Just wanted to share some pictures of how my phyllostachys edulis moso bamboo has progressed from the time I bought it until now. It started out as a 2ft tall 1 culm plant with literally 6 yellowish leaves in a 1 gallon pot that was mostly soil in the summer of 2008, but it has made a ton of progress and now in the summer of 2010 it is a decent size grove of around 100 culms varying from 4-6ft tall with several rhizomes starting to leave the confines of the original clump.
2008
24 July 2008, starting to make its first shoots.
2009
6 May 2009 Making new shoots
28 May 2009 starting to branch out
9 June 2009 leafing out
2 July 2009 leafed out very well
20 August 2009 more shoots come out of the canopy that reach the 3-4ft range.
2010
20 May 2010 Onset of shooting season with much larger shoots than last year.
26 May 2010 Shoots make some huge progress after some warmer weather
22 June 2010 Shoots start to leaf out
19 July 2010 Plant starts to get really bushy and still has 4 more months to grow for the season.
