2021 Arizona 9B Garden Clumping Bamboo Tour

[@johns311]

Good to see you back. Hope you post more videos.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Thanks! Probably not at the same volume as before but do have plans to get some more content filmed and up this year

[@keithlong5461]

I watch dozens of gardening videos everyday. Your’s are the best. I’m s snowbird from WA. I have 6 acres out by Castle Hot Springs and I plant about 100 trees every year. I hope to organize an open house this winter and hope I can meet you in person. Thanks for all your valuable gardening tips!

[@vicentegarcia7711]

I'm really glad to watch your content again, I hope there will be more to come. Thank you for taking the time to put it together.

[@americanbulldog3673]

I live in Peoria AZ and I have lot of different types of clumping bamboo it is Beautiful plant and you have an amazing yard thanks for the video

[@danielfisch655]

Beautiful garden, great information and thank you for sharing.

[@mykvass]

your garden is amazing ! all your hard work is paying off ! it's such a pleasure watching your videos and now chickens ...wow

[@jjcastleberry3662]

I and I'm certain everyone else would like to see an update of you establish clumping bamboo plants. Thanks.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Thanks; I post an update every year and plan to film another one for this year in the fall.

[@jjcastleberry3662]

@@EnlightenmentGarden Ma'm, I cannot wait to garden. Semper Fidelis.😇

[@jesen84]

It’s so nice to see you posting again! Welcome back!

[@kanger80]

Would love to see what you do with all the fruit you grow. Do you freeze or dehydrate? Do you eat most of the fruit by itself or do you make anything cool with it? Also, would love to see a live stream where we can talk to you as well

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

I have not been a good model for fruit preservation. Life and work gets busy and with fruit if you miss the window on harvesting and preserving, you can easily lose the whole harvest since a lot of these fruits come at once and do not hang long after ripening. There is a lot of pressure from birds as well so if I don't go out and bag fruit, the wildlife eats it. I do freeze and pressure can when I can. I did get to the apricots in time and made some awesome jam that will keep me in supply for a year.

[@kanger80]

@@EnlightenmentGarden No worries. Even if it was a video of you eating outmeal with some figs it would be cool to watch 😀

[@JohnDoe-ql9pf]

You are back! I missed you.

[@workathomewp]

Glad you are back.

[@rebeccaryan6229]

I’m so glad you’re back!!!

[@vivekramakrishnan7703]

Glad to see you back!

[@dannmarceau]

Thank you for the video, I see the plants have grown quite a bit since last year's video; more shade for your yard/plants. The fallen leaves have really started to add up, giving that desert soil more nutrients.

[@sheri023]

I was just thinking about ya the other day, Natasha, there enjoying your "forest" with Claude and the other fish pond residences. I'd like to plant a bamboo patch and have shoots to nibble on here in 9A zone. Thank you for the tour.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it! Everyone should have bamboo in their life. Bambusa odashimae is regarded as one of the the very best for eating quality and similar to oldhamii in other respects

[@sheri023]

@@EnlightenmentGarden thank you, good to know!

[@rebeccaryan6229]

I hope you do some more fig videos! ❤️❤️

[@aileenwebster3702]

Yay you’re back!!!

[@AnnaBananaRepublic]

Yay 9b buddies!

[@andrewkenseth4814]

I have a 3 year old tropical blue timber bamboo in 9b and it’s struggled to get big. It’s grown a lot since planting but is so far behind the Seabreeze bamboo I planted at the same time. It’s disheartening because we were told by the bamboo farm it would do well in full sun and it struggles. I have to water it everyday in the summer if it’s not raining or it gets bad.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Bambusa chungii? I did not plant that one because it's more of an open clumper and I prefer a dense tight form. I have the miniature version or Barbelletta growing in partial shade only because I had heard the best reports when in that environment but it is growing slowly and does need constantly moist soil. There is a dolichomerithalla blue that was recently released by Tropical Bamboo Nursery in Loxahatchee that may grow faster if it's anything like my Silverstripe bamboo but it's quite expensive--$100 for a 3-gallon.

[@michaelsalcido3736]

Thanks for your video. Very educational. You mentioned the lows in temperatures in your area, but I’d like to know the highs. You said they get a lot of sun & that’s what’s causing me reservations. Where I am at, in El Paso, Texas, we Can get up to 105 deg for a couple of weeks & our lows are in the mid 20’s as well, w a couple of days in the teens. Im thinking the sea breeze might be my best bet as I also want to block out my neighbor.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Thanks! Our highs can get up to 120+ and it's not uncommon for us to get lots of days above 110 in Summer. Seabreeze is good down to 20. Anything lower is a risk even if only a few days. You may want to look into Bambusa dissimilis, Bambusa dissimulator and Bambusa textilis gracilis. Similar but a little more cold hardy.

[@michaelsalcido3736]

@@EnlightenmentGarden Thanks for replying and the tips. I will definitely look into those you suggested. Thanks again & keep up the good work.

[@ericbowers1620]

Where did you order your bamboo?

