Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
Hello all,
I planted some bamboos several weeks ago which all seem fairly happy. I'm hoping someone with experience can tell me how they might grow over the next few years, i.e. in terms of size and culm count, 'cos I don't really know what to expect. I have P. nigra (isn't nice how nature allows you to deftly avoid having to try to spell things which is 6' tall, 1' across, in a moist and moderately sunny spot. Also a little 1' Sasa palmata in a nice big tub on the patio (again, moderately sunny). Thanks as ever, smeckler. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
"Smeckler" wrote in message ... Hello all, I planted some bamboos several weeks ago which all seem fairly happy. I'm hoping someone with experience can tell me how they might grow over the next few years, i.e. in terms of size and culm count, 'cos I don't really know what to expect. I have P. nigra (isn't nice how nature allows you to deftly avoid having to try to spell things which is 6' tall, 1' across, in a moist and moderately sunny spot. Once it settles in it will send up new growths in a clump around the exg canes. Is not invasive. Best to follow the Japanese practice and cut out all but a few canes to a)promote fatter canes b)create an attractive grouping rather than mass of intermingled canes. I tend to keep 3 or 5 of each years growth and cut out all others as they grow and remove last years canes when this years mature into leaf. (works for me with P.Nigra and P.Aurea) Also a little 1' Sasa palmata in a nice big tub on the patio (again, moderately sunny). Don't know that one. pk |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
I am glad that you put the Sasa Palmata in a tub rather than in the ground
because I have heard that it can be a bit of a rampant thug (although it is still very pretty). Paul's advice about trimming out the old culms on your P. Nigra is sound advice. If you have never witnessed a bamboo sending up its first new culms then I will not spoil it for you because the first time it happened to me I was gobsmacked. Just wait and be patient and something amazing will happen. Hopefully, you have put your Nigra in a sheltered place because they can look a wee bit tatty after the winter, but they do green up again reasonably quickly after the warmer weather sets in. A very good website for more information about bamboos is www.stambamboo.com HTH Adam "Smeckler" wrote in message ... Hello all, I planted some bamboos several weeks ago which all seem fairly happy. I'm hoping someone with experience can tell me how they might grow over the next few years, i.e. in terms of size and culm count, 'cos I don't really know what to expect. I have P. nigra (isn't nice how nature allows you to deftly avoid having to try to spell things which is 6' tall, 1' across, in a moist and moderately sunny spot. Also a little 1' Sasa palmata in a nice big tub on the patio (again, moderately sunny). Thanks as ever, smeckler. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:49:42 +0000 (UTC), "Paul Kelly"
wrote: "Smeckler" wrote in message ... Hello all, I planted some bamboos several weeks ago which all seem fairly happy. I'm hoping someone with experience can tell me how they might grow over the next few years, i.e. in terms of size and culm count, 'cos I don't really know what to expect. I have P. nigra (isn't nice how nature allows you to deftly avoid having to try to spell things which is 6' tall, 1' across, in a moist and moderately sunny spot. Once it settles in it will send up new growths in a clump around the exg canes. Is not invasive. Best to follow the Japanese practice and cut out all but a few canes to a)promote fatter canes b)create an attractive grouping rather than mass of intermingled canes. I have Phyllostachys nigra in a corner by the front gate (full sun). It emerges from a clump of about two feet square and it now stands at 15 feet wafting gracefully in the slightest breeze. It is certainly not a mass of intermingled canes and only sends out one or two marauding ground level shoots a year which are easily nipped. The habit may be due to plentiful sun and shade may have made it more unruly. I have another bamboo but have mislaid it's origin and name. It too is very well behaved though luxuriant with it's burgeoning leafy cascade. I can see that. I dimly remember it as being described thus when it was procured (being fully aware of the naughty habits of some bamboos). It has not reached its full size though, I can imagine some bamboos needing a bit of the Jap strong arm treatment - but not P. nigra or indeed my other one where, in the lower reaches, the canes are now hidden by the leafy cascade. Hussein Grow a little garden spam block - for real addy, reverse letters of second level domain. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
Thanks to all for the info.
