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stevemc Assistant Gardener Posts: 233	What is it? Oct 14, 2016 9:07:24 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stevemc on Oct 14, 2016 9:07:24 GMT Amongst my bamboo i have a couple of very dark green shoots. Is this normal? A weed? Or is it going to flower and die?

stevemc Assistant Gardener Posts: 233	What is it? Oct 14, 2016 11:05:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stevemc on Oct 14, 2016 11:05:47 GMT These look like flower buds to me :-(

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What is it? Oct 14, 2016 13:46:44 GMT

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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 14, 2016 13:46:44 GMT

No idea actually stevemc, - ours flowered once and I seem to remember the flowers being dark and rather like grass seeds. Do the dark shoots look as though it is totally a different plant or part and parcel of the bamboo...?

Just trying to think who else has Bamboo here - Tig, isabella, Jilly, Dutchy - I think!!

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Jilly Head Gardener Posts: 9,558	What is it? Oct 14, 2016 14:53:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jilly on Oct 14, 2016 14:53:44 GMT I used to have a bamboo years ago, they do look like flower buds stevemc, but doesn't necessarily mean it's going to die, think that is a bit of a myth, mine used to flower every year or so (black stemmed bamboo) & it kept going for years.
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maggy Head Gardener Posts: 9,555	What is it? Oct 14, 2016 15:03:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by maggy on Oct 14, 2016 15:03:10 GMT Dot you think it could be michelmis daisy what ever it is it looks as if its going to be blue .

Tig Admin Garden Sage Posts: 42,828	What is it? Oct 14, 2016 15:46:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tig on Oct 14, 2016 15:46:31 GMT The foliage looks distinctively different to the leaves on the bamboo behind stevemc, are they definitely attached to the parent plant? I would be inclined towards a weed having crept in.
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What is it? Oct 14, 2016 17:53:46 GMT

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Post by Dutchy on Oct 14, 2016 17:53:46 GMT

Hm yes that is flower buds but is it bamboo? It sure looks different from your one behind.
Does it bleed when you pull off a leave?
Do you have a close up off the stem?
And.. Not all bamboo die after flowering. It depends on the species. All will take time to recover from flowering though.
It looks as if your original bamboo is fine.

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stevemc Assistant Gardener Posts: 233	What is it? Oct 16, 2016 16:31:24 GMT Tig likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stevemc on Oct 16, 2016 16:31:24 GMT Couldn't pull it out so I snapped it as low as I could. Didn't bleed either. It was about 8 foot as big as the Bamboo. Thanks for help guys

Dutchy Garden Guru back at intervals Posts: 15,178	What is it? Oct 20, 2016 7:54:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dutchy on Oct 20, 2016 7:54:46 GMT Hm it isn't bamboo but whatever it is, it looks like it might come back since you snapped it off. Have you opened the buds to see what colour they might become?
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maggy Head Gardener Posts: 9,555	What is it? Oct 20, 2016 21:22:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by maggy on Oct 20, 2016 21:22:18 GMT Bit late now ! But I would have left it to flower just to see what it is.