Hi I am interested in your Haas avocado air layered, if you still have it. I have Dwarf ambarella seedlings. It is a tropical fruit tree producing edible soursweet juicy fruits the size of a chicken egg. It may grow to 6 or 7 feet tall after many years but usually stays below that. Can easily be grown to fruiting stage in a large pot. Please let me know if interested. Thanks

It's likely to be a running bamboo, rather than a clumper, although there's no way of knowing for sure from your description. In any case, you can't propagate running bamboo from branch cuttings, and, while you sometimes can do it with clumpers, it's not easy. The only way you can likely propagate this bamboo is from rhizome (root) cuttings, and that also is not easy. If you succeed, then it will be probably 5 years before the bamboo is as tall as you are. I'm not trying to discourage you. I'm only trying to get you to accept the inevitable: the only going way you're going to successfully create your tall, 200' long barrier is to dig divisions (decent size root ball and at least one culm). It's also getting close to shooting season, which is when you DO NOT want to take divisions. So it may be best for you to wait until fall or next spring, unless you don't see evidence of new shoots coming up now. If you need instructions on how to dig divisions, email me.

I would say that there is still hope for your bamboo. First, you selected a difficult time of year to transplant bamboo. I usually propagate running boos in April in my area because the weather is usually very rainy, misty, humid, etc.. Then I will keep the potted bamboo cutting out of direct sun for several days and only gradually introduce stronger sun. Do not fertilize but do mist them daily in a shady position. They should make it. Bamboo leaves regularly curl or might even fall off completely before they acclimate to their new home. Even if leaves drop don't assume it's over! Good luck!

Well, I got into it, and so far not too bad. I cut the culms about 3 feet up to get rid of the interferring foliage. Re this, I gather there is no problem in disposing of the culms, as they do not propogate from the nodes, or the like. I dug outside of the root area and dug out the stumps and main root mass. I'll let this dry out and burn it. I cleaned out the area of all of the soil and did not find any great amount of spreading rhizomes. I suppose if I put this soil into my secondary compost pile, which is made up of soil stripped from the lawn to remove dead grass and weed infestation, any remaining small pieces of rhizomes will easily compost in time. If any shoots come out while cooking, I'll carefully strip this back. I will be re-using this soil, after a long cooking, as lawn topdressing in future, and therefore any tough pieces that survive the cooking would not survive on top of the lawn. I found that the back of the clump was restricted from spreading by a brick border and asphalt pavement which ran across to the neighbour's house wall. There is about five feet from the pavement to my house wall and I do not see any spread, although I will keep vigilant and eradicate any new young shoots, now I know what to look for. The clump was also in the middle of a cedar hedge and was competing with the roots of the mature cedars. I appreciate the help all of you have given me, and prevented what would have been a larger cleanup in future. Now I have to decide on a nice plant for that area to replace the empty spot, as I need something to screen my side window from the neighbour's side door and driveway. The knotweed was really a nice looking plant, and ideally filled that purpose, with the elegant stalks and the broad leaves, which provided as kind of airey screening. It also thrived in a somewhat demanding and semi-shaded environment, so that speaks for it's noted hardiness. It had the ideal height and spread. Oh well>. Ted