Morning all,

My Black Bamboo has been in situ now for around a month. The bottom part looks particularly heathly with limited "deadness" on the ends of the leaves. But the highest shoots look in a poor state to me (not that i'm any expert). I'm watering every other day (as with the rest of my newly planted border). The tallest shoot do appear to be growing in height, but the state of the leaves is worrying me, bound to on your most expensive purchase to date! i suppose :-(

Any help you can give would be very much appreciated

Regards

Mick
Sheffield
PS. Please find attached pictures of the tallest shoot and the lower part. (plus one of the rest of my new border for anyone remotely interested!!)

"Zarch" wrote in message
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Morning all,

My Black Bamboo has been in situ now for around a month. The bottom
part looks particularly heathly with limited "deadness" on the ends of
the leaves. But the highest shoots look in a poor state to me (not
that i'm any expert). I'm watering every other day (as with the rest
of my newly planted border). The tallest shoot do appear to be growing
in height, but the state of the leaves is worrying me, bound to on your
most expensive purchase to date! i suppose :-(

Any help you can give would be very much appreciated

Regards

Mick

Keep doing what you are, they take a while to settle, it may be a year
before it sends up some new shoots (culms) at which point you can start
removing the older tatty stuff and raising its skirts to expose clean stems,
but until then keep all the leaves you can.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

Cheers Charlie, i'll just keep on as i am then.

I thought they might be getting battered by the wind or something. The top of the tallest shoot is just above the height of the fence. The wind really gets hold of them at times......

Mick

Well things are looking a little better with the leaves, but the grand news is that i've got a new shoot coming out and its nearly 2 foot in less than a week..... is this fast growing normal?

Finally, i am rather worried about this talk of invasive bamboo and would like to take some precautions.(although led to believe black bamboo is less of a tyrant) Could i but some perspex sheeting in the ground where i dont want the bamboo to invade? At least a couple of feet from where the base currently is. If this is possible, how deep would the perspex have to go down?

Many Thanks

Mick

"Zarch" wrote in message
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Zarch Wrote:
Cheers Charlie, i'll just keep on as i am then.

I thought they might be getting battered by the wind or something. The
top of the tallest shoot is just above the height of the fence. The
wind really gets hold of them at times......

Mick


Well things are looking a little better with the leaves, but the grand
news is that i've got a new shoot coming out and its nearly 2 foot in
less than a week..... is this fast growing normal?

Finally, i am rather worried about this talk of invasive bamboo and
would like to take some precautions.(although led to believe black
bamboo is less of a tyrant) Could i but some perspex sheeting in the
ground where i dont want the bamboo to invade? At least a couple of
feet from where the base currently is. If this is possible, how deep
would the perspex have to go down?

Many Thanks

Zarch

Black bamboo is not likely to be such a pest, they are not deep rooted and
it is easy enough to remove unwanted parts. and yes they really do grow that
quick, and the Phyllostaches niga is one of the smaller better behaved ones!