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Post by cannaisseur on Apr 3, 2007 21:18:59 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't know. I have never heard of this, but you never know.
I forgot to mention, that when you are gonna dig it out, water it well the night before. Make sure that when it comes out the ground, that its not allowed to dry out.
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Post by houseodessey on Apr 3, 2007 21:33:17 GMT -5
I'll be sure to take good care of it. I'm really excited to finally have something that people actually want, rather than just a bunch of stupid questions. As a newbie, I really do feel rather useless at times. Thank goodness someone planted bamboo on my property many moons ago!!
Thank you so much for your help, Canna.
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Post by cannaisseur on Apr 3, 2007 21:45:15 GMT -5
Anytime
And don't feel like you are useless, cause thats obviously not the case. I am a newbie in some ways, and have experience in others just like you. I try to help if I can, but I also need help with other things, like my picky serrano pepper. Besides you can't be useless, cause you make me laugh when you throw out comments at a certain somebody at Idig.... sometimes I like being the spectator with the popcorn...
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Post by houseodessey on Apr 4, 2007 13:27:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words.
LG and Johno, let me know how much you want to start with and J. I'll need your address.
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Post by houseodessey on May 8, 2007 16:39:40 GMT -5
Canna- Here's a picture of one of the new culms. It has a pretty blue coloring at each joint. Maybe this will help you with ID-ing it for me as I'm still curious about it. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/houseodessey/P1010036.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> |
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Post by cannaisseur on May 9, 2007 21:21:30 GMT -5
I believe this one is Phyllostachys aurea. But to be certain let me ask you, do you have any where the culm and the joints look a little deformed even the slightest? Go and look at all of them when you can in good light. Look especially at the bottoms and check if any of the nodes(joints) seem to be shorter than usual, or kind of odd.
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Post by houseodessey on May 15, 2007 19:01:43 GMT -5
None seem short but there are occasional ones that seem bent, kind of like an arthritic finger.
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Post by cannaisseur on May 16, 2007 18:58:04 GMT -5
Then it is probably P. aurea. This comes from some bamboo guys who know a lot about the runners. The funny thing about bamboo, is it can be quite hard to id sometimes. Bamboo is still relatively unknown, and there are many types still undiscovered out there. Most plants are Id by their flowers, and since bamboo does not flower on average from thirty to over one hundred years, id is hard.
P. aurea is hardy to 0 degrees F. It is the most common bamboo in America, but looks quite beautiful when its fully matured and well taken care of. It grows to only about a two and a half inch diameter culm. Many ones produce odd shaped culms, with the nodes looking kind of deformed. This does not occur with all specimens, and such the ones with it are a nice oddity.
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