![]() This way you'll keep the plant under control and it will never have a chance to develop enormous root systems that can render bamboo extremely difficult to control. Nothing like using a spade with a nice sharp edge that you've just created on an electric grind stone. ![]() Every time it sends any shoots out beyond its designated area, chop off the runner as close to the main plant as possible. If you don't want it to spread (and most will, if allowed to), clearly define the area you want the bamboo to grow within. ![]() It's very easy and can make an enormous difference to the way the whole plant looks.Ģ. For them to look at their best, remove all the branches below an arbitrary line - maybe about 3ft or 1 metre above the ground. You're now left with only stout young and healthy canes. Cut out the dead canes and the runty little thin ones that are never going to come to anything. We think there's a relatively easy system for growing bamboos that's both practical and cosmetic.ġ. Not without reason, people worry about bamboos eating their garden. Pseudosasa and Sasa bamboos require little Creative Maintenance - they do well if left alone with the occasional removal of dead canes. The Fargesia bamboo hardly spreads at all and only requires occasional removal of dead canes. Ask us for details about irrigation.Ĭreative Maintenance and Controlling the spread of Bamboos: The following applies mostly to the Phyllostachys bamboos. An abundant water supply is the most important of these requirements and we usually advise customers to install an irrigation system if they're planting large quantities - especially if they're on very well drained soil (chalk or sand for example). Best way to deal with that is dig a clearly defined bed around the plant, mulch it and keep it well weeded. Requirements of all bamboos: Like all grasses, Bamboos need a reasonable amount of light, plenty of water, plenty of nitrogen (we use 'Blood, Fish and Bone' fertilizer) and will always do best when they have little to compete with - particularly grass. The most beautiful of all the Phyllostachys bamboos but unfortunately only available as seedling plants that take as much as 10 years before they really develop. Big fat canes with soft hair all over them (hence the name 'pubescens') and very beautiful foliage that gives a kind of 'layered' look normally associated with tropical bamboos. ![]() Phyllostachys pubescens (or edulis): Evergreen, in Japan this is called 'Moso'. HOWEVER - IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT SPREADING - DON'T BUY IT. Online Delivery & Collection InformationīELOW ARE MANY USEFUL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH BAMBOO. ![]()
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