SOS! What to do if the bamboo dries up

SOS! What to do if the bamboo dries up

What to do if your bamboo:

  • leaves more dry than green
  • Leaf tips turn brown
  • gets completely dry stalks

First of all, like all evergreen plants, bamboo continuously loses leaves from late autumn. He doesn't throw it off all at once. But in doing so, it frees itself from precisely those leaves that it can no longer use - namely the leaves that no longer receive enough light for photosynthesis!

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This leaf fall is quite normal for the plant and the solution to the problem is easy. Cut dry, sallow bamboo stalks as deep as possible. So that the others get enough light again. If you light the bamboo, the inside of the plant will also stay green. You can also shorten the tips. Then even more light comes inside and ensures sufficient photosynthesis.

Recognize and treat dry damage in good time

On the other hand, you can tell whether it is dry damage that requires quick action from these 3 damage images:

  • Dried leaves: If individual leaves lose their color and fall off, it is not a tragedy, because new shoots form in spring.
  • Dried, pale and sallow stalks are also replaced by new stalks from the roots when new shoots are taken. Simply cut off the dried up stalks.
  • Dried roots can cause the actual, but rarely occurring, complete damage to bamboo. This mainly happens when the bamboo hibernates outside in the tub or when the bamboo is planted in late autumn and has not yet taken root sufficiently before the winter cold. The result: poor growth in spring or the bamboo dies.

Prevent cold dryness and winter drought

Many of the bamboo varieties available from us can withstand winter temperatures down to - 25 ° degrees. The cold usually does not affect the hardy bamboo varieties. But the cold dryness or winter drought even more so! As an evergreen plant, the bamboo evaporates moisture even in winter. If he cannot supply himself with water again from the frozen ground, damage from drought occurs. Normally the bamboo does not freeze to death, but rather it dries up because its roots die off!

As a rule, each bamboo needs 3 to 5 years to properly root in the site. Only after this time does it reach its stated winter hardiness. That means you have to water the bamboo additionally. Even on frost-free winter days.

Tips & Tricks

Give your bamboo a chance - no matter how dry it looks! Because a bamboo is extremely capable of regeneration. Even with a very sad, dried-up sight, there is still life in the plant. Cut dried stems to the ground. Do not worry! In spring new leaves will appear and your bamboo will once again develop its delicate beauty and elegance.