Moso bamboo phyllostachys pubescens6/17/2023 Adding liquid fertilizer did not seem to help much after the deficiency was spotted, but if added before it happened, everything seemed OK. Not even one seedling was safe from getting nutrition deficient. Yellow stripes started to appear between leaf veins. Without any warning leaves started to appear chlorotic. Soon after bamboos started shooting for the first time, problems started to appear. It’s also good to keep the seedlings in smaller pots and re-pot them as they grow bigger. It’s usually better option to wait a couple of days longer before watering than overwatering. Tiny pubescens are delicate when it comes to watering. Soil needs to be well drained, or else seedlings fail at the very beginning. New Phyllostachys pubescens seedling Healthy young bamboo seedlingĪt first, seedlings were growing fast and seemed very healthy. It’s best to squeeze out almost all the water, before finally placing it into zip lock bag. Paper towel have to be moist but not wet. If mold appears on paper towel or on seeds, they should be rinsed with water and placed into fresh towel. By checking seeds on a daily basis, I could see when they began to germinate. Seeds were placed into zip lock bag to prevent the paper towel to dry out. I used wet paper towel to keep the seeds moist. Those that were floating were either dead or empty – grains must have fell out already. Some of the seeds sank to the bottom, and some floated even after soaking in water. Phyllostachys pubescens seeds were placed into warm water for 24 hours after I received them. This time, germination rate was quite good and I had more seedlings that I could took care of. When it got apparent that all seeds were dead and I couldn’t get even one single seedling out of whole batch, I decided to order another package from different supplier, that claimed to have fresh seeds. One way to keep the seeds viable is by keeping them in the refrigerator. Bamboo is known to loose viability with age. Not even one of the seeds germinated, because they were most likely old and had lost their viability. Several months old Moso seedling Basic information:Ĭharacteristics: fuzzy culms, Large leaves as seedling, small leaves when mature, upright growth, strong culms, running bamboo, sun tolerantįirst package of seeds gave poor results with 0% germination rate. Because of sporadic flowering that is happening all the time, seed availability isn’t as problematic as with other bamboos. Phyllostachys pubescens is the largest running bamboo that grows well in temperate climate.
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