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by Canadrew
Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:56 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Latest Phyllostachys to shoot?
Replies: 19
Views: 7322

Re: Latest Phyllostachys to shoot?

I am still waiting on shoots for paravifolia, dulcus, viridis, vivax inversa and regular vivax both the paravifolia and inversa are over 2 “ so I am excited about seeing what they do this year but I am wondering if I will get shoots at all. My Dulcis and Paravifolia just started shooting. Not much ...
by Canadrew
Sat May 29, 2021 6:20 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Whitening of Canes during spring
Replies: 6
Views: 3344

Re: Whitening of Canes during spring

Thanks Brad and Steve, I saw your post Steve about your vivax'es. What a heartbreak to watch such a great clump pass away! But those new shoots are very promising. We're getting some nice warm weather this week and one of the other divisions still in a container has put up a single shoot yesterday. ...
by Canadrew
Fri May 28, 2021 3:33 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Whitening of Canes during spring
Replies: 6
Views: 3344

Re: Whitening of Canes during spring

Yeah, I wasn't expecting the white ones to miraculously come back, but I hold out hope for some movement in the next couple weeks.
I'm In zone 9, the coldest we got this year was 28F, so it's unlikely to be cold damage?
Would the white canes be doing anything useful? Or should I cut them down?
Thanks!
by Canadrew
Thu May 27, 2021 6:31 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Whitening of Canes during spring
Replies: 6
Views: 3344

Whitening of Canes during spring

Hey all. I took a good transplant of a neighbour's Vivax last winter (November). It's a 4 mid-size cane root ball about 12" in every direction. I planted it in it's new planter in January and anxiously awaited the spring. Spring is here! But as the plant awakes from dormancy, the canes are slow...
by Canadrew
Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Shoot thread
Replies: 25
Views: 9884

Re: Shoot thread

Getting a great amount and some good upsizing on my F. Robuta Wenchuan. This photo is a couple days old now, but the plant has 29 new shoots (planted last year from a 15G pot) as of yesterday. It's the most wonderful time of the year! All my Phyllos are still asleep, Zone 9, still frosts at night. C...
by Canadrew
Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:12 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Wounded and broken - signs of life - what to do?
Replies: 3
Views: 3640

Re: Wounded and broken - signs of life - what to do?

It could be Phyllostachys autesulcata 'Spectabilis'. If culms are glabrous, it could be Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillonis'. There are other Phyllos looking similar or identical, but at this stage, it's impossible to id it. Thicker culm texture could be the best bet to tell, but it is most like...
by Canadrew
Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:09 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Wounded and broken - signs of life - what to do?
Replies: 3
Views: 3640

Wounded and broken - signs of life - what to do?

Hello Bambooers, I find myself fortunate in getting a 25 gallon pot with some remnants of bamboo in it. The former owner left this pot for dead - neglected and unloved - after cutting the dying canes off two falls ago. It is so rootbound that the pot is bulging - some of the canes have rotted throug...
by Canadrew
Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:35 pm
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: New here
Replies: 5
Views: 3985

Re: New here

Welcome! I'm on the west coast, in my early 30s and bamboo has been my pandemic-passion.
For photo advice, can you take a screenshot of the photo - find the file and upload it? That would greatly reduce the size.
by Canadrew
Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:32 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Bamboo plants converging?
Replies: 7
Views: 4364

Re: Bamboo plants converging?

There is adequate drainage in those tubs, right? As well as the main drain hole, I drilled 12 1/2" holes in the bottom (well below the root balls), as well as sloping the tub slightly down, so water should move to the main drain hole. We've had almost 5 inches of rain this month and the soil i...
by Canadrew
Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:22 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Bamboo plants converging?
Replies: 7
Views: 4364

Re: Bamboo plants converging?

You can certainly put 2 per tub but you will end up with a mess of rhizomes and roots pretty quickly, then you have a large rootbound 'pot' as they eat the soil up and be hard to keep happy so you have to frequently clear out 1/3 or so to make new space. One will do the same but take longer to do s...
by Canadrew
Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:32 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Bamboo plants converging?
Replies: 7
Views: 4364

Re: Bamboo plants converging?

As always - thanks for the wisdom.
Looks like I'll need more planters... aw shucks :D
by Canadrew
Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Bamboo plants converging?
Replies: 7
Views: 4364

Bamboo plants converging?

Hi all, I'm moving onto phase 2 of my redneck planter plan - I've collected bathtubs, filled with soil and now am planting the divisions that I've acquired over the last 8 months (who knew this would be my pandemic-passion? :lol: ). If I plant two divisions from the same mother plant, will the rhyzo...
by Canadrew
Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Golden Identification - Spectabilis? P. Aureosulcata?
Replies: 5
Views: 4728

Re: Golden Identification - Spectabilis? P. Aureosulcata?

I will certainly report back when the new shoots emerge in 3-4 months. The lack of green in the sulcus leads me towards aureocaulis as well. There are a couple of plantings of this in my neighbourhood, which I love walking past, and it's probably my favourite of my meager collection.
by Canadrew
Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:34 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Golden Identification - Spectabilis? P. Aureosulcata?
Replies: 5
Views: 4728

Re: Golden Identification - Spectabilis? P. Aureosulcata?

Thanks! That's what I thought too - but the lack of green stripe on the culm threw me off. It is rough going in one direction (I forget which and it's pouring rain outside now lol). Really looking forward to the spring for the new shoots!
by Canadrew
Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:38 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Golden Identification - Spectabilis? P. Aureosulcata?
Replies: 5
Views: 4728

Golden Identification - Spectabilis? P. Aureosulcata?

Happy New Year Bamboo-ers! I have finally replanted some divisions I got from a neighbour into the "forever homes" (Yes, those are bathtubs, but covered in landscape cloth so they're "classy" :) ). They had awesome rhizome growth and were a huge struggle to get them out of their ...