Down yard/west to east, and up yard, east to west. You can see all 7 species I have in ground in these shots.

Hibanobambusa, the same.

japonica in place and mulched.

More showing the rhizome after extraction from label. Only slightly dented...lol. Then the planters before and after cutting out the bottoms and burying.

Next three show the pot it was in since June 21, so 1 month and 1 day, and the hole. Not bad rhizome growth I think. One managed to find the 1/8" hole in my plant tag...I couldn't pull it out before unpotting, but I got it off before replanting with no damage.

First pics are before and during dividing the japonica. That is 11 months of rhizome growth in a 3g pot. 6 months of which was indoors off to the side of artifical lighting. I was very happy when I slipped/wrenched it out

Maybe the two in the middle are one branch that split right at the node, but it looks like 4 to me.

Well I have put two more of my plants in ground, in planters, but in ground. I saw them for sale for real cheap, and one thing led to another. They are 15g at the level I filled them too, and after cutting out the bottoms I found out they are almost twice as thick as my actual barrier...lol I don't ...

Any life in your plants twan?

Gorgeous color on that culm and sheaths!

Mmmm....cabbage....

Found a 4 branched node on my new rubro culm this evening. I know 3 is normal, how odd is having a 4th? It was getting dark when I noticed it but I'm all but 100% sure it is 4 individual branches.

I was just about to ask that...if I've learned anything only having boo in the ground for 2 months it's WATER!!!...lol

Ahh, that's my bad, I shouldn't really have called it a "bed." The lilies and other stuff will likely be moved to other, actual FLOWER beds this fall for next year's growth. They were only space fillers for this year. Or maybe they will stay and get eaten by boo...lol, that's fine too. The...

wind-borne wrote:youthful Genf, blending into the chaotic present

Funny your should post this wind-borne...I just snapped this today, between rains, of my juiz 1...new shoots, old, just wonderful.

You say mess like it's a bad thing Brad...lol? If it does indeed become a "mess" of rhizomes I think I'll be thrilled, that means a mess of culms right? I'm more than willing to do the maintenance on it so I say let'em run rampant. I wish I had the space to really let them stretch, but it ...