Phyllostachys what?

[Alan_L]

Are you still asking for ID on this plant?

To control it, you'll either need to rhizome prune, or just kick over new shoots that come up in areas you don't want them. Both of these activities are forever though.

[zxylene]

Are you still asking for ID on this plant?

No I suppose I no longer need to ID the plant I know that the mother grove has no yellow and the new shoots do not have yellow like my yellow grove does.

To control it, you'll either need to rhizome prune, or just kick over new shoots that come up in areas you don't want them. Both of these activities are forever though.

I am aware of kicking the shoots and rhizome pruning I was just not expecting that much growth off of two culms.
Once I have 40 culms next year I am not going to get another x19 increase will I? That will be 760 new culms .
I doubt that but I was expecting maybe 4 culms this year that would be x3 my culm total in one year.

[Matt in TN]

You've just learned the law of bamboo. Those of us who want many shoots and massive growth don't get it, but if you want it to grow slowly and not multiply it's guaranteed to explode!

[zxylene]

I so wish I would have posted what this grove of Phy aureosulcata Alata looked like last summer before it all died.

[dependable]

How did it die? I don't think P A alata flowered, at least mine has not.