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Bamboo plants going brown

PetawakePetawake Posts: 4
edited June 2019 in Problem solving
Are my bamboo plants too dry or too wet

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    No idea.
    Have you tried having a feel around the roots?
  • PetawakePetawake Posts: 4
    I've got them in large pots. Could they be root bound maybe?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Tip the pot upside down, remove pot and see if the roots fill it.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Give us a clue Pete, I know there’s some clever people on here but no one with a crystal ball. A photo of the root  ball would help.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • PetawakePetawake Posts: 4
    Sorry I'm new to this forum.
    They are in large pots partially sunk into the ground.
    Sounds like I've got to lift them then?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    How long have they been in  the pots?
    They make big root systems, so there's a good chance there's not much soil left in the pots - just lots of roots.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PetawakePetawake Posts: 4
    Thanks for replying.
    They've been in them for 2 years. Several new shoots in each pot.
    I have 2 negra which look fine and 2 each of green and gold., it's the green and gold ones that are going brown.
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    Hi Petawake, I have 2 8ft bamboo's in two very large tubs. Have you fed the bamboo is a grass and I feed mine with lawn fertiliser but no the one that is weed, feed and moss killer. You must make sure it's just lawn feed, they are also a very thirsty plant so in the summer if we don't have rain a bucket of water per day and if we do get rain I still give them water ever other day. If they get to big for the pot or are already to big you can split them. I'm using mine as a screen so my neighbours can't see into my lounge.   
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