Bamboo Cloning

[boo]

took a few pics of the boo out back, weather was getting pretty puny so there's low light...these pics are of betung hitam...huge stuff when mature...it's a black boo when older

 

[jbaroni]

here in florida we are usually trying to get rid of it not add more.

 

[geologic]

You're probably referring to the invasive Golden Bamboo,
which is a problem across just about the whole country--
what you're seeing here are valuable exotic bamboos...

 

[E 13]

clone a bamboo? why? Its a grass, root division is the best way to propagate.

 

[tobh]

clone a bamboo? why? Its a grass, root division is the best way to propagate.

Can you elaborate or refer one to articles regarding this? Are you saying it's like doing plugs instead of sod, where you rely on small innoculations to lead to a whole, dense organism?

 

[E 13]

So I have been collecting and growing bamboo for many years. I don't have a book or article to reference. Bamboo is in the grass family, It only goes to seed (depending on the strain) rarely. If you have a bamboo that you like and you want more, separate the plant into clumps with 5 or 7 canes each, get plenty root mass and plant it in good loamy soil. first year it does nothing, second year it come up small, third year it will leap up big depending on how much room the roots have. A good solid stand of bamboo can take 4 or 5 years to grow in (From small plants) . I can't imagine why you would clone bamboo, it would be like cloning your lawn but on a large scale.