Just to start the ball rolling on pix:
My Robert Young bamboo, this year. The darker green culms are Red Margin Bamboo.
INFO:
May 03 2004 12:26 pm : Finished planting the Red Margin Bamboo. It was a 2' tall 3-gallon plant.
May 17 2004 11:32 pm : Finished planting the Robert Young Bamboo. It was an 1'4" tall 2-gallon plant.
The Robert Young put up no new shoots the first year.
May 18 2004 08:30 am : Found new 3'6" Red Margin shoot.
May 19 2004 09:10 pm : New shoot now 4'7" tall.
May 22 2004 12:30 pm : New shoot now 6'11" tall.
May 23 2004 11:56 am : New shoot now 7'8" tall & discovered a new 2'11" Red Margin shoot.
June 02 2004 03:38 pm : sheets of hail coming down. Later, discovered no noticeable damage to the bamboos.
April 17 2005 12:56 pm : Found 18 new Red Margin bamboo shoots and, finally, 3 new Robert Young bamboo shoots. The Red Margin shoots, within a week or so, reached a height in excess of 9 feet. In same time period, Robert Youngs reached nearly 6'.
A close-up of the 1.5" diameter culms. Not quite the Simply Bananas King Kongs but I Luv it!
Would sure Luv to see pics of yours, guys ?)
