Hi I’m Sam, I mainly make gardening videos as I try to restore my garden back to its former glory. I also make some short informational content when I can.
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😂, bamboo are known to hold the land and prevent soil and earth washing away from rain. Yes, they do grow tall and this can prevent sun light to other plant but this is the same to pine tree or other tree that grow very tall. A good example would be the red wood tree in California. No other plant grow there other than red wood. Another tree would be the sequoia tree in California. Those forest is bare of any other plant other then those tree.
As a child I had a small gash on my thigh and it was common knowledge to use this silk to bind up the wound. Worked like a charm. Sadly, because most of the hedgerows, have now gone -this was back in the 60’s- you don’t see it as often now. Not even in gardens. And they say this is progress, waiting for up to 12 hrs at A/E!! 😎😎
i have clematis on a trellis , the bottom one is growing quite well across the trellis from a pot. ...but tbe top one is all wrapped into one long vine the tendrils have wrapped around each other so tightly , so im training it along a rope on my balcony ceiling.. Its got lots of buds & one big bloom but im growing it from a pot hooked on my trellis, I am worried they will need more room than the pots? I have more Clematis ordered & im wondering how best to plant those?
As a park groundskeeper, running bamboo is the BANE of my existence. If you leave any roots behind they'll just keep on popping up. It's worse than tree of heaven imo
It’s taking over our yard & we can’t keep up with it... 😕 The more we cut it down & spray poison && try digging up the roots... The more it pops up the next Spring😏 I HATE the stuff 😖
(In 1947, at Atalaia in Portugal, brachiosaurid remains were found in layers dating from the Tithonian. Albert-Félix de Lapparent and Georges Zbyszewski named them as the species Brachiosaurus atalaiensis in 1957.) So they can be found in Portugal
Pretty sure the project is a flop. a. The bed is extremely shady, clematis wont' take off b. You need a tall structure for clematis to climb and rise c. The soil isn't great, it is hard and filled with roots. Clematis had no chance.
Not always true! Our clumping bamboo turned Ito a running one once it was pot-bound, and found its way out of the structure. This year we will dismantle the structure, pull the entire hedge over, chop it into sections, rebuild the planter with stone, replant half back in, and donate the rest!
HELP! Is my lucky bamboo clumping or something else entirely?? I've had mine growing in water for 28 years now & I'm seriously thinking about a much more natural & biodiverse environment for it come this spring. Snails, black worms, freshwater clams, shrimp, fairy shrimp complete with a good pump/ filter system too. (It's about fricking time? OR if it grows in swampy areas I gotta rethink this choice.) PLEASE, any & all knowledge about lucky bamboo is _greatly_ appreciated. 💕
This technique is just called limbing up or tree forming. I also have a giant yew shrub that I plan on doing this too as well. They look horrible when it gets too massive.
Just to be clear - clumping bamboo does spread, but it does so in a slow and predictable manner, with new shoots emerging at the outer edge of the patch. Consequently, patches of clumping bamboo can eventually spread into areas where you don’t want bamboo, and it’s hard to discourage new growth from appearing. I finally had to remove an entire patch because it was getting so large that it threatened to block access to my back gate. Very arduous work.
You should get away with clumpers like Fargesia Robusta Campbell or Fargesia Winter Joy in zone 7, maybe in zone 6, but don't expect to grow as tall as in more temperate zone. Some of the more recent cultivars of Fargesia are very hardy, they'll survive down to minus 20C or even lower with very little leaf drop.
Try looking up Nature's Always Right YT channel. He does a video with the bamboo guru. He explains how cutting and managing the shoots over abt 3 yrs can kill it off. May help. Best of luck!🤞
There are a fair amount of the details in this video that are wrong, but the general idea is correct. Most clumping bamboo is tropical and generally doesn't grow well in much of the USA.
I have grown some aubritia from seed so that I could have it growing in the stone wall, but somthing is eating it, do you have any idea what it can been . No sign of any insects on it.
At Caumsett State Park on Lloyd's Neck in Huntington New York, on Long Island, there is a 50 ft Taxus Tree. It is one of my favorite trees in all of the US. It is a Perfect specimen, with a beautiful formation of upward diagonal radial branches. A sight to behold.
Running bamboo of the shorter varieties absolutely survive extremely harsh winters. I do not recommend them in any form, but if you put them in pots be aware that they can and will send roots through the drain holes into the ground and take over your property.
