Weak Arundo donax

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Weak Arundo donax

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Just wondering how everyones Arundo is doing this year. Ive only had mine 2 years but even now my biggest blade is only about a foot? what the secret here (my Miscanthus is already 6 foot so somethings going right there)

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I don't have one now as they don't do dry and lost the 2 I had. They really want swampy ground
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Ive tried 2 and lost them both, both plain and varigated. I would like to try another but dont have the space now.
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Mine is struggling along, sending up spindly shoots. It got hammered in 2010 and I lost a fair bit of the main rootball.

Like Dave said they really need to be treated like bamboo,loads of water + heat.

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My Arundo donax has sent up one shoot this summer, That is strong and tall, but if it doesn't send more up I can't see it surviving.

The variegated next to it has a dozen shoots, but they are all only a foot tall, or so.

I'll try giving it a lot more water, thanks.
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There one on a compost heap near me that grows to 8 foot easily each year. I guess they like a lot of food too!
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They do like a lot of water. Mine would probably be about 3ft high now, but the dog grazes on it :roll:
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Mine do really well and they shouldn't. Apart from being in a sheltered spot, they get no water unless in rains. As the image shows, they are right in the top corner of the garden and must be their usual 10 feet or so and this time. For example the fence is 2 metres high.
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Thats awsome ...if ever you want to cut this back think of me...i'll take a chunk!
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Mine is a feeble this year, about half a dozen spindly shoots around the edges of the clump - the tallest still only 2 - 3 ft high.

Nothing from the centre - are you supposed to divide it up every few years? Looks like hard work.

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to feed and water it more.
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Mine haven't done so well this year either, so it must be down to the weather. I grow four different varieties of Arundo and I have some in the ground and more than I can count in pots, due to obsessive propagation! I once saw them for sale as pond plants, so that gives a clue to their water requirements.
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I chop out root sections each Spring so will try to remember to keep some back for those who want some.
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Mine didn't do NW Highlands after Cornwall. Too cold in winter and not warm enough to grow in summer ------ had some spindly spicimens until 2010 - then zilch - deaddo - deceased - no more..........
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Mine have done great really...
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After all the lovely rain, my Arundos are sending up lots of new culms :D
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