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by alfred
Mon Dec 26, 2016 10:48 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Most characteristic bamboo specie - am I missing something?
Replies: 4
Views: 4221

Re: Most characteristic bamboo specie - am I missing somethi

dependable wrote:I guess that depends on the climate you have.
Any suggestions are welcome, don't hold back, at worst I'll write them down in my unrealizable wishlist. I'm in zone 9b.
by alfred
Mon Dec 26, 2016 8:52 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Most characteristic bamboo specie - am I missing something?
Replies: 4
Views: 4221

Most characteristic bamboo specie - am I missing something?

Hello, I owm a small collectiong of bamboo and always chose certain species over others for their distinctive features (swollen nodes, dark culms, turtle-shaped nodes, ruscus-like leaves, solid culms, large leaves etc.), so I'd like to know if I'm still missing something peculiar (no cultivars/mutan...
by alfred
Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:01 am
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anybody swapping/mailing bamboo in Europe/UK?
Replies: 0
Views: 3776

Anybody swapping/mailing bamboo in Europe/UK?

Hello, I'd like to know if there is anybody swapping (mailing) bamboo rhizomes in Europe/UK. I'm currently dividing rhizomes of Phyllostachys aurea Phyllostachys nigra other species would be available before dividing them up in March. If there is any non-bamboo plant you may be after let me know, I ...
by alfred
Thu May 26, 2016 7:03 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Beginner general bamboo questions
Replies: 19
Views: 9883

Re: Beginner general bamboo questions

I literally use my foot as a measuring guide for all the sasa types - chop a line in 4 directions the length of my foot and then get under that square and dig out the whole thing as 1 'sod' - by far the best way, then the sod can be put in trash bags for transport w/o damaging much foliage if you a...
by alfred
Wed May 25, 2016 7:11 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Beginner general bamboo questions
Replies: 19
Views: 9883

Re: Beginner general bamboo questions

Try to leave at least 2 lower branches when you trim, it can be enough to make a big difference. I'll try that next winter. Maybe in the meantime I'd buy time (and start doing plant relocations) by plucking a few handful stems of dwarf Sasa bamboo and pot them up? They'd be easy to take with whole ...
by alfred
Wed May 25, 2016 5:26 pm
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from China
Replies: 8
Views: 9060

Re: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from C

You have to ignore their hardiness ratings they are famously incorrect. Heat will be a challenge with that species for you, it will flounder w/o high heat/humidity. One can not grow Dendrocalamus here in California where I live in zone 9, you have to go a few hundred miles south/warmer. That hardin...
by alfred
Wed May 25, 2016 3:04 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Beginner general bamboo questions
Replies: 19
Views: 9883

Re: Beginner general bamboo questions

Try to leave at least 2 lower branches when you trim, it can be enough to make a big difference. I'll try that next winter. Maybe in the meantime I'd buy time (and start doing plant relocations) by plucking a few handful stems of dwarf Sasa bamboo and pot them up? They'd be easy to take with whole ...
by alfred
Wed May 25, 2016 2:57 pm
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from China
Replies: 8
Views: 9060

Re: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from C

You have to ignore their hardiness ratings they are famously incorrect. Heat will be a challenge with that species for you, it will flounder w/o high heat/humidity. One can not grow Dendrocalamus here in California where I live in zone 9, you have to go a few hundred miles south/warmer. That hardin...
by alfred
Tue May 24, 2016 11:09 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Beginner general bamboo questions
Replies: 19
Views: 9883

Re: Beginner general bamboo questions

Thanks again. I still have some doubts about my understanding of division VS rhizome, please forgive me since I'm probably confused by rhizome and rootball. I think you are confused about bamboo rhizome architecture. Your diagram shows a sympodial architecture, but I believe you are talking about d...
by alfred
Tue May 24, 2016 10:16 pm
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from China
Replies: 8
Views: 9060

Re: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from C

Where in Europe do you live? I'm not sure if I'd be brave enough to try growing tropical clumper anywhere in Europe. Could work, but I kind of doubt it. PS: you can always try growing a couple of them and if they do well, you can give it a try. I'm sure they offer smaller packs as well. ... and one...
by alfred
Tue May 24, 2016 8:39 pm
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from China
Replies: 8
Views: 9060

Re: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from C

Not hardy enough for most of the Europe and US. Are you sure it's going to work? Where will you plant those? If temperature gets to the freezing or even below each winter, then you should reconsider and buy a more hardy temperate bamboo. I guess you could try growing it somewhere in southern Spain ...
by alfred
Tue May 24, 2016 3:38 pm
Forum: Exchanges
Topic: Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from China
Replies: 8
Views: 9060

Anybody interested in giant bamboo seeds directly from China

Hello, I and a colleague of mine will be buying some Dendrocalamus latiflorus (hardy to -4°C/24.8°F) seeds directly from China from a renowned nursery specialized in bamboo. They were harvested in February 2016. Given that the minimum order quantity is a bit too much for the average garden or two (a...
by alfred
Mon May 23, 2016 4:25 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Beginner general bamboo questions
Replies: 19
Views: 9883

Re: Beginner general bamboo questions

I would not make things more complicated than necessary. Taking a division with existing culm(s) and an established rootbal is way faster than rhizome division in the spring. Rhizome division is achieved by cutting off a piece of rhizome without culms and with at least three or four viable buds, la...
by alfred
Mon May 23, 2016 4:23 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Phyllostachys aurea?
Replies: 2
Views: 2944

Re: Phyllostachys aurea?

needmore wrote:Yes, it appears to be aurea.
I see, thank you :)
by alfred
Mon May 23, 2016 12:48 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Beginner general bamboo questions
Replies: 19
Views: 9883

Re: Beginner general bamboo questions

A - is a division different from digging out a rhizome in that the division has the whole culm attached to the rhizome? Yes, that is what I mean by "division". Rhizome propagation typically involves removing an individual rhizome from the soil. A division normally includes an intact rootb...