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What's wrong with my Bamboo !!!!
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Posted by mistymorn Brisbane Qld (My Page) on Fri, Mar 17, 06 at 18:28
As I have not been crawing around under the bamboo for a couple of weeks I did not see these till this morning. I asked hubby he said they have been down on the ground for a couple of weeks. Well a few weeks back we had rain and down that end of the block the water gets blocked by all the mulch so it could be pretty damp under there, so maybe its a fungus or mould of sorts..I did feed them the lawn food after the rain and I could have been a little heavy handed in my haste to get away from all the insects that live under them..So any idea's....Cheers..MM.
They only get to about 120cm then drop off:
Amazing the growth they have put on the last few weeks some is two meters so they would be 6mts tall now:
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RE: What's wrong with my Bamboo !!!!
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| Did you get much wind from that tropical low a couple of weeks ago (the cyclone that wasn't a cyclone!)? I lost the tops of a few new culms on a couple of varieties due to the wind. The Damage looks the same as mine and I think the blackness is just due to the tops shriveling on the ground. I wouldn't worry about it too much as the rest of the clump looks healthy to me. Some of the Bamboo boffins might be able to offer more info. Andrew. |
RE: What's wrong with my Bamboo !!!!
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| Thanks Andrew...Yes not only wind but a bit of rain too. The rest of the clumps nine all up are about 2mts from the back fence so they would not have got much wind I thought it may a been some kind of mildew due to the water sitting there. I thought Richard may have been around to answer but never mind he will eventually..Thanks again....Cheers....MM. |
RE: What's wrong with my Bamboo !!!!
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Andrew is pretty much on the money there,looks like they have snapped off by wind,this happen a lot.I would start to take it easy on the fertiliser routine now though,as too much can result in softer growth,your oldhamii will be well established now and will be fine with applications of fert 3 time a year now.
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RE: What's wrong with my Bamboo !!!!
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Hi Richard...Would you believe that was the first time I had fed them this growing season.
I did not feed them at all in the Spring I felt it was too dry, even with hose watering
And decided to wait till we had a bit of rain, bad idea was it.
You know they looked so healthy I though I would leave them be, but thanks for that tip..
Cheers...MM. |
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