Bamboo query

georgiesunflowe · July 2015

I have some golden green bamboo in a couple of troughs on wheels that I use as temporary wind and view breaks.

This winter under our car port they have got some sooty mould , no doubt because it was mild and wet, which is unsightly.

Should I prune some or all of it back? Its been in for a couple of years now and is about 4ft tall on average.

Tropical Sam · April 2014

Bamboo should like wet and mild, mine put on new growth in winter, sending out shoots. They do naturally lose leaves now. I am wondering if air circulation is too poor in your car port, causing mould? So I would leave the leaves and stalks and let the wind and nature take its course.

Pruning wise, I only thin out stalks but some people do cut Bamboo when they have reached their desired height - it is up to you if you think 4ft is the right height. Those pruned stalks do not grow taller, only new ones will.

georgiesunflowe · April 2014

Thanks, I've wheeled the troughs out where the wind will blow through them and see what happens.

georgiesunflowe · July 2015

Just found this old post.. well the bamboo did improve, but never really seemed happy, so I have been bold and planted it out in my hot and gravelly front garden. Not ideal conditions but maybe it will thwart it from running wild.

georgiesunflowe · July 2015

Memo to Alan Titchmarsh.

What on earth were you doing allowing your team to plant a yew hedge in the garden where three little girls will play !

I hope the parents, who happen to work in a garden centre are better clued up. All parts of yew are poisonous - shame on you and the TV company, I would also like to say that I think the amounts of money spent on these projects is obscene

Dovefromabove · July 2015

Potato leaves, rhubarb leaves and many other common garden plants are also poisonous - children who cannot be relied on not to put everything into their mouths should not be in a garden unsupervised.

There is no need for irrational hysteria.

NB Alan Titchmarsh's current series is nothing to do with Gardeners' World.

Dovefromabove · July 2015

Did you know that raw bamboo shoots are poisonous for humans?

http://www.bambooki.com/blog/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bamboo/

Dovefromabove · July 2015

philippa smith2 wrote (see)

That will be why they plant Yews in cemetaries then ............not too much risk to the occupants.

If you are unable to treat nature sensibly, you should never leave the safety of your bed.

One theory is that cemeteries/churchyards would never be grazed, so the villagers' animals would be safe, and the yews needed for the manufacture of long-bows, could be grown.

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