Moderators dtel Posted May 1, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2009 My neighbors row we planted a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 1, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2009 My property line about 2 years old, same Bamboo, I think it will crowd out the Apple tree before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 1, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2009 Almost forgot, this is my neighbors Bamboo from the side so you can see how it clumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 1, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2009 This is a different type still clumping but the canes get about 1 1/2" thick. I put it in the back yard where the back driveway splits then makes a circle, you can you tell we don't drive back there much the grass wants to cover the rocks. It's a circle driveway going to where we plan on building another house, if i live long enough. [:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 1, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2009 Here is some of the pots I keep cutting to try to get enough to do the other side of the property where the side road is. We live on a corner, the circle driveway to the back of the property is on the side road, hard to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 1, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2009 Tired of looking at all that green, here is one of my favorite plant's, Red Japanese Maple " Crimson Queen " with an upright growing green Maple behind it. I think that's enough pic's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 You need to dig a division. Make sure you get a couple bamboos together with root system and it should be fine. One at a time is not as good. The more root system the better. I never had much problem dividing it and it not living, I had some extra plants after planting my side property line so I cut up the roots and put them into 3 gallon pots. After about a year in the pots I removed them again and cut them up again and re potted them, this was done a few times and needs to be done again. I am trying to get enough to do another property line on the other side of the yard that runs along the side street that has a little more traffic. I may have just been lucky when cutting them up, it's not like I was careful I used a machete . My neighbor planted some also about a year before me, I will go take a pic of his and mine and post. Every one likes pics anyway . Just about any method of diging them up will work but the method I stated is how the Bamboo farms dig it up for resale. The more rhizome system and multiple plants per division the healthier they will be. I'm going to dig some this year. I'm take shovel, pick, axe, and chainsaw. There is a bamboo farm in Morrilton, AR with 75 varieties of Bamboo so no telling what I will come home with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 2, 2009 Your probably right the better the root the more stalks will grow in less time. Seti look up some prices on the computer before you go to that farm, some Bamboo is very expensive and none of it is cheap. There are some really nice looking bamboo, I have a few pots of some yellow with green stripes and i had some giant Bamboo a man let us dig a few pieces from his patch. It was about 8" thick and 75' tall, we cut it into 15' pieces to get it home to show Christy how tall it was , we planted it behind our property and I think it didn't make it after a very wet winter one year. That clumping Bamboo in the pic we dug up from in town, it was on the side of a building, one big clump. We asked who owned it and if we could dig a few pieces from it, they said is there any way we could take it all ? We ended up using a tractor and a cable, we dug under one side as far as we could and was going to try to get the cable under it and try to pull it up. What ended up happening was the cable just cut through the dirt under the plant like a knife, we were left with a giant plant completely loose. We used the tractor to load it in a trailer and bring it home, we thought we had it made until we tried to cut it up, it took 2 days and kicked our butts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Your probably right the better the root the more stalks will grow in less time. Seti look up some prices on the computer before you go to that farm, some Bamboo is very expensive and none of it is cheap. There are some really nice looking bamboo, I have a few pots of some yellow with green stripes and i had some giant Bamboo a man let us dig a few pieces from his patch. It was about 8" thick and 75' tall, we cut it into 15' pieces to get it home to show Christy how tall it was , we planted it behind our property and I think it didn't make it after a very wet winter one year. I've been shopping them for a while. The prices are insane especially running bamboo which is what I like. The farm is cool because it is run by an elderly couple and they can no longer work the farm so they give huge discounts if you dig them up. Bamboo that would normally be 100-175 a division is $25-$35 each. It sounds like you had Moso Bamboo. The Moso does like a well drained soil. It should have been cold hardy enough but perhaps the cold wet ground was abit much. I would try to grow that one more time. People pay for the cane and for the live plants. I'd like to make a tiki bar out of moso. 8 inches in diameter!!!! Wow That clumping Bamboo in the pic we dug up from in town, it was on the side of a building, one big clump. We asked who owned it and if we could dig a few pieces from it, they said is there any way we could take it all ? We ended up using a tractor and a cable, we dug under one side as far as we could and was going to try to get the cable under it and try to pull it up. What ended up happening was the cable just cut through the dirt under the plant like a knife, we were left with a giant plant completely loose. We used the tractor to load it in a trailer and bring it home, we thought we had it made until we tried to cut it up, it took 2 days and kicked our butts. They usually pay to have it removed. Wowee. That is some seriously hard work!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 2, 2009 They usually pay to have it removed. Wowee. That is some seriously hard work!!!!!!! I see now why they pay, it was rough we did not know what we were getting into. But we did get about 75 3 gallon pots each out of it, which would have cost us more then we were willing to pay. There is a local (30 minutes away) Bamboo club, I thought about joining but these guys are way to serious for me, it's crazier than the audio people. [:$] I really like the running bamboo more than the clumping you just need to be sure you want it permanently where you plant it. I would love to plant some in the back yard and have it big enough to make a trail in and maby some benches like we had seen in North Carolina. Sounds like a nice place your going to, I am always willing to do a little work to save money or to get more for the money I am spending. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 here is one of my favorite plant's, Red Japanese Maple " Crimson Queen " It is also one of mine. I have a Crimson Queen and a Bloodgood. Some pics of Crimson Queens from when I was in Japan. They really know how to do gardens!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 This is a close up of the previous pic and have it as my desktop pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Went to one shrine/garden that had lots of Bamboo growing and used in the garden. This was outside the shrine/garden fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 3, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 3, 2009 Very nice, I love Japanese gardens, we are going to redo our front garden, it's been years, and we are thinking about a Japanese garden even though we are taking out the Koi pond. That's about the only country I would visit just for the trees and gardens, nothing else even comes close to a nice Japanese garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Some more of Gardens in Kyoto and Takayama. Imperial palace garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Outside the restaurant window in our hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Walking down side streets you would see alot of this type of gardens. People would have a small area in front of their house or apt and would make beautiful gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Garden at the orange temple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 This is why I called it the orange temple. Someone really really liked Orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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