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anyone home?
I've been growing several bamboos for the last three years...is anyone
still reading this NG? I'd like to discuss propagation techniques, etc. g. |
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Well I pop in know and then...I'm trying to get moso bamboo to grow from
seed :S "gnarl" wrote in message ... I've been growing several bamboos for the last three years...is anyone still reading this NG? I'd like to discuss propagation techniques, etc. g. |
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Hi Jim!
I found this NG over the weekend and read a lot of the posts...they seem to have tapered off a lot this year. I just purchased a Moso last week to add in the backyard. My Blue Fountain has been blooming for the last few months, and I've gotten some seed...they sit in damp sand at this moment. I've mostly been propagating from runners, I've even a few six to eight inch new culms I've dug up with the runners and they seem to be progressing fine(no stunting from the transplant yet). These are mostly off my Japonica. I've a Nihira that does not seem to want to run. Have you ever tried plastic film wrapped around damp peat-moss at the branch nodes of culms? I've read about the technique and may try it today to get some starts from that plant. I'm in zone 8b. How are your growing conditions? g. On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:02:40 +0200, "Jim" wrote: Well I pop in know and then...I'm trying to get moso bamboo to grow from seed :S "gnarl" wrote in message .. . I've been growing several bamboos for the last three years...is anyone still reading this NG? I'd like to discuss propagation techniques, etc. g. |
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I haven't seen a Rufa yet, I'll have to look up some pictures. My Japonica is about eight feet tall and I'm hoping it not going to bloom; I'm taking starts from it this year. I've read in a few places that Japonics can bloom and continue to thrive...I hope this is the case! Is your Florida plant yellow with green stripes or green with yellow stripes? I've a Spectabilis(yellow with green stripes) that is about twenty feet tall...it also has random bends in about one-third of the new culms. g. On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:14:18 -0600, DG wrote: gnarl wrote: Hi Jim! I found this NG over the weekend and read a lot of the posts...they seem to have tapered off a lot this year. I just purchased a Moso last week to add in the backyard. My Blue Fountain has been blooming for the last few months, and I've gotten some seed...they sit in damp sand at this moment. I've mostly been propagating from runners, I've even a few six to eight inch new culms I've dug up with the runners and they seem to be progressing fine(no stunting from the transplant yet). These are mostly off my Japonica. I've a Nihira that does not seem to want to run. Have you ever tried plastic film wrapped around damp peat-moss at the branch nodes of culms? I've read about the technique and may try it today to get some starts from that plant. I'm in zone 8b. How are your growing conditions? I'm in Zone 5, high in the Rockies. Have some Fargesia Rufa in a container which I just bought. Container Pseudosas Japonica Arrrow that is currently shotting. It comes in during the harsh winter. Started out at 18 inches last year and the shoots are over 30 inches now. Down in South FL, I have a few plants as well. Chinese walking stick that just went in the ground and is starting to shoot. There is another one but I'm sure my friend knows what it is. Grows to about thirty feet and has yellow/green vertical striations. |
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I have to admit I'm not that proficient with bamboo...I moved from the UK to
Italy and have only just started to buy them. The UK prices are stupidly high but the prices here are very reasonable. I bought some Moso seeds a month or so ago and have been trying different methods to show some life. The best method so far has been moist tissue in a tupperware box. That gave me about 30%...a few seeds reached 2" but they all failed when put into a fine soil. So I will try something else next time. I think I'm in a zone 9 region, though with temperatures we've been having lately I think it more a 10. "gnarl" wrote in message ... I haven't seen a Rufa yet, I'll have to look up some pictures. My Japonica is about eight feet tall and I'm hoping it not going to bloom; I'm taking starts from it this year. I've read in a few places that Japonics can bloom and continue to thrive...I hope this is the case! Is your Florida plant yellow with green stripes or green with yellow stripes? I've a Spectabilis(yellow with green stripes) that is about twenty feet tall...it also has random bends in about one-third of the new culms. g. On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:14:18 -0600, DG wrote: gnarl wrote: Hi Jim! I found this NG over the weekend and read a lot of the posts...they seem to have tapered off a lot this year. I just purchased a Moso last week to add in the backyard. My Blue Fountain has been blooming for the last few months, and I've gotten some seed...they sit in damp sand at this moment. I've mostly been propagating from runners, I've even a few six to eight inch new culms I've dug up with the runners and they seem to be progressing fine(no stunting from the transplant yet). These are mostly off my Japonica. I've a Nihira that does not seem to want to run. Have you ever tried plastic film wrapped around damp peat-moss at the branch nodes of culms? I've read about the technique and may try it today to get some starts from that plant. I'm in zone 8b. How are your growing conditions? I'm in Zone 5, high in the Rockies. Have some Fargesia Rufa in a container which I just bought. Container Pseudosas Japonica Arrrow that is currently shotting. It comes in during the harsh winter. Started out at 18 inches last year and the shoots are over 30 inches now. Down in South FL, I have a few plants as well. Chinese walking stick that just went in the ground and is starting to shoot. There is another one but I'm sure my friend knows what it is. Grows to about thirty feet and has yellow/green vertical striations. |
