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by dakers
Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:51 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo
Replies: 22
Views: 14862

Re: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo

Nice! I’m about 2 hours west of you, just N of Gulf Shores, AL.
I got several more Bambusa this Spring, which I picked up from tropicalbamboo.com
by dakers
Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:42 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Sasa palmata?
Replies: 4
Views: 4713

Re: Sasa palmata?

Thanks, Brad. Now that I think about it, perhaps you recommended S. palmata. I don’t remember where I got it, but thought it was S. palmata all these years. My apparent S. tsuboiana only got 2’ or less in Indiana; burning back most winters. I brought a chunk to the Alabama Gulf Coast last year. We’l...
by dakers
Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:04 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Sasa palmata?
Replies: 4
Views: 4713

Sasa palmata?

Brad, I got what I remember to be Sasa palmata from you in Indiana years ago. But, I see a friend says S. palmata looks like the 1st photo. Mine is the second photo. What is mine?
Thanks,
Doug
by dakers
Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:21 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Cold air next week.
Replies: 9
Views: 5971

Re: Cold air next week.

N. Florida/Alabama Gulf Coast only dropped to 30 degrees F this morning. Five days ago, forecast was low to mid 20's. The cold air mass didn't move much further south than Kentucky. So, assuming no February freezes, our tropical bamboos and bananas should be in great shape.
by dakers
Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:15 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Cold air next week.
Replies: 9
Views: 5971

Re: Cold air next week.

Forecast for Weds AM- N. Florida and Alabama Gulf Coast, low-mid 20’s F. We’ll see which tropicals leaf burn the most.
by dakers
Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:54 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"
Replies: 6
Views: 4835

Re: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"

Good advice, Glen. Thanks. I was thinking about adding the full size chungii. I posted a new topic on B. dissimilis, that Tropical Bamboo sells. I'd be interested in what you can add.
Doug
by dakers
Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:48 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Bamboo dissimilis
Replies: 1
Views: 2476

Bamboo dissimilis

Checking to see what the experienced tropical bamboo growers here know about B.dissimilis. Tropical Bamboo, Nursery, Loxachatchee, FL has it. I got one. I had it or B. distegia on my list of possibilities. They recommended dissimilis if I was getting one or the other. And, it wasn't to make a better...
by dakers
Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:56 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo
Replies: 22
Views: 14862

Re: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo

Hydroid,
Nice closeup. I sent you an email message.
Doug
by dakers
Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:45 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"
Replies: 6
Views: 4835

Re: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"

Thanks, Glen. That's what I needed to know. I've still got several "bamboos of size" I can grow in 8b/9a. Here's what I have now: All Bambusas; B. textilis 'Kanapaha' (new this year but have seen two other guys in the area growing it and it's done well); B. chungii 'Barbellata'; B. multipl...
by dakers
Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:49 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"
Replies: 6
Views: 4835

Re: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"

Thanks, Glen. I added my location to my profile. I'm SE US; zone 8b/9a. Actually 9a most winters. We can grow most of the Bambusa that you'd grow in 9a without foliage burn in most winters including B. chungii, Kanapaha, Seabreeze, muliplex(es), etc. What are some you grow in Texas 9a as cut back pe...
by dakers
Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:58 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"
Replies: 6
Views: 4835

Tropical clumping bamboo as "cut-back perennial"

Are there tropical clumping bamboos that would perform as "cut back perennials" somewhat north of their recommend zone? For example: are there certain varieties of bamboo with a minimum recommended temperature of 27 F come back decently from the ground each year in zone 8b/9a where tempera...
by dakers
Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:00 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo
Replies: 22
Views: 14862

Re: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo

Nathan,
I'm only about 20 minutes from you in Alabama! I sent you an email; let me know if you got it.
Doug
by dakers
Sun Dec 23, 2018 3:10 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo
Replies: 22
Views: 14862

Re: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo

Thanks for the list. I just saw Kanapaha bamboo last month at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens in Gainesville, FL. I'll need to see where I can purchase it. I haven't run across it for sale.
Doug
8b/9a
by dakers
Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:59 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo
Replies: 22
Views: 14862

Alabama Gulf Coast - clumping bamboo

I haven't posted in perhaps nearly 10 years. Bought my first bamboo from Brad S. in Indiana. I've retired and moved from Central Indiana to the Alabama Gulf Coast (Zone 5 to Zone 8b/9a). I'm growing only clumping bamboo down here. I attached photos of my Baby Blue Bamboo, Bambusa chungii 'Barbellata...
by dakers
Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:31 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: 2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymore!
Replies: 283
Views: 114797

RE: 2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymo

My P. rubromarginata is starting to emerge; almost a week after P. bissetii. We have so many rabbits I'm fencing them out until the bamboo shoots get taller and tougher.
Doug
Central Indiana