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Sun, Dec 28, 08 at 6:51
| My grove of Moso bamboo beside my kitchen window faces east and is between our farm fish pond and home. Every year it tends to shoot early (in a warm spring it can shoot as early as March 3rd) and then we get a late frost and I lose 3/4 of those giant culms. Any suggestions as to how to keep the ground cool enough that it won't want to shoot so early? TIA |
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- Posted by kentuck_8b z8b TX (My Page) on Sun, Dec 28, 08 at 11:24
| I would suggest watering, then covering the new shoots with a tarp when the cold returns, then uncover quickly as the day warms up. A mild frost shouldn't hurt them. How cold does it get? Kt |
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- Posted by bamboobubba z7 AR (My Page) on Wed, Dec 31, 08 at 15:34
| I've had the same thing happen the last two years, We had 75+ deg for a week and Easter morning it got down to 17 deg two nights in a row. My culms some 6 foot high folded over. Last year only got down to 30 Easter also. some got damaged but most survived. I am going to try placing a barrel full of burning charcoal next to them this year. |
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