Hi!
I'm am completly new to bamboo but I have been searching where to buy a plant for interior use here in Puerto Rico and I haven't been able to. Finally I met a person who had bamboos in his back yard. They are not the giant type that grow wild near the rivers here in Puerto Rico. I know this because the plant is mature (I am assuming this by the many years it's been planted there) and the highest culms I see are about 10 feet high. So I dug up a few of the roots (which I now know are called rhyzomes) but since I didn't know much, I don't know if I took enough. I took out like 6 or 7 clumps and planted them in pots. Since I didn't know the rhyzomes were dry for about 10 minutes while I drove to my house. Now it's been about a week and only 1 of those 6 or 7 plants has green waxy leaves. The others have curled up and are kinda dry although the remain a pale green color. After I swa their reaction I have done some research to see what I can do but I am still not sure. I read that I could cut the culms to a lower size but I wouldn't like to do that because I want to retain the hieght that the culms have (6 feet). The thickest culm is aroung .25". I also read that I could pluck out the leaves (which for me is a more desireable thing) but, how would I know if they are going to make it? Please HELP ME!!! I don't want to lose them!! What can I do to help them. I put a fertilizer 15-50-5 to see if it helped and a few leaves got better.
Thanks in advanced!!
Jonathan
