"echinosum" wrote in message
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DB01 Wrote:
i have a black stemed bamboo plant over 6 feet tall in a large pot
about 75% of the leaves are yellow
i am now giving it about of water per day

should i pull the yellow leaves off?

TIA
Are the culms (ie stems) green in the first year they emerge, going
black gradually in the following year or two? In that case you
probably have black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra). If it now fills the
pot, it probably needs dividing - cut it in half vertically, may need a
saw to get through the roots, and put one half back into the pot with
new compost. You can sell the other half for good money. You should
divide it every second year.

If the culms are all dark pretty much as soon as they emerge, then you
probably have Fargesia nitida. In that case it is flowering and will
probably die and there is nothing much you can do to save it other than
pray - don't feed it.

There was a garden open day in my local village this weekend, and both
the Fargesia nitida specimens I saw were flowering. One was practically
dead already, the other had only just started. This worldwide flowering
episode started in 2003, and new plants grown from seed are already
available.


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echinosum

Good idea - It is Phyllostachys nigra. I will do as you suggest. Only
problem is I can't lift it on my own. When is the best time to divide the
plant