Hi,

My gardener took upon himself to plant my oldhamii when I wasn't home, and he planted it EASILY 1/2 foof or more too low - that is below the level of the rest of the yard. The whole area turns into a pool when I water it. Being clay soil it takes a long time for it to sink in. I wanted a raised bed.

I'm worried about when winter comes and it rains that it'll turn into a sump and the roots will be damaged.

They were planted 5 days ago, should they be dug up and raised? Or will that be too much shock?

A number of leaves on all 3 plants have turned white. Plus one of the plants have four new shoots, and I read you never plant when they're shooting. Is that gonna be a problem.

Sorry about all the questions, I am a born worrier. Especially when it's my first bamboos.

Thanks,

Scott

Tropical bamboos in general like lots of water and mulch. Your bamboo will be a giant in 2 or 3 years, with new culms reaching 40 to 50 feet tall.

Many tropical bamboo culms, like your oldhamii, can root at each node and when you build soil or mulch up around the base of the plant, it will grow new roots around the covered nodes and grow even faster and larger than before.

So I think your Bambusa oldhamii will do fine planted 6 inches deeper than before the move.