Transplanting Bamboo (Part 2)

These 2 videos are about us harvesting and transplanting a bamboo grove in order to build an outdoor bamboo shower. Bamboo has many uses including food from shoots in the spring. The opportunity to obtain some mature bamboo came our way. Drawing upon our "Pockets of the Future" orientation (pocketsofthefutureDOTcom), we dropped everything to take advantage of this chance.

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• homesteading
• bamboo
• conservation
• water
• use
• self
• reliance
• frugality
• gardening

[Luminaryspruce]

Would this species or genus of bamboo be considered one of the larger types? And is it a clumping or running variety?

[pocketsofthefuture]

It's running and it is medium height.

[Jamkins56]

thanks for the videos. I appreciate you showing how difficult it is to dig.... it takes patience & sharp tools. Glad I found your video.... We are planning to dig some tomorrow from a neighbor's home. He said that he is "over" his bamboo!

[pocketsofthefuture]

Right now I am building a barrier to stop the bamboo from running. We have about 30 shoots or more coming up right now and we found a variety of runners spreading out. I will post videos soon on all this. It took two years for it to start running so you might want to keep that in mind as you plant yours. We love our bamboo but we have heard the the negative stories and witnessed the over growth ourselves so it is good to be prepared. Good luck with yours.

[LindaGriggs]

I tried to transplant some bamboo and the leaves withered up almost instantly. I didn't think I hurt the roots that much. In the end, I cut the stalks but and just transplanted the rhizome. Did you have this problem? Or did you leave the entire plant and find that the leaves came back?

[pocketsofthefuture]

I moved the entire plant and they all transplanted find even in the dry hot weather but what I didn't count on was the wind. We had 75 mile hour winds a few times in the fall and winter as well as many other windy days and the bamboo was too top heavy and one clum blew over and the rhizome dried out. It was then I learned bamboo nursery's only ship the rhizome.

[arbonac]

What part of the county is this farm? What is the zone?

[TheSupremephenom]

how long did it take you to get a "forest" like that? what size did you start with?

[EToastE]

Is it possible to clone bamboo? Like if I take a cutting and dip it in clonex will it grow roots?

[ElShadaiLives]

Really nice bamboo. Good job to all.

Shalom

[CamelotKilo]

If you are going to dig up bamboo to transplant, use a chainsaw with a tungsten chain, cut about 15 inches down into the ground around the clump you wish to transplant, lever the plant out with a digging bar, then transplant immediately and keep well watered

[rottweilerdoberman]

Hope you have an Abundance of New Shoots in '09.......I know I will!!!!!.....

Good Day!!