"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"Mike P" mike@askme wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:50:13 +0100, K wrote:

..
.. Someone in urg mentioned their bamboo was flowering, and today my
.. neighbour pointed out that both his and mine was in flower.
..
.. So - what triggers bamboo to flower? Age? A hot summer? Being
potbound?

A garden I work in has a big clump of bamboo ... 20 yrs oldish ..
about 5m high ... it produces very tiny leaves and not many of those.
If I cut it down to the ground almost, would it "start again" and be
grateful :-)

Mike P

Take out the oldest stems to let a bit of light and air in, feed it and
await the new replacements stems, its not a good idea to remove all the
stems in one go.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)



Just the man I need (from Cornwall). Was it about 5-10 years ago that there
was a mass death of bamboo in Cornwall?
I vaguely remember someone from Burncoose Nurseries taking about it at
length?