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bamboo
what is the best soil for bamboo please going to plant it in a tub. Hiya I would use John innis number 3.......not mpc Hiya I would use John innes number 3.......not mpc by bluejan
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30/04/2013 21:52:53
by Verdun
Bamboo
My bamboo is in containers and is looking very dry and shrivelled.  We are still having minus temperatures at night and early morning - can/should I  feed or water them or will that be worse for the roots than them drying out?   I'd water. The pots by Lavande
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02/04/2013 06:34:55
by SeonaidD
Bamboo
Help wanted - can anyone tell me how to get rid of bamboo shoots coming into my garden from a neighbours garden. They are about 5 - 7  ft in length any I have just found quite a few All you can really do is cut through the roots where they come by Rosalind2
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15/04/2013 17:42:42
by Rosalind2
Bamboo
Hi all, I am very new to gardening as we lived in a flat before. We have moved into a house which the garden needs some tlc when we moved in the bamboo was about 8-10 foot tall I have cut it down to about 2 foot now in preparation to get rid by Sazac
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16/05/2013 05:59:19
by SwissSue
black bamboo
All of my bamboo plants are growing new tall shoots this year but a newly planted black bamboo has sent out 2 shoots that are growing about 6 inches a day, what should I do, cut them back or just let them go? Phyllostachys nigra, if that's what you by JanS
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07/07/2012 10:02:16
by jatnikapyar
Talkback: Bamboo
bamboo used as scaffolding in various parts of China, but then they don't have the health and safety rules we have here lol! I have a bamboo grove which i find very useful when I thin out. It provides me with beansticks (this year sunflowers stakes by jude
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28/11/2011 18:43:21
by Jake
Bamboo seeds
I have been given a pot of golden bamboo by a friend who no longer wanted it. I notice that it is laden with seeds which I think is quite unusual, and was wondering if it would grow. Does anyone think it might be viable seed and if so what by pondskater
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04/11/2012 17:47:22
by pondskater
black bamboo
I have looked back on this forum to get info on planting black bamboo in the ground but have still not been able to answer my questions.  I have two nigra bamboos in pots on the patio but they have not flourished and after re-organising the garden I by break23
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11/04/2013 20:41:56
by The Artist
problems with bamboo
Hello everyone, I bought some bamboo plants a month ago and it seems like they are not doing good (see photos). Can anybody tell me what may be wrong?  I water them 2-3 times a week, using regular compost and they are in a very sunny spot. Thank you by lana Foster
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30/04/2013 16:36:46
by auntie betty
Spindly Bamboo
I have bamboo (Phyllostachys Nigra), which is growing well (very healthy green lea ves) but its stems are very spindly so when it rains, it ends up laying prostrate on the border and onto the lawn. Ive ended up staking it to keep it upright. If I by Tim Burr
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06/09/2012 21:37:04
by Plumstone1983