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Old 11-06-2008, 05:02 AM
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Question Total newbie In the UK Phyllostachys Pubescebs ( Moso) for seeds

Ok i brought 50 Moso bamboo seed and they arrived today the only info i have is for Germination after that i have no info. these are the instructions i have.


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General sowing and cultivation method:
We would like to show you here a new sowing method, which is very easy to handle, and has shown great success in the germination results. This method can be used for all seeds.
There is no pretreatment of the seeds necessary. The seeds should be sown in cat litter. Please be very sure that you are using cat litter on mineral basis (plain clay) which is non clumping, non scented, and do NOT use the silica gel type, the clay-like or clay clumping type. The advantage, cat litter is absolutely germ-free.
Fill a plastic pot with cat litter and put the seeds on top. Then cover the seeds with a very thin layer of cat litter. Put the plastic pot inside a zipper lock closure type, pressure catch bag, which should be a bit larger than the plastic pot you are using. Fill with as much water (with fertilizer - use the recommended strength dilution of e.g. 10-10-10
water soluble house plant fertilizer) on the bottom of the bag as the cat litter can absorb, and then fill some more water (about 0.25 inch, or 6 mm) on the bottom of the pressure catch bag, which should remain enclosing the pot. Then seal the pressure catch bag closed.
Now you only have to take care about the temperature, around 86 F for bamboo seeds and between 68 F - 86 F for all other seeds and put the plastic bag in a place with enough bright daylight, but no direct sun.

It does not say how bigger gap to leave in-between each seed do i place them on there side or do i push them a little into the litter a little.

When/If they do start to grow how big should i leave them to get before i move them to soil.
How can i protect them against bugs. And how long should it be before they start to get going.

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Ok i brought 50 Moso bamboo seed and they arrived today the only info i have is for Germination after that i have no info.
Check this out
http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Bamboo-from-Seed
In addition to those instructions, in UK I would suggest using a one of those electric propagators that provide bottom heat, as otherwise it often isn't warm enough here to get them going easily.

People generally don't bother trying to grow Moso in the UK. It is quite hardy enough to survive, but it doesn't grow well. It needs those hot sticky wet summers they get in places like Japan and much of the USA.

If your aim is to grow a big fat bamboo in the UK perhaps try one of the following and feed and water them very well, [and plant them well inside your property boundary, where you can mow all around it to restrict any escapes, or else install an effective rhizome barrier]. (all Phyllostachys species):

P. vivax: the species (green) or very common aureocaulis (yellow with green stripes) is fine, but hard-to-find huavenzhu inversa (similar to aureocaulis) is supposed to be best. Vivax aureocaulis is sold by some non-specialist garden centres, but you'll probably pay less by getting it from a bamboo specialist.
P. "Shanghai 3": fairly widely available from exotics specialists, green, not so different from vivax (species)
P. atrovaginata: hard to find, but the fattest bamboo they have at Kew
P. irridescens: another rare sought after one

there are also some rare and special ones like Chusquea gigantea, that you would have to pay a lot of money for.

People generally don't bother growing from seed either, for a number of reasons:
- Most species there is no seed available, because they hardly ever flower
- A lot of species the seed needs to be very fresh to be viable, so a lot of people buy dead seed from unscrupulous internet sellers and get nothing
- The bamboo grows very slowly at first, and will take several years to reach the size of what you can get in a 5-litre pot from a garden centre - there is a reason those 5-litre pots cost 15 to 30 pounds or more, depending on the species.
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Something that i do do is i raise exotic lizards. Geckos snakes etc and i have a large spare enclosure which the humidity and temperature is thermostatically controlled so i can set both humidity and temp to any setting. If i place the seeds in there and set to to the required setting until they start growing will that give them a chance of survival?
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Something that i do do is i raise exotic lizards. Geckos snakes etc and i have a large spare enclosure which the humidity and temperature is thermostatically controlled so i can set both humidity and temp to any setting. If i place the seeds in there and set to to the required setting until they start growing will that give them a chance of survival?
You are then doing even better than most. From what I hear, once you get them to germinate, the main battle is over. It is just a lot of patience and potting on to get decent plants from there.
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