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On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:43:53 -0600, DG wrote:
gnarl wrote: I haven't seen a Rufa yet, I'll have to look up some pictures. http://www.bamboogarden.com/Fargesia%20sp.%20'Rufa'.htm Very pretty! I like the reddish tones... I have a Fargesia Robusta that is doing well; I have not tried propagating a clumper yet but am developing stratagies. http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/sh...00&ppuser=2450 My Japonica is about eight feet tall and I'm hoping it not going to bloom; I'm taking starts from it this year. I've read in a few places that Japonics can bloom and continue to thrive...I hope this is the case! What Japonica is blooming? Mark Mecks owns this group, someone gave him a flowering Japonica: http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/sh...php?photo=4052 How are you taking starts? I find a culm a little way away from the parent plant, dig down until I find the connecting rhizome, cut through it with pruners or a sawzall, then dig around it 6 to eight inches...from there it goes to pot. A lot of leaves need be removed usually to compensate for the impaired water uptake. Mature culms are recomended, but I'm working on a way to transplant culms before they branch. Here are some photos of the basic method I used on our Simonii: http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums/sh...hlight=simonii Is your Florida plant yellow with green stripes or green with yellow stripes? I've a Spectabilis(yellow with green stripes) that is about twenty feet tall...it also has random bends in about one-third of the new culms. If I recall correctly, it's a bambusa. Not sure if it is a dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe' or a vulgaris. It has long internodes. I don't know that species...I'll have a look this evening... g. DG wrote: gnarl wrote: Hi Jim! I found this NG over the weekend and read a lot of the posts...they seem to have tapered off a lot this year. I just purchased a Moso last week to add in the backyard. My Blue Fountain has been blooming for the last few months, and I've gotten some seed...they sit in damp sand at this moment. I've mostly been propagating from runners, I've even a few six to eight inch new culms I've dug up with the runners and they seem to be progressing fine(no stunting from the transplant yet). These are mostly off my Japonica. I've a Nihira that does not seem to want to run. Have you ever tried plastic film wrapped around damp peat-moss at the branch nodes of culms? I've read about the technique and may try it today to get some starts from that plant. I'm in zone 8b. How are your growing conditions? I'm in Zone 5, high in the Rockies. Have some Fargesia Rufa in a container which I just bought. Container Pseudosas Japonica Arrrow that is currently shotting. It comes in during the harsh winter. Started out at 18 inches last year and the shoots are over 30 inches now. Down in South FL, I have a few plants as well. Chinese walking stick that just went in the ground and is starting to shoot. There is another one but I'm sure my friend knows what it is. Grows to about thirty feet and has yellow/green vertical striations. |
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:51:22 +0200, "Jim" wrote:
I have to admit I'm not that proficient with bamboo...I moved from the UK to Italy and have only just started to buy them. The UK prices are stupidly high but the prices here are very reasonable. I bought some Moso seeds a month or so ago and have been trying different methods to show some life. The best method so far has been moist tissue in a tupperware box. That gave me about 30%...a few seeds reached 2" but they all failed when put into a fine soil. So I will try something else next time. I think I'm in a zone 9 region, though with temperatures we've been having lately I think it more a 10. So far nothing from my nitida seeds, a local grower in Chimicum has had all his nitida bloom and had no luck whatsoever with seed germination. http://www.bambu-u.com/ g. "gnarl" wrote in message .. . I haven't seen a Rufa yet, I'll have to look up some pictures. My Japonica is about eight feet tall and I'm hoping it not going to bloom; I'm taking starts from it this year. I've read in a few places that Japonics can bloom and continue to thrive...I hope this is the case! Is your Florida plant yellow with green stripes or green with yellow stripes? I've a Spectabilis(yellow with green stripes) that is about twenty feet tall...it also has random bends in about one-third of the new culms. g. On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:14:18 -0600, DG wrote: gnarl wrote: Hi Jim! I found this NG over the weekend and read a lot of the posts...they seem to have tapered off a lot this year. I just purchased a Moso last week to add in the backyard. My Blue Fountain has been blooming for the last few months, and I've gotten some seed...they sit in damp sand at this moment. I've mostly been propagating from runners, I've even a few six to eight inch new culms I've dug up with the runners and they seem to be progressing fine(no stunting from the transplant yet). These are mostly off my Japonica. I've a Nihira that does not seem to want to run. Have you ever tried plastic film wrapped around damp peat-moss at the branch nodes of culms? I've read about the technique and may try it today to get some starts from that plant. I'm in zone 8b. How are your growing conditions? I'm in Zone 5, high in the Rockies. Have some Fargesia Rufa in a container which I just bought. Container Pseudosas Japonica Arrrow that is currently shotting. It comes in during the harsh winter. Started out at 18 inches last year and the shoots are over 30 inches now. Down in South FL, I have a few plants as well. Chinese walking stick that just went in the ground and is starting to shoot. There is another one but I'm sure my friend knows what it is. Grows to about thirty feet and has yellow/green vertical striations. |
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