Last spring, I decided to build a freestanding bamboo trellis for a section of climbing roses along my back fence. Simple enough project — except I had about sixty culms to cut, trim, and notch to length. My old crosscut…
When Rust Shows Up in a Grove You’ve Tended for Years…
I Sprayed Neem Oil on My Bamboo Mealybug Problem for 30 Days: Honest Results…
Last spring, I took on a containment job for a neighbour three streets over. The previous owner had planted Phyllostachys aureosulcata — yellow groove bamboo — without a single metre of root barrier. By the time my neighbour called me,…
I Used a Mattock to Remove Invasive Bamboo Rhizomes: The Only Tool That Worked…
If you’ve landed on this drip irrigation bamboo plants review, there’s a good chance you’re staring down the same problem I was last spring: too many containers, too little time, and bamboo that punishes you immediately when watering goes sideways….
After fifteen years growing bamboo commercially, I thought I had my fertilization routine locked down. Then two seasons ago, I started questioning everything. My soil tests were coming back with results I didn’t love, a few of my Phyllostachys stands…
The Soil pH Meter That Helped Me Dial In My Bamboo Beds…
After fifteen years of growing bamboo commercially, I thought I knew what I was dealing with. Then I watched Phyllostachys aureosulcata push clean through a cheap 20-mil barrier I’d installed three years earlier — surfacing about four feet outside the…
Feeder roots: Fine, fibrous roots emerge from rhizome nodes and extend further into the soil. These are the actual bamboo roots responsible for water and nutrient uptake. They are shorter-lived than the rhizome itself and are replaced seasonally. When and How Do Bamboo Rhizomes Grow? Bamboo rhizome growth and culm shooting follow a seasonal cycle … Read more