![]() Last few days rain came again and they are crazy again :). They did grow slowly and I watered them from time to time. Hay kept some moist but not enough for bamboo to continue its fast growth. Bamboo was covered with cloth but heat dried up soil very fast. Temperatures went up to 38☌ (100☏) in direct sunlight but it was extremely hot in the shade also. It is a matter of time before these plants regenerate. On two or three bamboos new stems froze to death but the old ones (tiniest and weakest) survived. There were days where temperature went down to -5☌ (23☏) but bamboos were covered with cloth so there was no damage or it was minimal. Before using acaricide to kill the mites I have taken all bamboos outside where temperatures were very low. The damage they have done is irreversible but at least the poison I spray them with killed all of them and prevented them in destroying the plants completely. I bought one that kills mites on contact and is absorbed by the leaf to provide longer protection. What they don`t like is cold, wet weather and high humidity, and of course acaricide. It was warm and dry in the house and the mites just thrive in these conditions. First time I saw them I got scared and threw away the leaf I was looking at. They are really nasty when you look at them under the microscope. To be exact it was Tetranycus urticae that attacked them. Closer examination of leafs using magnifier and microscope I discovered that bamboos are being eaten by mites. At first I thought sun burned the leafs but I was wrong, big time. If you do not want to put the seeds in a paper bag at least leave the plastic one open so that air can go in and out.īy the time snow melted down and sun came back up I noticed that many bamboos have sustained damage. A small paper bag is ideal for seed storing because humidity can be absorbed by paper and there is always some little hole on a paper bag for air. In a plastic bag humidity can cause seeds to become moldy and die. Hopefully they will.Īlso, and this is very important! Do not store your seed in a plastic bag because they need air. Since winter is coming I stored all extra bamboo seed into a refrigerator so we will see will they survive until spring. Apparently moso seed viability can be prolonged from 1 to 3 years. They say that temeprature from 4-6☌ (39-42☏) is the best to keep the viability. People with experience say that one way to prolong the viability of seeds is to put them in a refrigerator. It all greatly depends on storage conditions such as temperature and humidity. If I am not mistaking, moso is about 6 months and some other species are from one month to 12 months. From what I have read about bamboo seed, they have very short viability period. I had a case where I bought big pack of seeds and almost none of them were viable but with the other supplier that sells smaller packages of seeds I had almost 100% germination rate. When that happens (when you see a root that is about 0,5 cm - 1 cm) transplant the seedling into a normal pot with dirt.Īlso, bamboo seeds that are not viable will get moldy and root. In 4-5 days first seeds will start to germinate. There is no need to water them further because water cannot escape the plastic bag. Sand is good because there are no insects and it has no nutrients on which bacteria and funguses can feed (that is my presumption). After all that I placed them in plastic bag and let them in a kitchen since there is always warm. I made small ditches in the wet the sand (approximately double the width of the seed) and then placed seeds in them covering them gently so that air can get to the seeds. ![]() Sand was divided into small cubicles so that every plant has its own germination place and to prevent possible infections that could be transferred from one seed to another. In search for the solution I took ordinary sand (used for construction) and planted seeds in it. Probably because it is autumn there are more spores in the air so seeds get more easily infected. ![]() In later germination attempts i had problems with mold.
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