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Default Golden bamboo - Not a single leaf!

hello, i'm brand new to gardening.

I bought a phyllostachys aurea, golden bamboo from bnq, knocked down from £40 to a tenner, it has absolutely no leaves, i have pruned off the dead parts, should i clip off all the branches or leave them on? i know this is a fairly hardy bamboo but can it survive with no leaves?? i gave it a weak sugar solution when in the pot, it is now planted in the ground and been fed (miracle grow). what can i do to help it?

any advice would be very much appreciated! =)
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Default Golden bamboo - Not a single leaf!

Wait, it will either put up some new shoots of which a few will grow
to put out new leaves and then put a few leaves on any old culm
branches that or living, or it is dead. At this point I would not
feed -just topdress with compost.


On May 2, 3:17*pm, polecat wrote:
hello, i'm brand new to gardening.

I bought a phyllostachys aurea, golden bamboo from bnq, knocked down
from £40 to a tenner, it has absolutely no leaves, i have pruned off the
dead parts, should i clip off all the branches or leave them on? i know
this is a fairly hardy bamboo but can it survive with no leaves?? i gave
it a weak sugar solution when in the pot, it is now planted in the
ground and been fed (miracle grow). what can i do to help it?

any advice would be very much appreciated! =)

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Wait, it will either put up some new shoots of which a few will grow
to put out new leaves and then put a few leaves on any old culm
branches that or living, or it is dead. At this point I would not
feed -just topdress with compost.


On May 2, 3:17*pm, polecat wrote:
hello, i'm brand new to gardening.

I bought a phyllostachys aurea, golden bamboo from bnq, knocked down
from £40 to a tenner, it has absolutely no leaves, i have pruned off the
dead parts, should i clip off all the branches or leave them on? i know
this is a fairly hardy bamboo but can it survive with no leaves?? i gave
it a weak sugar solution when in the pot, it is now planted in the
ground and been fed (miracle grow). what can i do to help it?

any advice would be very much appreciated! =)

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polecat
hello beecrofter, i took your advice and mulched with some manure, i have also regularly watered..

unfortunately i think its a lost cause.. no new culms or leaves. just a slow yellowing of the existing canes.. i'll leave it in untill nest spring and see if any life springs forth then.. and perhaps replant the area then

thank you for your advice.
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will i damage the canes if i top now?


You'll ruin the whole character of the plant.
If you want a hedge plant privet or boxwood
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