I GET TO GROW BAMBOO!!! I GET TO GROW BAMBOO!!!

[GardenerGal]

ThaiTurkey,
Those are fantastic photos! Thank you. I think I can do that -- start a basket with an open ring. Now I have a new project for winter when my gardening-work season is slow.

About the cuttings -- I'd add only that when you cut a rhizome with new shoots on it, to use as a propagule, those shoots need to be fully leafed out (their leaves have to be unfurled and photosynthesizing) or they probably won't survive. Until a shoot can photosynthesize -- make energy from sun -- with its leaves, it is dependent on the parent plant for nutrients. Like an umbilical cord, somewhat!

 

[thaiturkey]

Our cuttings are side shoots from the main stems, still attached to an inch or two of the main stem. They are green and have leaf buds and, perhaps, a few leaves. After a few days in compost, the leaves start to develop and more appear. Roots develop quickly too. The stems are around two feet long when planted in pots and have plenty of sap.

Many things here seem to grow just by telling them 'Grow'. I think that in cooler climates you have to be more particular.

 

[DuckyGurl]

Please find a way to control it. I pull it practically every time I go to work because my boss intro'd them to her front yard. They are invasively crazy, unless you control them. Just to forewarn you! Would have saved my boss a lot of work.

 

[thaiturkey]

Please find a way to control it. I pull it practically every time I go to work because my boss intro'd them to her front yard. They are invasively crazy, unless you control them. Just to forewarn you! Would have saved my boss a lot of work.

Take a look at this advice:

http://www.bamboogarden.com/barrier installation.htm

We ploughed first and planted on the ridges. We need new shoots but still have to maintain the distance between the plants. So far, we have had no problems with root spread.

 

[GardenerGal]

Ditto what ThaiTurkey said about controlling it. The real problems occur when people just throw bamboo into the ground and forget about it. Bamboo is surprisingly easy to contain and control if you do a modest amount of preparation and maintenance from the get-go. And like ThaiTurkey and I both said, the shoots themselves have value -- they're food. When you look at it that way, all those frisky shoots are our crop and harvest, something we welcome.

 

[gmendoza]

Well Here is what the owner of the property emailed me this early morning:

Sorry to have delayed getting back to you ; I am fine with your email and you can remove all of the canes that you like , but I would like for you to leave my property as you have found it :
*Fill any areas that you have removed plants so we do not have low spots after you have finished . I can provide you a source of fill dirt , but you will have to load and haul and spread !
*Clean up any scrap plants or other trash or debris that you may have generated in removing plants .
*Leave the site as you originally found it , except for cane removal .


So I have permission as long as I adhere to these rules.

Im getting bamboo!!!!!

 

[Red Barn Farms]

We grow Heavenly Bamboo 'Nandina domestica' along one side of our landscaped backyard. It's some what fast growing and not as much upkeep. Each plant reaches about 6 - 8 foot in height and five foot in width. The added bonus is red berries in the winter. The foliage will also redden in the fall and winter months. Looks lovely against a snowy background. It attracts wild birds which love eating the berries.

 

[GardenerGal]

We grow Heavenly Bamboo 'Nandina domestica' along one side of our landscaped backyard. It's some what fast growing and not as much upkeep. Each plant reaches about 6 - 8 foot in height and five foot in width. The added bonus is red berries in the winter. The foliage will also redden in the fall and winter months. Looks lovely against a snowy background. It attracts wild birds which love eating the berries.

Nandina is pretty, but even though "bamboo" is in its common name, it's not a bamboo. True bamboos are members of the grass family, while Nandina is not. It's really a shrub. The nice thing is you don't have to worry about it running, and it does have nice fall foliage and berries.

 

[GardenerGal]

You struck paydirt!!!!
Make sure to use a VERY sharp spade to cut those woody rhizomes, and get LOTS of root and well formed shoots as you can.
The property owner sounds like a nice person, and certainly reasonable in his/her request.

When I visit the South, I'm amazed at all of the bamboo just growing "wild" all over. That, and kudzu.

I'd think we'd have more of it around up here in New England, as there are lots of bamboo species that are hardy here. But thus far I have not come across a naturalized stand of 'boo. Maybe because land is too dear up here and is never allowed to be turned over to something unwanted.

Let us know how your bamboo foraging goes, and have fun.

Well Here is what the owner of the property emailed me this early morning:

Sorry to have delayed getting back to you ; I am fine with your email and you can remove all of the canes that you like , but I would like for you to leave my property as you have found it :
*Fill any areas that you have removed plants so we do not have low spots after you have finished . I can provide you a source of fill dirt , but you will have to load and haul and spread !
*Clean up any scrap plants or other trash or debris that you may have generated in removing plants .
*Leave the site as you originally found it , except for cane removal .


So I have permission as long as I adhere to these rules.

Im getting bamboo!!!!!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Some of mine is shooting again this week...