Bamboos Surviving ADVICE

14 years ago

Hello :

I am newbie on this forum both in the care of bamboo. I almost finish my home and I am trying to decorate it outside with 5 bamboos I got from a friend of mine. Problem here is the weather. It is extreme just like Phoenix AZ, probably sometimes hotter. I am located in Mexicali MÃ¯Â¿Â½xico by the way. We've reached 122 degrees in the summer and 32 in the winter. I really need some advise. When these bamboos were brought from the nursery and plantet last year about October, it was only used vegetal soil and thats all. No Fertilizer or any manure. Some stones were placed in the bed along with other plants as you can see in the picture. I havent install irrigation system yet but I will. I watering every day by night but apparentely theres a problem . Can someone tell me what I can do to recover them and make them healthy? Fertilizer? Mulch? Manure? More water? Now weather here is so hot.

Thank you everyone

I am happy I found this place

Francisco

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Franz123
Original Author
14 years ago
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Franz123
Original Author
14 years ago
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Franz123
Original Author
14 years ago
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water ?
Franz123
Original Author
14 years ago
Also, which irrigation system do you recommend ?
kentuck_8b
14 years ago
Did they recently start looking like this or did this happen over a period of weeks?

Also, the new culms/shoots and existing leaves look healthy, so there may not be a problem.

When I take divisions from my Bambusas, and after the new shoots begin to emerge, the older culms sometimes begin to die off like in your pictures.

If it happened over a long period of time, then it is probably not a problem, as long as the leaves and new culms remain healthy looking.

Kt
aloyzius
14 years ago
I'm new to this too. But I wonder how much sun these guys get. If they're getting baked in the sun then those rocks will probably retain and transfer a lot of heat. Just a thought.
sambo725
14 years ago
I live in Florida so I have to deal with the heat as well. I would say that the mulch is the most important part. I found that straw or hay works really well. I will Lay down 2 inches of compost with some organic fert mixed in. Then a good 3 inches of straw on top of that. The bamboos roots will start to grown in the compost, and the straw will eventually turn into compost. You need to recompost and mulch twice a year.
Franz123
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank You all for your comments. All this happened over a period of weeks. My concern is the white color of the culm. They are discolored just in front; all rest of the culm is green. I thought problem could be sun exposure. Right now we are at 119 degrees.

I am planning to add 8 of these attached to a manifold

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=202937790&R=202937790

Is this a good drip irrigation system ?

Thank You
Frank

Frank
Franz123
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank You sambo725, I just wondering, so I just remove some amount of soil and replace it with the mulch mixed with some fertilizer right ? is it good to spray leaves and all bamboo sometimes?

Thank You
Frank
sambo725
14 years ago
I just keep adding it to the top of the soil. Make a mound, compost decomposes and goes away pretty fast. So the mound will settle out rather quickly. Just make sure you mulch good.