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Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii
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#75
Re: Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii 1 Year, 3 Months ago Karma: 0
jason,
do you mulch heavily?
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#77
Re: Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii 1 Year, 3 Months ago Karma: 1
I did mulch heavily the first couple of years, but not the last 2 years. Do you mulch yours heavily? In summer and winter?
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Re: Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii 1 Year, 3 Months ago Karma: 1
When i first planted the oldhamii I mulched it with hay and put a hoop of 2ft high welded wire fence around it. I kept it mulched pretty heavily but after about 2 years the hoop fence was getting a little small so I took it down. After that my chickens kept scratching out all the mulch looking for bugs. I put another little fence around the bamboo today though and some hay.
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Re: Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii 1 Year, 3 Months ago Karma: 0
sometimes deep mulch covering a low culm node will cause branching below mulch level that appear to be shoots.
sometimes its shoots
just curious as to which you have.
eventually the branches may produce roots giving you a new plant. even better.
i only mulch with hay occasionally because it looks nice.
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#81
Re: Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii 1 Year, 3 Months ago Karma: 1
The chickens had scratched it down to bare soil so im pretty sure they are shoots. Below is a picture of some of the new bambusa oldhamii shoots.
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#82
Re: Frost damage Bambusa Oldhamii 1 Year, 3 Months ago Karma: 0
looks like my hamiltonii
the small early shoots may be a response to the cold damage.
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