"Emery Davis" wrote

sacha wrote:

Bob Hobden said:

"Emery Davis" wrote


What can I do to get better and longer lasting fruit? Is there a
magic fertiliser that will help?


Ours in in full sun in our hot front garden, has got to the stage where
I'm having to hack it back. I find the berries don't last but assumed
it was the birds as I've not noticed any on the ground.

All I can add to this is that while we sell it, we haven't grown it
ourselves so haven't seen it berrying. However, years ago, we saw
considerable hedges of it in Los Angeles and San Francisco in October
and I don't recall a single berry on any of them. These were around 4'
tall and the growth was very luxuriant.

Yes it sounds as if it might be down to climate. I thought perhaps to
try and root some and stick it in a sunnier location, but it looks like
Bob's experience shows that wont help much.

I suppose maybe it needs a hot, humid Kyoto summer...

Mine is trying to spread slowly with underground "runners" which I'm having
to pull up and discard, all with a good root system. So it must like the
position. I thought this plant was not like the real bamboos but it seems to
want to spread.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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