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- How can I protect my bamboo in winter?
- What can you do for your bamboo in winter?
- Recognize winter damage on the bamboo in good time
- Tips & Tricks
How can I protect my bamboo in winter?
In winter, when summer plants are bare and empty, evergreen plants such as rhododendron or bamboo give the garden color and delight our senses. Although most bamboo species are hardy, there are a few special bamboo winter tips to take care of.
As an evergreen plant, bamboo converts carbon dioxide into oxygen by photosynthesis in winter. For this he needs water even in the cold season. In the garden planted specimens get the water from the soil. A bamboo in a pot or as a container plant now needs your help to get through the cold months unscathed.
What can you do for your bamboo in winter?
The soil in the planter very quickly assumes the outside temperature. As soon as it sinks below freezing, the earth and water in the vessel freezes. The bamboo roots can not carry water and the bamboo rolls in its leaves because it is thirsty. Now helps pour. Depending on the species of bamboo, the winter hardiness is up to - 30 degrees. The hardiest bamboo species include:
In severe winters, the leaves sometimes freeze to death even in a hardy bamboo. Do not cut it off! In the spring new leaves drift and the frozen ones fall off automatically.
Recognize winter damage on the bamboo in good time
Especially you should observe newly used bamboo plants. In the first two years, they are not as hardy as plants that have survived several winters. Winter damage can be recognized:
Tips & Tricks
After a harsh winter it may be that the bamboo only starts to bloom again in summer, because it has to recover longer. Give it a chance and do not throw it away too soon.