On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:25:18 +0100, "Tihomir"
wrote:

Well, lucky you.

I'm trying to grow bamboo for 5-6 years, and sometimes it seems to me that
it gets smaller and smaller every year.

Very sad.

Where do you live? What sort of bamboo do you have? If it's doing
poorly, I'd suggest either amending the soil, watering it more, or
replanting it with a type of bamboo that thrives in YOUR area.

James, Port Orchard, Washington, zone8a, USA




"RainLover" wrote in message
.. .
Exactly one year ago this month a neighbor up the road let me 'rescue'
some bamboo that they were about to rip out with a back hoe... 16'
(4.8 m) tall Yellow Groove (1" to 2" (2.5 to 5 cm) in diameter)

The other day I was outside and noticed that I already have SHOOTING
occuring in a Black Bamboo grove (4 years old) and two shoots in a 1
year old grove of timber bamboo. Let me remind everyone... IT'S
JANUARY!!!!! I chalk it up to 12" (30 cm) of rain in the last 30 days
and warm temperatures in the 40's and 50's F (4 to 10 C).


. . . . But I was utterly SHOCKED when I inspected my
YellowGrooveGrove (it's official name). I found 1" (2.5 cm) rhizomes
nearly 5 FEET (152 cm) from the root ball I planted!!!!! (but that's
only where I see it popping up and diving back DOWN; who knows where
it REALLY ends??!!!)

What does that handy rhyme refer to anyway?? You know the one:

The 1st year it sleeps,
The 2nd year it creeps,
The 3rd year it leaps.


In MY OPINION, running over 6 feet (183 cm) in 12 months is beyond
sleeping and creeping. I put in barrior, but I'm afraid... very
afraid. :-)


Okay.. I'm done with my faux rant (a brag in disguise is more like it)
hehe


James, Zone 8a, Port Orchard, Washington, USA, Earth