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" <gnarl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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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 <xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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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