the Golden bamboo

Got up by 7:00 today, to beat the heat, to finish digging a hole deep and wide enough, after my first failed attempt from over a week ago.  An initial two hours, when I just ran out of steam.  The dug-up roots (rhizomes) left from the old, existing bamboo, were deeply matted horizontally and running nearly three feet deep.

The plan - to replace an area of original Timber bamboo that had died - to fill-in that major gap with a unique 'Golden' variety.  About a month ago, a nursery delivered two 30 gallon tubs of mainly root stock with a few new long and slender "culms" showing. The hard part, the digging - dragging the heavy tubs and getting them placed by myself.  After this second attempt today, I'm finally done.


The newly planted, large root stocks, are now in the ground within the center area of the existing 'Timber' bamboo, with only a few straggler culms (stalks) appearing.

What it will eventually appear as..

Four feet down and a hour in, and shoveling hard with a good sweat - I hit sea shells.

Eventually, the newly planted 'Golden', now planted in the central area of the old growth, will closely reach the same overall height and spread of the original 'Timber' bamboo shown below.