natej740
10-07-2012, 08:38 PM
Winter is coming up quick and I decided I should pot up my bamboo to get it some extra protection before it gets cold. Originally I put the bamboo in the biggest pot I had at the time at it quickly outgrew the pot but I knew I needed a huge pot to put it back into. All of the big pots I could find were not big enough or super expensive. So I decided to stop at a local nursery and buy a big plain black pot if they had any extras laying around. After talking to the lady for a minute she came out with a huge clay colored plastic pot. It was sun faded but she told me I could just have it for free! So I finally got some free time today to repot it so here's some pics. You can see how root bound it was I had to cut the pot it was in because it had shoots and rhizomes coming out of the holes of the pot.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8065037120_efbeb70be7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065037120/)
Reporting my black bamboo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065037120/) by natej740 (http://www.flickr.com/people/49188869@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/8065039066_e12df2e305_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065039066/)
IMAG2438 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065039066/) by natej740 (http://www.flickr.com/people/49188869@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8065040823_10cec4267f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065040823/)
IMAG2439 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065040823/) by natej740 (http://www.flickr.com/people/49188869@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8065037120_efbeb70be7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065037120/)
Reporting my black bamboo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065037120/) by natej740 (http://www.flickr.com/people/49188869@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/8065039066_e12df2e305_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065039066/)
IMAG2438 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065039066/) by natej740 (http://www.flickr.com/people/49188869@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8065040823_10cec4267f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065040823/)
IMAG2439 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49188869@N06/8065040823/) by natej740 (http://www.flickr.com/people/49188869@N06/), on Flickr