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Hi--it's in the description www.tropicalbamboo.com/. You can get the more common one, oldhamii, locally at treeland or Green Life

[@ericbowers1620]

@@EnlightenmentGarden thanks Natasha 🥳

[@paulm965]

I purchased a Bambusa from Tropical Bamboo Nursery and it was the scrawniest, roughest looking plant I've received by mail. I love their selection and don't want to be too hard on them but I was disappointed in this particular specimen and its condition upon arrival.

[@SaltyKayak]

Love the tunnel effect of your Oldhammii and I am planning to do the same. How far out from the pavers did you plant each clump?

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Thanks! I'd say it was about a 3' or 4' distance from the path knowing the mature footprint is about 6' on this variety. Here is a video of what they originally looked like near planting time if interested. It's a completely different space now! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYXMqGuopbJ1pJI

[@letsgrowlv]

Hi beautiful garden Where do you buy your bamboo plants

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Thanks--www.tropicalbamboo.com/

[@danielmckibbin1979]

Have you had any issues with your Alphonse Kaars? I have 4 varieties of Bambusa species not far outside Phoenix metro in Zone 9a and all have been doing fine except the Alphonse Kaar in which I have a handful of them all doing poorly. I've been considering removing them because they still look terrible into their second growing season. They grow fine and send up plenty of shoots, but the leaf color always becomes white or yellow. The only issue I've had with Oldhamii is a spider mite infestation during June when it was hot and dry. I was able to kill them after 3 applications of Forbid, but I sure hope they don't come back subsequent years as after this summer they will be much too large for me to spray. Have you seen any spider mite damage during hot dry months? The spider mites spread really fast and I'm lucky I pay close attention to my plants and caught it when I did.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

For me, Alphonse Karr has improved with time and the rains we had this year. In hot dry months canes have shown signs of black sooty mold caused by aphids which is common in the multiplex family. It's a very slow grower and will not get much height. The coloring you describe sounds like solar bleach. Mine are now in partial shade so that's probably helped them out to keep the leaves green. It's definitely not my favorite variety. I've not had issues with mites so far. Another option to spraying may be predatory mites (Neoseiulus/Amblyseius californicus Mite Predator)

[@dessiraeemckeever]

Link to chicken coop? 😍😍

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

It looks like Tractor Supply still carries the product, "Petmate Superior Construction Chicken Coop". It now costs 600. I believe I paid half that 4 years ago but prices have gone up on nearly everything. It comes unfinished; I painted it in white trim and a green-blue base color full-gloss.

[@donavonmacallister3101]

Wow I learned a lot. Subbed.

[@paulm965]

Local nursery has some nice-looking B. oldhamii in 10g ($100) and 20g ($200) pots. All things being equal, do you think that two 10g will have better production in a few years than a single 20g?

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

2 smaller plants/clumps will produce more canes than a single larger one in time. If you have the space, I would go with the 2

[@paulm965]

@@EnlightenmentGarden Will do. Thank you for the great videos.

[@azgardener79]

What nursery?

[@paulm965]

@@azgardener79 Mesquite Valley Growers (last year)

[@azgardener79]

@@paulm965 thank you

[@Invictum594]

How long does it have to be established before you could air layer and propagate it? E.G. If i wanted to make a wall of seabreeze, would I have to buy a bunch of plants and put them all in at the same time?

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

3 gallon seabreeze planted 6' apart should give you a full hedge in 3 years. Bamboo takes about a year to establish so after that point you could start propagating but air layering is not all that common. Most people have success rooting branches/culms or taking root divisions.

[@Invictum594]

@@EnlightenmentGarden even easier! Thank you.

[@ryanrasmussen4866]

What variety of bamboo would you recommend for right next to a poo that is lower shedding than others? Thanks!

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Graceful is said to be lower shedding than others but would recommend installing some kind of landscape edger around it to contain the litter so it does not all go into your pool.

[@ryanrasmussen4866]

@@EnlightenmentGarden thank you!

[@sallyyoung8976]

Any species that would work in a 28 in space against block wall,south facing? The 28 in deep ,long bed behind pool

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Golden Goddess and Alphonse Karr bamboo are both compact and will work in that space but will max out at around 8-10' tall

[@nicholasnapier2684]

Do you grow moringa plants as well…

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Yes; I have two huge moringa trees in the yard. My latest fall tour video or plant list shows everything I am growing if interested

[@davidbutton8497]

Nice work thankyou 🎀⚔️🎀

[@frankmiller9550]

Where can I buy some oldhami near Phoenix or yuma?

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Greenlife nursery in Phoenix carries them. www.greenlifebyshamusoleary.com/shop/bamboo-green-timber-1

[@aliberry1553]

I would like to buy one from you. Will you sell your bamboo ? Thank you so much.

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

Hi--sorry I don't propagate and sell them but this is where I bought my plants from: www.tropicalbamboo.com/

[@FC2ESWS]

Hi where did you buy your bamboo? Is it still doing well?

[@EnlightenmentGarden]

www.tropicalbamboo.com/ Yes; it's doing great. Will do a 2022 update soon.

[@FC2ESWS]

@@EnlightenmentGarden Thanks how do you order from there? I didn't see any kind of "add to cart". Do you just have to call them?