Tag: borinda
Borinda fungosa winter damage 2016/2017
May 4, 2017
This winter was quite brutal. Temperatures did not plunge lower than normal, but it got cold enough for the soil to completely freeze down to 0.5m and even deeper. With no snow cover to protect the delicate Borinda leaves, it stood little chance to survive the winter. The cause During early winter, there was no […]
Borinda fungosa update 2016
Oct 15, 2016
This growing season, Borinda fungosa seedling was 5 years old. Like during it’s previous seasons, it started shooting late in the spring and managed only to push out a couple of shoots that were about the size of last year’s growth. We’ve had relatively mild winter last year. Since there was not enough snow, to […]
Borinda fungosa – 2015 upsize
Aug 2, 2015
Despite relatively cold winter, B. fungosa came out only slightly damaged and fully recovered in early spring. Even bamboos with more damage started shooting before fungosa, so I actually started to be a bit worried about it’s spring shooting. If it would decide to skip it and only start shooting in the fall, all the […]
Spring 2014
Mar 25, 2014
With warm weather, dormancy ended and new growth cycle started. I stored weak Arundo donax Variegata divisions from last year in heated place without enough light. They survived, but not without casualties. Plants ended up even weaker and hopefully they will recover when I finally plant them outside. I learned my lesson to never store […]