I have ferns and a Trachycarpus quite close to a Vivax bamboo, I'm just wondering is there any way that the bamboo's runners could badly do damage to them?
Sorry if it seems like a dumb question but I have been wondering what the effects could be of bamboo runners going past Palms.
Can bamboo runners harm other plants?
Re: Can bamboo runners harm other plants?
Yep. Root competition for nutrients, and (if the runners are allowed to produce new stems) shading out of the other plants eventually. If the ferns are very shade tolerant they'll be OK, but the Trachycarpus is likely to get shaded out eventually unless it is already taller than the maximum height of the bamboo.
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Thanks for the response, I guess im gonna put another fargesia where I had planned to put a Nigra.Conifers wrote:Yep. Root competition for nutrients, and (if the runners are allowed to produce new stems) shading out of the other plants eventually. If the ferns are very shade tolerant they'll be OK, but the Trachycarpus is likely to get shaded out eventually unless it is already taller than the maximum height of the bamboo.
Well luckily the Vivax is south of the Trachycarpus.
I guess Im gonna put a Fargesia where I had planned to put a Nigra. I am worried about the runners strangling the trachycarpus lol.
Re: Can bamboo runners harm other plants?
Having had a a culm from my Chusquea culeou spear through a Washingtonia I was unwise enough to plant out alongside I think the answer is yes.
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I hope vivax wont pierce my Trachycarpus, it is 3ft away
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I guess it will try.greendragon wrote:I hope vivax wont pierce my Trachycarpus, it is 3ft away
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:'( Also a chammy quite close as well. Now im nervous..Yorkshire Kris wrote:I guess it will try.greendragon wrote:I hope vivax wont pierce my Trachycarpus, it is 3ft away
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let the japanese torture commence. during the war,they tied pows across emerging spears to make them talk
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Nigra is well behaved for a Phyllostatchys so needn't be a big problem.