On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:51:22 +0200, "Jim" <Jim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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.
So far nothing from my nitida seeds, a local grower in Chimi*** has
had all his nitida bloom and had no luck whatsoever with seed
germination.
http://www.bambu-u.com/
g.
>
>"gnarl" <gnarl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:b6729358eoqdo1ihclthmo2ciuq89iof6e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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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