wrote:How did your malingensis fare? I live down the coast in Seadrift and all my clumpers are hard hit including my malingensis. Even the multiplex varietys are hurt bad. Going to have to wait and see what will recover.
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
Glen I wonder if your running forms had enough of a chill to size up a bit this spring?
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
Brad,
That storm was a very brief spell in an otherwise extremely mild winter, so I don't think it will have a large impact on the runners. But if there is a noticeable effect, I'll be sure to report it!
That storm was a very brief spell in an otherwise extremely mild winter, so I don't think it will have a large impact on the runners. But if there is a noticeable effect, I'll be sure to report it!
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
Just curious if the ground freeze at the surface could have any impact whatsoever?
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Re: Bambusa malingensis and coming freeze
That's a good question. In my immediate area, it did not get cold enough to freeze even a crust on the surface of the soil...I did check. But the northern parts of metro Houston may have. I'm sure Austin was cold enough.