What's wrong with my bamboo? (photos)
Steph Clay
6 years ago
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What's Wrong With My Bamboo?
Comments (4)Bamboo likes a lot of water if it is in well-drained soil and if the plant has some size to it. If your plants are small, then the roots probably aren't that vast, and too much water will make the leaves look like that. It needs time to dry out in between wet spells so that it has a chance to grow. Kt...See MoreWhat's Wrong With My Bamboo?
Comments (8)Thank you so much for your input. I doubt it's overwatering. I tend to let it dry out completely between watering. The reason you see standing water in the reservoir is because I had just watered it and the soil drains quite well. In the evening after sundown or early morning before sunrise, I mist the entire plant. (My logic being bamboo is a tropical plant and would benefit from the humidity) Contrary to typical belief Portland actually receives quite little rain during the summer, however, fall is approaching and natural rain should take the place of my manual watering. I think the max I could do is two pots as the purpose of the bamboo is a privacy screen from my next door neighbor's bay window and can't fit four containers in that corner. would now be a good time to repot and cut the rootball in two? Or do I need to wait until spring or something? Or rather than two separate pots, get one larger, approximately double the size, but still cut the root ball either in halves or quarters and separate them to opposite sides of the container? Thanks again, PNWBG...See MoreWhat is wrong with my Maple Tree? (photos included)
Comments (3)I actually just called my city to come check out a maple in front of my house. I believe it has verticillium wilt. My tree looks a great deal like yours. In my research one of the big clues for wilt that my tree has - a massive overproduction of seeds slightly off season. That along with die out and rapid wilt at the crown of the tree on individual branches. Jean's suggestion is probably a great idea. There was one other disease I saw that was similar, but it is difficult to tell which it might be without testing....See MoreWhats wrong with my bamboo palm?
Comments (7)The important thing is to make sure the soil in the pot is fast draining and the pot has good drainage holes. When the soil starts to get a bit on the dry side give it plenty of water. Times will vary according to how hot/dry the weather/environment is and how fast the soil dries. If the soil is very fast draining then you are not likely to have problems with over watering. That's better than having heavy, slow draining soil and needing to be very careful to not over water. If water doesn't drain well from the soil you can get a build up of minerals/fertiliser and get fertiliser burn on your plants. If you give the plant a good flush every now and then you avoid that mineral build up in the soil....See MoreSteph Clay
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