I noticed this a.m. that my B. textilis albostriata had some flowering going on. It's been in the ground for a year and a half from a 3g pot. The only culm that's flowering is last years only shoot (1/4" x 9'). I can't put pic's here (file to big) so I'll try to put some in the bamboo web pictu...

OUCH!!!!!

Mine is much smaller that that but looks about the same.

Do ya think it will re-leaf this spring?

mike

Dudley, things aren't any better here in west central Fl either. I've got at least a dozen boo's with crispy leaves. The list is very long on what's toast. Worst looking right now is the G. 'Bali white stripe'. Along with that are Lako, G. Maxima, D. Brandesii, G. apus, G. Sumatra, a 25g potted Barb...

Chances are very slim that it will survive at all through the winter. This plant doesn't like it in my location much. It's been in the ground for close to three years and is only six feet tall W/ 1/4" culm dia. & has never looked healthy.

mike

Schizostachym brachycladum 'Sacred Bali' bamboo on 12-10-09.

Merry Christmas to me!!!

Giddyup!

D. giganteus 'Quail' D. latiflorus B. tulda striata Also - Re-shooting; D. yunanicus B. burmanica B. pervariabilis B. " viridistriata G. apus B. chungii 'Barbie' B. emeinsis Flavido... B. emeinsis viridiflavus B. eutoldidies viridivitatta B. mutabilis B. v. Vitatta B. textilis It's doubtful tha...

I took a few pictures of some boo that are in the back yard while I took the pics from the front yard over the top of the house just after sunset. Enjoy! Giddyup,

mike

I forgot to post one more pic of the clump. Thanks,

mike

Well, here they are 5 weeks later & not one shoot has aborted as of today. PICT0048.jpg PICT0049.jpg PICT0050.jpg PICT0051.jpg PICT0051.jpg I don't know if the addition of soil and amendments made the difference or the fact that I watered twice a day for the last 5 weeks. I think the soil + mulc...

Gigantochloa atter - 9-04-09

G. bali white stripe - 9-05-09

That's it for this season so far.

No shoots this year from;

D. giganteus 'Quail'
Gu. angustifolia

mike

Time to chime in... boolover, I'd have to agree w/ mantis on this one. Chungii is a clumping bamboo as we all know and I have a big clump myself but I think you should know that these culms grow out at some pretty steep angles at times and if you plant 5 clumps close together what you'll end up with...

I've got lots of that on many different plants. The ones with the spots are in full sun. I agree w/ mantis, it's sunburn.

mike

Well thank you sir. I put the stone edging in front to hold the soil in place. I was concerned that it would wash out w/ the next heavy rain.

mike.

Personally, I don't like pine bark mulch. I put some down around about a half dozen boo's last year and found that when watering, the bark (mostly large chunks) would actually act as an umbrella for the soil and the water would just splash away from what I was trying to water. I removed it all about...

Photos of the "experiment: We'll see what happens over the next few months I suppose.

Thanks

mike