Understand & Prevent Common Bamboo Diseases  Views: 19771 | Last
Update: 2008-07-30 Rotting, molding, parching and freezing are
just a few ways in which bamboo can become sick and even die.
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Transcript  About this Author  Yolanda Vanveen  Video Transcript
Hi! This is Yolanda Vanveen on behalf of Expert Village. In this
series, we're talking about bamboo. In this next segment, we'll
talk about the diseases that affect bamboo. Bamboo is really a
grass, so pretty much any diseases that affect grasses can
affect the bamboo as well. If they're too wet, they can start to
rot. They get leaf rot. What happens is the roots and the leaves
will start turning brown. Then they can get all kinds of
diseases and molds. They can attack them because they're too
wet. If they're too dry, a lot of times you can lose them
because they're not getting enough water and the leaves will
turn brown. If they get too cold in the winter, they will
actually die back, and a lot of