Help, my bamboo is burnt brown from cold

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:18 am

Help, my bamboo has gotten fried for the first time from the cold. What should I do? Will it come back int he spring??

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seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:26 pm

It will be fine

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:51 pm

seedscanada wrote:It will be fine

I have just never seen it do this before, even some of the taller more established ones have burnt leaves too....do I need to cut it back or just wait and see what happens in the spring?

Thanks!

hasty22 · Post by **hasty22** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:17 pm

Just wait till spring they are very tough. new shoots in spring!!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:38 pm

hasty22 wrote:Just wait till spring they are very tough. new shoots in spring!!

so will they come from the dead leaf shoots or from the ground on the bottom of the plant????? The stalks are still green and moist

And the first two feet of the smaller plants by the hot tub are still green...that seems hopeful

hasty22 · Post by **hasty22** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:49 pm

from the ground.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:59 pm

hasty22 wrote:from the ground.

thank you
i guess we have jusat been so spoiled around here for the past few years

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:54 am

Hey Mike....

You ever get those bamboo Identified? What were the lows?

You might just have defoliation. You can look at the nodes between the branches and see if the buds are viable. Exactly like trees. Best to wait untill it warms up. Its possible you have some tip/top kill. That doesnt mean anything bad. The taller one looks like it wont have too much top kill. The little ones wont be as hardy and may die close to the ground. Either way, expect a crap ton of shoots in the spring. The more the above ground parts are damaged the smaller and higher number of shoots you will see in the winter so dont go cutting the culms down because they look bad. Wait until you know what part of the canes are dead, if any.

Give them some extra love in spring and see what happens. My boos are buried under leaves and 4 feet of snow, and I have a feeling they looks quite like yours. They have looked worse and survived. Theyre tough SOBs

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:21 am

canadianplant wrote:Hey Mike....

You ever get those bamboo Identified? What were the lows?

You might just have defoliation. You can look at the nodes between the branches and see if the buds are viable. Exactly like trees. Best to wait untill it warms up. Its possible you have some tip/top kill. That doesnt mean anything bad. The taller one looks like it wont have too much top kill. The little ones wont be as hardy and may die close to the ground. Either way, expect a crap ton of shoots in the spring. The more the above ground parts are damaged the smaller and higher number of shoots you will see in the winter so dont go cutting the culms down because they look bad. Wait until you know what part of the canes are dead, if any.

Give them some extra love in spring and see what happens. My boos are buried under leaves and 4 feet of snow, and I have a feeling they looks quite like yours. They have looked worse and survived. Theyre tough SOBs

Thanks for the infop. W ehad two really cold nights this year in the 9 degree F range, high windss though and that is what did it. Everything under the top layer of elaves is still very green. I have never had this happen to bamboo, they grow all over here and these plants I took froma woman who had a virtual jungle in her yard for twenty years....Insaely thick tall bamboo....we shall see. Pretty ure it is a fargesia type but niot sure what kind??? Don't know much about bamboo, just liek that it stays green all year and looks nice by the hot tub in winter...until now, ugh

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:38 am

Bamboo all over the continent is getting hammered this year. If it took -9F and you didnt have full defoliation thats pretty amazing. There are only a few bamboo that can take that as well as yours seems to have taken it. A few Fargesia (Nitidia, Maurielae), some Phyllostachys (maybe areosulcata, virella and parvifolia. The last two are relatively new to the US). There is however, your native species; Ardundinaria gigantea and its forms and arundinaria tecta.

There are probably a few more that could take that but i dont think many more are as wide spead as the above.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:36 am

canadianplant wrote:Bamboo all over the continent is getting hammered this year. If it took -9F and you didnt have full defoliation thats pretty amazing. There are only a few bamboo that can take that as well as yours seems to have taken it. A few Fargesia (Nitidia, Maurielae), some Phyllostachys (maybe areosulcata, virella and parvifolia. The last two are relatively new to the US). There is however, your native species; Ardundinaria gigantea and its forms and arundinaria tecta.

There are probably a few more that could take that but i dont think many more are as wide spead as the above.

Thanks very much for the info! The stalks are still mint and most of the foliage is fine too except for the tallest and outermost leaves that got burnt.

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:58 pm

My bamboo plants have really taken a beating this year with a low of -22 C (-8 F).

Your bamboo should come back with no problems. The Pseudosasa japonica in that first photo looks as if only the top is damaged.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:42 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:My bamboo plants have really taken a beating this year with a low of -22 C (-8 F).

Your bamboo should come back with no problems. The Pseudosasa japonica in that first photo looks as if only the top is damaged.

Thanks! W are heading into the next arctic friggin' blast today but at least we are expecting ten inches of snow to help cover things this time around.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:34 am

Mike, my Fargesia bamboos easily overwinter in my garden. They may loos some leafs but the new ones stat growing soon while spring comes. Your Pseudosasa japonica is a gorgeous one! It's fine for sure! I have a small one buried under snow and believe it will be fine in spring.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:40 am

cam

it looks like pseudosasa but i have never heard of it taking those lows........

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:04 am

Thanks all for the replies.......we are now expecting 10 to 16 inches today1 woo hoo!!!!

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:34 pm

canadianplant wrote:cam

it looks like pseudosasa but i have never heard of it taking those lows........

Jesse, I didn't think P. japonica could take those temps until I bought one! It's in a more sheltered position than most of my other bamboos, but every winter so far it's been in much better condition than even my Phyllostachys bissetii!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:07 am

Cameron your weather sticker froze?

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:14 am

Good to hear cam. I had one but it got mowed down and took the winter hard because it didnt have any real top growth left. Ive thought of trying it again, one of many things i need to try lol

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:48 pm

lucky1 wrote:Cameron your weather sticker froze?

Barb, a couple of times my weather sticker has frozen at -9999 C

Jesse, I had a 2nd P. japonica before. I had to cut both of them to the ground last fall to try to get rid of bamboo mites. One plant regrew pretty well, while the other had some growth which later died (and I'm presuming it's dead now). I think the key with P. japonica is to at least make sure there are a couple of inches of stem which survive the winter.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:57 pm

SWEET HOLY FRIGGIN MOTHER OF GOD, A NOREASTER IS ON ITS WAY HERE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

hasty22 · Post by **hasty22** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:05 pm

To Funny Mike !! Good luck

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:49 pm

OMG, Michael, it just doesn't end for you...
And London's up to their knees in Thames floodwater.

Waterworld...