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by Alec
Sun Oct 13, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Drought effect on cold hardiness
Replies: 5
Views: 19171

Re: Drought effect on cold hardiness

I always make sure to really water well going into winter. When it freezes it's cutting off water to the plant. Simulating drought. If it's already dry and then freezes, it just made sense to me it would be worse. Especially if you get cold blasts of wind, just because it's cold out and winter, doe...
by Alec
Sun Oct 13, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Phyllostachys recommendation and cool summer experiences
Replies: 2
Views: 15526

Phyllostachys recommendation and cool summer experiences

Hi there. I've posted here once before, and realized I forgot to check back in. I am Alec, and I live in Eastern Norway, with extremes between -15C/5F and 35C/95F. We face the ocean (never freezes, sea winds almost exclusively bring mild ocean temperatures; mountain air need to cross the sea before ...
by Alec
Thu May 05, 2016 11:59 pm
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: Leaves turning pale/white
Replies: 1
Views: 5513

Leaves turning pale/white

Hey! I recently moved one of my moso outside - sunnier, but also colder. Did this after moving it in and out over the last week to get it acclimated. Anyhow, a couple of days after planting it out, its leaves started turning white and they feel somewhat plasticky when I touch them. Is this the direc...