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when does the black bamboo shoot??
Hello,
Last year (March)I bought numerous bamboo plants from ty ty GA, including a couple of , what seemed to be fairly old by the size of the cut off stem, rhizomes of black bamboo.....that summer all the other species (Alphonse Karr, and fishing pole bamboo) put out new shoots but the black didn't....I assumed it probably would have happened before I purchased them.......but here I am 1 year later and no shoots....the bamboo stem seems to be doing fine...all leaves are green etc etc..... can I assume that this plant still is doing OK since the foilage that was present last year is still green and seems to be doing OK.....when can I expect it to start producing shoots?? Oh, I 'm in Gainesville by the way...(north central florida) Thanks! |
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when does the black bamboo shoot??
Here in the northeast it shoots in the spring following the rains.
Keep yours watered and hope for the best. Might be a little warm where you are for a temperate species. |
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when does the black bamboo shoot??
It will be later in the spring before black starts shooting. You should get
some shoots this year, if you don't get anything chances are the rhizomes were old and you may never get any new growth. However, if they were large plants and still look good there is a good chance you will indeed get new shoots. Good luck, Jim "Swede" wrote in message om... Hello, Last year (March)I bought numerous bamboo plants from ty ty GA, including a couple of , what seemed to be fairly old by the size of the cut off stem, rhizomes of black bamboo.....that summer all the other species (Alphonse Karr, and fishing pole bamboo) put out new shoots but the black didn't....I assumed it probably would have happened before I purchased them.......but here I am 1 year later and no shoots....the bamboo stem seems to be doing fine...all leaves are green etc etc..... can I assume that this plant still is doing OK since the foilage that was present last year is still green and seems to be doing OK.....when can I expect it to start producing shoots?? Oh, I 'm in Gainesville by the way...(north central florida) Thanks! |
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when does the black bamboo shoot??
"Swede" wrote in message om... Hello, your black bamboo PhyllostacheousNigra should shoot in your spring as the waether warms sometimes you get another round of shoots at the end of summer{these 1s r not as vigorous}if you want an all over black appearance xpose the plants to full sunlight this gets rid of the green in the culms{caution over xposure will damage the culms in hot dry weather, keep well watered sincerely your CaneMan |
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when does the black bamboo shoot??
"BosScone" wrote in message
summer{these 1s r not as vigorous}if you want an all over black appearance xpose the plants to full sunlight this gets rid of the green in the culms{caution over xposure will damage the culms in hot dry weather, keep well watered In my experience in my area, full sun culms stay green longer, as a matter of fact if you look at the culm, the part in shade is black, the part in sun is green. Ultimately it will turn all black, but the shaded plants turn black faster. My friends P. Nigra turned all black this year about 1 1/2 months before mine did. Chris Chino,CA (about 30 miles east of Los Angeles) |
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