bamboo dieing

chriz1

I have a very large clump of bamboo at the top of my garden and have recently decided to split small clumps of it and plant them in different areas for cover,
i removed to clumps and watered in well they were green for about 3 months but noticed the leaves were slowly losing colour and now they have all fallen off dead.
Just wondering will they pick back up at some point?

m33r4

My neighbour's bamboo has grown through the fence panels and recently I cut, as from below as I could, a stem that had come onto my property and planted same. I noticed that the existing leaves on the stem died off not long after but left to its own devices, the stem soon sprouted new leaves. Just give it about 2-3 weeks and keep the soil moist. If easier, plant it in a pot so you can keep a more careful eye on it while it picks up.

Good luck!

alanobrien

Depending on the species they can be very hardy. I am guessing this one is since the cuttings were from an existing plant. I suspect they will be ok but i would give them a bit of a boost i.e. Water and feed. bamboo likes a lot of water, especially when its been transplanted/moved.

chriz1

Thanks i always thought they were hardy and something tells me they will pick back up.

Grebe

Bamboo for me is much loved huffy git. All to do with wind water feed and pruning. I bought three teeny tiny specimens which I was assured by the seller would grow to around 3 ft !!!! Regardless to the fact that they have shown that they could happily grow to what seems to me five million fee. I adore the plant, the sheer bliss of the sound when the breeze blows through the leaves or when you spot a teeny tiny bird perched in the branches which seem to bend and sway regardless of weight is lovely.
Mine do go in patches yellow and there is leaf loss. Never the less they recover well and if you give them an extra water and a wee wee tiny feed they will in no time show you just how much they love you. I have read that when they flower they die out completely, which does fill me with the horrors, so I do trim, cut back and prune regularly.
I hope this helps.
Grebe

chriz1

thanks everyone

Kay_Peel

Bamboo is amazing - but it takes about 18 months for it to recover from dividing/transplanting. In that time it will lose all its leaves and look a bit more yellow than usual. Just when you think it's dead it suddenly regenerates and takes off like a rocket.

I'll tell you how amazing it is. A small bulldozer grubbed out a big chunk of my bamboo hedge to make way for a fence. I took off some small bits from the outside and transplanted them. I left the huge lump ON TOP of the soil at the back of the border until I had the energy and time to tackle it. True to form it lost its leaves and went yellow. That was in 2008. It's still there, in a big dry lump on top of the soil with all its roots exposed, and it's growing like mad!

paulwellerfan

i am trying to find a way to kill mine off. its grown every where.. my neighbours 3 doors down have some of mine in their garden.
once it gets going there is no stopping it...

alanobrien

paulwellerfan wrote: »

i am trying to find a way to kill mine off. its grown every where.. my neighbours 3 doors down have some of mine in their garden.
once it gets going there is no stopping it...

Had some growing up a 6" gap between two house extensions :eek: sodium chlorate solved the problem very nicely.