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Old 04-04-2009, 05:00 AM
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Unhappy Dying black bamboo

Dear all,

I hope you can help. I've only been doing gardening for nearly a year now and planted two bamboo clumps last summer.

I put them in the ground at the back of the garden and they were doing fine but over the winter one of them became quite bad. Leaves went brown and fell off and stalks going brown, from black. The one on the left seems to be on it's way out too.

I watered well when first planted, used compost and bone meal to bed them in. Over winter I didn't water them, could this be the problem? There is a covering of bark over the ground to help with keeping the moisture in.

After spending over £100 for these, I'm hoping I've not lost them. Any ideas on saving them.

Thanks very much.
Ramesh
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