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Author Message   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 12:41 pm EST :    Fargesia nitida Not unexpected since they have been flowering for years in other places. This plant had "historic" significance for me since I bought it at the Karl Foerster nursery in Potsdam on the very first day it was possible to go there after the Berlin Wall fell. That must have been in spring 1990. Both our Fargesia murielae died, with all the others, many years ago. So now we only have the thug Phyllostachys left Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Imcjfrom_ncusa  My Weather Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 02:20 pm EST :    :( But with the seeds...you'll be able to continue the family right :) Would you be willing to part with some seeds as well? I'd love to try and grow some here in NC, USA. To carry and spread the familys across boarders would be great!! Thanks CJ clutedad@nc.rr.com Imcjfrom_ncusa - North Carolina, Zone "7"   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 02:53 pm EST :    You can have them all ;) The children won't be exactly like the parent either, unfortunately (it was a good clone). That's the case with the new generation of murielae, too. There are a number of different new clones, but none is as good as the one that was widely available before. Send me a private message with your address and I'll send off the seeds if and when they are ripe (haven't really examined them yet). Anyone else want any? There are millions! Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Imcjfrom_ncusa  My Weather Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 03:05 pm EST :    Super!!! Do you know the specific strain of F. Nitida it was? there are a few. I had one that was a BLUE... but developed a fungi last year so I had to try and treat it... didnt go well...so had to cut it down to bare stalk about 1 foot tall... hoping it will sprout again soon. CJ Imcjfrom_ncusa - North Carolina, Zone "7"   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 03:17 pm EST :    No, sorry, I don't. But the form was graceful, a bit fountain-like. Is yours from recent seed? Otherwise I'm afraid it will flower soon too. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Imcjfrom_ncusa  My Weather Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 03:52 pm EST :    I have had my Blue fountain for 3 years... 1st year it was very nice, 7 slender culms about 6 foot with a ocean blue hue to them. 2nd year it suffered a fungi attack and I wasnt able to rid it of the attack until it nearly lost all leaves. So I clipped it down to a foot or so and no limbs at all... so if it was supposed to flower...it may not even attempt to sprout possibly. Thanks again Imcjfrom_ncusa - North Carolina, Zone "7"   Franco724  Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 09:19 pm EST :    Hi gardenfiend !! I might be too late but do you have any more seeds availible ??? Id love to try to grow some and keep the family going. If so please pm me :] Franco724 - New Jersey, Zone "8"   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 - 01:56 am EST :    Not too late. As far as I can tell, it is still at the flowering stage. The seeds haven't really formed yet. Unless I'm mistaken. I've read that it should be removed before they begin to fall or I'll have seedlings all over forever. My DH wants to dig it out now, so I'm bargaining with him about leaving a couple of culms and maybe laying a cloth out below to catch the seeds. Any better suggestions? Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Imcjfrom_ncusa  My Weather Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 - 05:15 am EST :    Hello again :) Tell DH that the new seedlings are so very easy to remove...no root concerns at all... soon as you see a new blade of grass, you can either pull it by hand or take some of the surrounding soil and place it in a small planter to keep. Thanks again for sharing. CJ Imcjfrom_ncusa - North Carolina, Zone "7"   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 11:23 am EST :    The seeds are coming along nicely, but I don't think they are ready for harvesting yet. They don't fall off on their own and are still green. What do you think? Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Imcjfrom_ncusa  My Weather Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 02:32 pm EST :    Still green is sure sign they are not ready... they will turn a tan tone like creamer in coffee :-) the outer sheath will turn first... you can test every few days by giving the limb a little shake and see if any come loose... if they do... you can lay a towel or sheet under the plant because they will be falling very soon. Or you could begin removing them by hand. With a glove of course :-) I'm in no hurry ;-) Just anxious to have newly harvested seeds! I have some in the refrigerator from 06 and no idea how old they were before I received them... I managed to get several seedlings from seed... I just recently (2 weeks ago) started another few seeds to see if they will sprout. No signs yet... they may have lost viability by now. Thanks again for sharing CJ Oh, just received seeds from Lithuania... very few as its only legal up to 50 grams i believe she told me. I have Yellow Knapweed and Green Rue,Ruta graveolens. Imcjfrom_ncusa - North Carolina, Zone "7"   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 05:03 pm EST :    How many seeds do you need? 50 grams sounds like quite a lot of bamboo seeds. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Imcjfrom_ncusa  My Weather Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 06:18 pm EST :    Maybe it was 5 grams... :-) 50-100 shouldnt take up much room in an envelope...right? Thanks CJ Imcjfrom_ncusa - North Carolina, Zone "7"

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