I have a few different seedlings here and this one is so far the most interesting because of its curling branching habit.
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Some of the branches nearly form circles. After 2 years, the over all habit is weepy/bushy.
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RE: DENDROCALAMUS calostachyus
Mike, my Dendrocalamus asper seedlings from over 1 year ago have over 1inch diameter canes now and fill some nice 25gal containers.
You want some special B Bonds Balco mix to beef them up...?
You want some special B Bonds Balco mix to beef them up...?
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Re: DENDROCALAMUS calostachyus
Mike,Thuja wrote:I have a few different seedlings here and this one is so far the most interesting because of its curling branching habit.
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Some of the branches nearly form circles. After 2 years, the over all habit is weepy/bushy.
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Your luck with seedlings is about like mine. My B. tuldoides seedlings are 5 years old now and about 6 feet tall and pencil size diameter.
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RE: DENDROCALAMUS calostachyus
It is diminutive but for me that's a lucky attribute because I can more easily bring it into the house over winter. Here's a photo of it last year when it was only a year and a half old...
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... dSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="1.5 yr">
I have another seedling that is upright growing & of much larger stature. Here's a picture from the same time last summer:
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... tSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="upright habit">
It's hard to believe these are siblings.
Booking, yes, please send over a shipment of your famous Triple B foot powder, I could always use it. One of my D. strictus had good growth too at 3/4" last fall before I dug it up, but it took this whole year for it to recuperate. I didn't expect it to set root as deeply as it did in only a few months planted out. Now it's looking good again but it still could use your Jersey Triple B mix. (BTW, how are you storing your asper plants this winter? Garage?)
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... dSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="1.5 yr">
I have another seedling that is upright growing & of much larger stature. Here's a picture from the same time last summer:
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... tSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="upright habit">
It's hard to believe these are siblings.
Booking, yes, please send over a shipment of your famous Triple B foot powder, I could always use it. One of my D. strictus had good growth too at 3/4" last fall before I dug it up, but it took this whole year for it to recuperate. I didn't expect it to set root as deeply as it did in only a few months planted out. Now it's looking good again but it still could use your Jersey Triple B mix. (BTW, how are you storing your asper plants this winter? Garage?)
--Mike
RE: DENDROCALAMUS calostachyus
This year I have a friend's nursery and greenhouse to overwinter my plants. The only problem is I may need to rent a U-Haul truck to bring them down there and it's 3hours away but he's got an acre under glass and the roofs are pretty high Grow Dendro Grow...
Grow Dendro Grow...