Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I have bought a bigger pot so am going to take your advice to leave the bamboo as one plant and repot . Must remember to water well and hopefully will eventually see some improvement to it. I don't think I fancy putting it into the garden now anyway after what I've been reading about it taking over so shall be keeping it in a pot.
I have a Phyllostachys Aurea bamboo bought from Homebase last year its in a large pot and was doing great last year. This spring after the strong winds and rain its looking rather sad and seems to have lots of little white bugs on it? what can I do to help revive it?
I can only assume that ground conditions play a major part in whether or not bamboos become thugs or not. It's a conversation that's been had many times on this forum but I have both aurea in nigra growing in my garden and had no problem with either. They must have been in 20 years now and still form a large clump. I do get the odd runner appear but either just break the growing tip off when it appears or mow over it. No problems for me at all.
If you are do want to grow bamboo and are concerned about spread then get a rubber dustbin, cut the bottom out and sink it in the ground like a bottomless pot. All the runners from my bamboo have been within about 6 inches of the surface so a decent bin will certainly contain them to a great extent.
Make sure the pot is not top heavy. Picking up a fallen pot in the middle of a storm is not fun, especially not after the 10th time. When it falls it damages the top growth and can damage the roots. I find troughs work best...and in the ground better. I would not bother in the ground if you want to move it next year.
I put a golden bamboo in the ground earlier this year, added lots of chicken pellets and bone meal and it has doubled in size, with lots of strong 6ft tall canes.
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Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I have bought a bigger pot so am going to take your advice to leave the bamboo as one plant and repot . Must remember to water well and hopefully will eventually see some improvement to it. I don't think I fancy putting it into the garden now anyway after what I've been reading about it taking over so shall be keeping it in a pot.
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I have a Phyllostachys Aurea bamboo bought from Homebase last year its in a large pot and was doing great last year. This spring after the strong winds and rain its looking rather sad and seems to have lots of little white bugs on it? what can I do to help revive it?
I can only assume that ground conditions play a major part in whether or not bamboos become thugs or not. It's a conversation that's been had many times on this forum but I have both aurea in nigra growing in my garden and had no problem with either. They must have been in 20 years now and still form a large clump. I do get the odd runner appear but either just break the growing tip off when it appears or mow over it. No problems for me at all.
If you are do want to grow bamboo and are concerned about spread then get a rubber dustbin, cut the bottom out and sink it in the ground like a bottomless pot. All the runners from my bamboo have been within about 6 inches of the surface so a decent bin will certainly contain them to a great extent.
Make sure the pot is not top heavy. Picking up a fallen pot in the middle of a storm is not fun, especially not after the 10th time. When it falls it damages the top growth and can damage the roots. I find troughs work best...and in the ground better. I would not bother in the ground if you want to move it next year.
I put a golden bamboo in the ground earlier this year, added lots of chicken pellets and bone meal and it has doubled in size, with lots of strong 6ft tall canes.
KT53 I have both and they aren't a problem to me in S.Yorks, growing in clay with no TLC