stevelau1911
07-19-2010, 03:55 PM
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.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3752996826_5a131a8f2b_b.jpg
2009
6 May 2009 Making new shoots
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3507448253_0a3feb63c9_b.jpg
28 May 2009 starting to branch out
http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/281/dsc02826.jpg
9 June 2009 leafing out
http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/281/dsc02949.jpg
2 July 2009 leafed out very well
http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/281/dsc03047.jpg
20 August 2009 more shoots come out of the canopy that reach the 3-4ft range.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/3840634173_b35362eda3_b.jpg
2010
20 May 2010 Onset of shooting season with much larger shoots than last year.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4630887258_e63e545084_b.jpg
26 May 2010 Shoots make some huge progress after some warmer weather
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4643318805_75b8e59c78_b.jpg
22 June 2010 Shoots start to leaf out
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/4725840887_57eece1e30_b.jpg
19 July 2010 Plant starts to get really bushy and still has 4 more months to grow for the season.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4810061780_cffd2524a2_b.jpg
2008
24 July 2008, starting to make its first shoots.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3752996826_5a131a8f2b_b.jpg
2009
6 May 2009 Making new shoots
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3507448253_0a3feb63c9_b.jpg
28 May 2009 starting to branch out
http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/281/dsc02826.jpg
9 June 2009 leafing out
http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/281/dsc02949.jpg
2 July 2009 leafed out very well
http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/281/dsc03047.jpg
20 August 2009 more shoots come out of the canopy that reach the 3-4ft range.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/3840634173_b35362eda3_b.jpg
2010
20 May 2010 Onset of shooting season with much larger shoots than last year.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4630887258_e63e545084_b.jpg
26 May 2010 Shoots make some huge progress after some warmer weather
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4643318805_75b8e59c78_b.jpg
22 June 2010 Shoots start to leaf out
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/4725840887_57eece1e30_b.jpg
19 July 2010 Plant starts to get really bushy and still has 4 more months to grow for the season.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4810061780_cffd2524a2_b.jpg