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Yushania
I obtained a small group of this bamboo last year and it has settled well
with lots of new culms, however I have just noticed that it is flowering, does this mean that all of this group is now flowering and will die or could it be a one off? If I leave the roots in will it recover? Hope someone can help me with information. |
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Yushania
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I've read 2 things : _ flowering allways weakens bamboo, sometimes enough to make it die (even the roots !), sometimes not. _ by cutting the flowers you can sometimes avoid its death, because the extra energy spent to make flowers and seeds is what makes bamboo die. I recommend you cut all the flowers and keep some seeds for security; if your bamboo dies, it's a cheap way to get new ones. Good luck. -- Fred Remove x,y,z for answer "Jennifer Stevenson" a écrit dans le message de news: ... I obtained a small group of this bamboo last year and it has settled well with lots of new culms, however I have just noticed that it is flowering, does this mean that all of this group is now flowering and will die or could it be a one off? If I leave the roots in will it recover? Hope someone can help me with information. |
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Yushania
Hi
I've read 2 things : _ flowering allways weakens bamboo, sometimes enough to make it die (even the roots !), sometimes not. _ by cutting the flowers you can sometimes avoid its death, because the extra energy spent to make flowers and seeds is what makes bamboo die. I recommend you cut all the flowers and keep some seeds for security; if your bamboo dies, it's a cheap way to get new ones. Good luck. -- Fred Remove x,y,z for answer "Jennifer Stevenson" a écrit dans le message de news: ... I obtained a small group of this bamboo last year and it has settled well with lots of new culms, however I have just noticed that it is flowering, does this mean that all of this group is now flowering and will die or could it be a one off? If I leave the roots in will it recover? Hope someone can help me with information. |
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Yushania
"Fred" wrote in message ...
Hi I've read 2 things : _ flowering allways weakens bamboo, sometimes enough to make it die (even the roots !), sometimes not. _ by cutting the flowers you can sometimes avoid its death, because the extra energy spent to make flowers and seeds is what makes bamboo die. I recommend you cut all the flowers and keep some seeds for security; if your bamboo dies, it's a cheap way to get new ones. DO NOT CUT OFF THE FLOWERS!!! If you do that the seeds will have no chance of being viable. It is my understanding that the act of flowering is what sucks all the energy out of the plant causing it to die, cutting the flowers off will do nothing to diminish this. Get some old nylons and wrap the flowers in them loosly so when the seeds are released they are caught. Notify Betty Shor of the flowering, she tracks these things for the American Bamboo Society. Betty's email is Chris |
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Yushania
"Jennifer Stevenson" wrote in message ...
I obtained a small group of this bamboo last year and it has settled well with lots of new culms, however I have just noticed that it is flowering, does this mean that all of this group is now flowering and will die or could it be a one off? If I leave the roots in will it recover? Hope someone can help me with information. I have heard of "stress" induced flowering, it may be the plant is just overstressed. It does not necessarily mean your plant will completely die. The seeds may not even be viable. Some varieties of bamboo flower much more frequently with less negative effect, though I am unfamiliar with the Yushania. Make little nylon (like people wear) "baggies" around the flowers to catch the seeds as the flowers "burst". Good luck! Chris |