I'm already pretty impressed with the S. palmata. It's been in its tub for about a month and the new 1-2" culms that were just emerging when I planted it are now 4". I really wasn't expected it to do much before summer! The P. nigra is against a shed. Half of the plant is nicely sheltered and is a lovely dark green with the distinctive black canes, the other half sticks out and catches some of the breeze and has gone rather yellow "Adam Davis" wrote in message ... I am glad that you put the Sasa Palmata in a tub rather than in the ground because I have heard that it can be a bit of a rampant thug (although it is still very pretty). Paul's advice about trimming out the old culms on your P. Nigra is sound advice. If you have never witnessed a bamboo sending up its first new culms then I will not spoil it for you because the first time it happened to me I was gobsmacked. Just wait and be patient and something amazing will happen. Hopefully, you have put your Nigra in a sheltered place because they can look a wee bit tatty after the winter, but they do green up again reasonably quickly after the warmer weather sets in. A very good website for more information about bamboos is www.stambamboo.com HTH Adam "Smeckler" wrote in message ... Hello all, I planted some bamboos several weeks ago which all seem fairly happy. I'm hoping someone with experience can tell me how they might grow over the next few years, i.e. in terms of size and culm count, 'cos I don't really know what to expect. I have P. nigra (isn't nice how nature allows you to deftly avoid having to try to spell things which is 6' tall, 1' across, in a moist and moderately sunny spot. Also a little 1' Sasa palmata in a nice big tub on the patio (again, moderately sunny). Thanks as ever, smeckler. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
In article , Paul Kelly
writes Best to follow the Japanese practice and cut out all but a few canes to a)promote fatter canes b)create an attractive grouping rather than mass of intermingled canes. So is there no chance I'll get one inch thick canes on my nigra without this selective thinning? I only planted mine last year and was hoping to get some good growth this year. There are already one or two new shoots growing but I just couldn't bring myself to hack any of them off! -- Paul Flackett Remove _bra to reply by e-mail. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:55:39 +0100, Victor Meldrew
wrote: Best to follow the Japanese practice and cut out all but a few canes to a)promote fatter canes b)create an attractive grouping rather than mass of intermingled canes. So is there no chance I'll get one inch thick canes on my nigra without this selective thinning? I only planted mine last year and was hoping to get some good growth this year. There are already one or two new shoots growing but I just couldn't bring myself to hack any of them off! Good! I'm a little puzzled why you want 1" thick canes. Mine was procured three years ago as a smallish plant with about 3-4' canes (length!). The first year it pottered along. The second year it startled everyone by sending out three canes to about 9 - 10'. This year there are maybe ten or twelve canes reaching 12' (I exaggerated before when I said 15'). They are slender though - only about 0.5" in their upper reaches (maybe 1" in the lower) but it makes it very graceful in the breezes. The ebony black is perfectly obvious and distinctive. If you insist on rigid 1" canes I suppose you had better tinker as others have suggested. I took a picture of it today. Perhaps I may have time to stickit on the WWW in the next coupla days. Interestingly I have just had a special wood floor laid in the bathroom - solid and constructed out of compressed bamboo. The grain, if you can call it that, is very distinctively bamboo. I just had a thought - how great it would have been if it had been compressed P. nigra. A black bamboo floor! WOW. Huss Grow a little garden spam block - for real addy, reverse letters of second level domain. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Bamboo question
Hussein M. wrote in message . ..
This year there are maybe ten or twelve canes reaching 12' (I exaggerated before when I said 15'). They are slender though - only about 0.5" in their upper reaches (maybe 1" in the lower) but it makes it very graceful in the breezes. The ebony black is perfectly obvious and distinctive. If you insist on rigid 1" canes I suppose you had better tinker as others have suggested. I took a picture of it today. Perhaps I may have time to stickit on the WWW in the next coupla days. Interestingly I have just had a special wood floor laid in the bathroom - solid and constructed out of compressed bamboo. The grain, if you can call it that, is very distinctively bamboo. I just had a thought - how great it would have been if it had been compressed P. nigra. A black bamboo floor! WOW. Huss I'm waiting for my nigra to take off - I ordered it last year when Crocus were doing a two for one special. Although I've been happy with most of their plants, one of the nigras was the most pathetic weedy stemmed specimin you could imagine. It's built up a lot since then, so I'm hoping it will go into overdrive this year! I also bought a Sasa palmate, which is a short growing bamboo listed as "vigorous". No sign of that vigour last year, but I noticed yesterday loads of new shoots appearing from the ground anything up to 2 feet from the original plant - looks like I'm in for some trouble from this one! As for the bathroom, I discovered bamboo flooring while searching online and used it in my bathroom too. It looks great, doesn't go soggy or mouldy like carpet, and is nice and warm, unlike tiles. For a while, it was great to have such a unique floor. Then the local Homebase started selling it! :-( Bob |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|