"pilchards" <pilchards.1df8b79@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Last night I rescued a 7 foot tall bamboo plant but I'm not really green
> fingered in the slightest and have no idea of how to look after it.
>
> The main tall part of him (he looks like he should be male to me) has a
> really thick central stem and has lots of nice green leaves.
> He has another slightly thinner less leafy shoot and a third one which
> is all dry and wispy looking.
> I think his main root ball is all intact and his soil is pretty moist
> at the moment, but really I have no idea how much to water him, how
> often he needs watering, whether I can keep him indoors or whether its
> best planting him outside (I live in London, so my soil is thick, clay
> and gets waterlogged very easily), what kinda soil he'd need, and how
> best to trim him down to a more reasonable height.
>
> Help me! (And Brutus!)
If 'he' has one thick 7'central stem, one thinner, less leafy one and a
dry
and whispy one...it does sound rather like he's been in an accident! Where
did you find him? I fear he may need more than a little TLC. Is he potted?
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