[cloneX]

Just wondering if there are any experts here on Bamboo growing and propagation. I just got a small piece of stem which had a couple of short roots, will it grow anyone know?

[messn'n'gommin']

I don't see why not. It is a grass varietal. A quick google and you could get the basics. After that, I would be interested to see just what it can do.

Namaste, mess

[cloneX]

Yes I already did, but not sure if it will take. Wanted to know if anyone here has any bamboo plants and who where interested and knew from experience how to grow, care and propagate bamboo plant, from the black stem form to the giants, any bamboo growers here?????

[8bitNES]

Just keep the rhizome under the soil line, filtered sun, keep wet and fertilized. Depending where you are in the world it might benefit from being in a greenhouse. Good luck. I love black bamboo.

8bit

[cloneX]

Thanks for reply 8bit, what do you mean by filtered sun (Partial Shade)? The weather has been very poor here this summer, very wet. Do bamboo like a lot of water?

[jaykush]

i cloned all my bamboo here, i took like 15 of the top side shoots( that come off the main stalk near the top). then placed them in water. they yellowed, looked dead( on the outside), but eventually rooted and now are 2.5 years old and 6 ft, aslo 1 inch in thickness. they need light sandy soil, lots of organic matter, and lots of water specially on hot days.

heres a link to get you familiar how bamboo grows and what to expect.

https://www.lewisbamboo.com/habits.html

[8bitNES]

Yes, partial shade. At least, not full sun. I've never done it that way though. All the bamboo I've ever propagated/divided were either in greenhouses or under shade mesh. Soils I've worked with bamboo drains nicely but still retains a good amount of water.

8bit

[jaykush]

yea i read online it wasent possible to do it the way i did. but i have plants growing and thriving so they were wrong at least to some point. the plants i took the clones from were growing in full sun next to a river in VERY rocky soil. extremely rocky. but still living good, bamboo seems very adaptive.

[8bitNES]

Most bamboo can only be cloned from the rhizome and not just from any part of the stalk--at least as a general rule. While still in pots they have to basically be babied until they get established/out of shock. That's when you should have them out in the open sun... just remember to keep them watered. Once in the ground, and after they get established, they'll be a force to reckon with since most species have high tolerances of environments. They're fun and beautiful to look at but when you have to dig them up... just have some heavy machinery available. NOT fun at all.

What's up with the update cloneX?

8bit

[rasputen]

8bit,

You are spot on.

Bamboo rizomes NEED much moisture after xplant bcause they have lost most of the root structure they had . YET, it hates WET FEET!!! The first spring/summer make sure it dosen't thirst.

After becoming established the leaves will curl up to ask for water when it is time, but BEWARE ....bamboo is a force to be reconded with!

The 2 most often asked questions on the Bamboo Forum:

1 How to grow Lucky "Bamboo" ? (not bamboo,...dracina)
2 How to KILL BAMBOO ?????????????

FACT: Bamboo is extremely sensitive to SALT !!!!
Large amounts of salt will eliminate bamboo. (at least the phyllostachys I have)

Now, large amounts of salt in your yard are not condusive to much of anything growing, and the micro herd was massacred !! But, you can eventually flush the salt out , after it has nuced the rampant bamboo.
But, if you work and harvest around the edge (and everywhere else!!!!) you can barely survive it *<8O>---rasputen