Boo Shoots for 2014

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Re: Boo Shoots for 2014

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Now sprouting Bambusa emeiensis 'Flavidovirens'

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1 of 2 clumps sprouting
1st noticed new sprout June 24th

EDIT June 25th 2nd clump sprouting 2 of 2 clumps sprouting
I_am_Ian wrote:My property is completely infested with ants and I've seen them crawling over or living under most of my bamboos. They don't seem to damage them in any way though. I am hoping they are a sort of protection against mites or other enemies of bamboo.
Yeah, the only thing that really bugs me is when they bite. They seem most attracted to Alphonse Karr more than the others. But the other issue is aesthetics as they enjoy farming aphids particularly on the seabreeze but also on the Golden Hawaiian, the latter of which is not quite suited to my zone in the first place so that's a slight concern. But on the other hand, it gives me more reason to keep the clumps thinned out of older culms, and I want to limit their growth anyway as they are not as tight a clumper as I prefer.

Here's last year's culm of Golden. The lady bug thinks the ant is farming aphids for its easy meal

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But here's the prior year's culm which I'll cut down this year after my new culms begin to leaf out

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And here's a random shot of an angel mist coming up. The diameter of the golden posted above I think will be larger but this one is my largest diameter so far this year at more than 2 inches.

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EDIT: added photo to prev page on striata culm. today was only partially covered in an ant hill. Could be they tired of rebuilding or can't keep up with the sprout growth.
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The Daily Sprout

Parker Giant Day 5
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Striata Day 4
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Mexican weeping Day 16
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Mex detail
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Today's new sprout Teddy Bear aka Dendrocalamus brandisii one of my first purchases from Robert at Tropical Bamboo before his nursery when he sold out of his backyard.

I love how furry they are

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just kidding. Actually this is the one from today...

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Teddy Bear aka Dendrocalamus brandisii
1 of 2 clumps* sprouting
June 26th

I divided one in half last year so should be three clumps but I think I killed the one so only two. I've left the one I think is dead in the ground and I'll see if it sends up a sprout this season.

June 27th EDIT TO ADD

Striata Day 5

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Being a slow start here, but things looking up.


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Ph. arcana 'Luteosulcata'

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Marjk - What is this one? It's spectacular.
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Hi - Forgot to put it in the post :roll:

It's Phyllostachys iridescens.

It's a little frilly...

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Impressive boo there Markj!! Guessing this one is Parvifolia? Sure looks great!
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New set of shoots on Borinda fungosa. One of them seems to be gigantic, even compared to large one from late spring. The thick shoot from late spring is now around 1.5m tall and growing fast. It's getting too hot for it with temperatures above 30C, hopefully it remains healthy. :)
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Alphonse Karr
first noticed sprouting: May 26
Total clumps/divs 13
6 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Angel mist
first noticed sprouting: May 4
total clumps 19
12 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Monastery
first noticed May 18
total clumps 4
All clumps sprouting by June 13th

Timor black
first noticed sprouting May 17
total clumps 6
4 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Sunburst
first noticed sprouting May 2
total clumps 2
1 clump sprouting as of July 9th

Seabreeze
noticed sprouting by May 2
total clumps 129
118 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Kanapaha
first noticed sprouting May 2
total clumps 7
2 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Asian lemon
first noticed sprouting May 2
total clumps 37
34 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Graceful
first noticed sprouting May 25
total clumps 33
30 clumps sprouting 30 by July 9th

Tropical Blue
first noticed sprouting before May 2
All clumps sprouting by end May

Tropical Black
first noticed sprouting May 4
total clumps 4
All clumps sprouting by June 8th

Golden Hawaiian
first noticed sprouting around May
total clumps 8
4 clumps sprouting by July 9th

Oldhamii
first sprouting July 9th
total 2 clumps
1 clump sprouting today

Bambusa nana
first noticed sprouting July 9th
total 2 clumps
1 clump sprouting

Parker giant
First sprout June 22
total 2 clumps
1 clump sprouting

Today's pictures:

New sprouting as of this date

Here's old hammy
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And here's nana, pretty tall on it's first day
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Here's some updates

Teddy bear at 11 inches, so that's only. So slow so far but I think it's starting to pick up some speed
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I don't know yet but it looks like that will be about 3 inches diameter.

Here's Giant parker, also slow to start but picking up speed
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that's the fattest one I've grown so far. It's about 4inchs.
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And this is something odd I noticed yesterday so took its pic just now. A rhizome growing mid air on graceful bamboo. I've never seen that before out of 1000s of culms I've grown so it must be a fairly rare event.
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Parker giant at 50 inches

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Bambusa textilis 'Scranton'
1 clump
1st sprouting July 15th

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Looks like bicolor is finished filling up its regular culms with energy, and it's coming up with what appears to be a whip shoot likely encouraged by the heat of the water barrels. I'm not sure if this means rhizomes are active already.
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Surprisingly my prominens produces a shoot right in the pot which a rhizome was directed into, but this shoot is coming 2 months after everything else.
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Vivax Huangwenzhu Inversas are shooting now, and it looks like they might upsize a bit.
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The bicolor whip shoot is definitely committed to becoming another culm now.
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Another whip shoot or rhizome has shown itself. I guess this means rhizome running season is under way. The culms are almost completely leafed so I'm guessing this grove is well charged.
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Re: Boo Shoots for 2014

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2nd clump of Parker has 1st new shoot of the season.

Here's Parker Giant showing off its color, now about 6 feet tall.
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Progress to date on some of the others...

Alphonse Karr
first noticed sprouting: May 26
Total clumps/divs 13
6 clumps sprouting by July 20th

Angel mist
first noticed sprouting: May 4
total clumps 19
15 clumps sprouting by July 19th

Monastery
first noticed May 18
total clumps 4
All clumps sprouting by June 13th

Timor black
first noticed sprouting May 17
total clumps 6
4 clumps sprouting by July 19th

Sunburst
first noticed sprouting May 2
total clumps 2
1 clump sprouting as of July 19th

Seabreeze
noticed sprouting by May 2
total clumps 129
121 clumps sprouting by July 19th

Kanapaha
first noticed sprouting May 2
total clumps 7
All clumps sprouting by July 19th

Asian lemon
first noticed sprouting May 2
total clumps 37
34 clumps sprouting by July 19th

Graceful
first noticed sprouting May 25
total clumps 33
All clumps sprouting 30 by July 19th

Tropical Blue
first noticed sprouting before May 2
All clumps sprouting by end May

Tropical Black
first noticed sprouting May 4
total clumps 4
All clumps sprouting by June 8th

Golden Hawaiian
first noticed sprouting around May
total clumps 8
4 clumps sprouting by July 19th

Oldhamii
first sprouting July 9th
total 2 clumps
1 clump sprouting by July 19th

Bambusa nana
first noticed sprouting July 9th
total 2 clumps
1 clump sprouting by July 19th

Parker giant
First sprout June 22
total 2 clumps
All clump sprouting by July 19
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