Thanks for your video. I've recently become very interested in this wonderful, renewable, sustainable resource. I've been fortunate enough to find a gentleman who was trying to get rid of a huge clump of clumping large-timber bamboo. I hauled 2 full pickup loads to our property and in just under 2 months, we've got shoots started that are as tall as us already! We're so happy that it was saved & not destroyed. I want to propagate this bamboo into at least a full acre on my property and I'm even considering buying some more land to expand the crop. 1 acre of bamboo produces about 30% more oxygen than an acre of native American trees such as pine, etc...
if you arrange in long rows of bamboo, it creates a beautiful scenery. It is such a practical and useful plant, hard to imagine farm life or self-sufficiency without it.
Nice video. unlike others people who doesn't like bamboo. Bamboo are very useful. My back yard full of bamboo. In southeast Asia my dad used to build a house with bamboo.
Actually a matured bamboo is better than wood,more sustainable product uses very less resources than woods,it take max 5yrs to be of superior quality,I hv seen them used in making houses and they last for few decades actually,u can make furniture too.
I have clumping bamboo in Tampa Fl, in 1yr this got huge- I just trimmed about 5 ft off it, it’s still 15 to 20 ft high. I’d like to see more on planting/ cloning. I want to go pots and ground too. Should I do Black cow and organic soils to start? Please have an answer - I’m lost. I have shoots in a garbage can filled with water. I just did it 7/23/20.
So do you have to wait three years before doing the cloning propagating thing? Also, is there a best time of year to do it? I don't know where you're at but my plants are in northern california if that makes a difference.
No, you don't have to wait. If you need it sooner, you can split the root in half or quarters. Or if its a medium plant, extract a portion of root, like a banana pup.
Thank you for this. I just found some Bamboo cuttings a neighbor took down. I plan to clone the way you showed in the video and start off in a pot. (I don't have a yard)
would it also work if you just laid the bamboo on the ground and simply covered it, without cutting off the nodes? you would have a whole straight line of new plants, right? at least where leaves are growing out, of course..
thank you Sir! i only know mine in clumping, not what type. i would like to get the black bamboo and make a fence of it across the entire yard.that is why i asked.
Hey super video! What kind of saw is that? It cuts really fast......I've been using a cordless sawzall....I might switch to your hand saw If I can find one? Thanks!!
@@TheVedicWayChannel Thanks you for your reply.I am interested to plant bamboo for shoots commercially.1 acre can plant how many?Dont know which variety is delicious.
@@liewszeyiung4582 I'm not experienced in a commercial approach, but I have seen farms with many hectares of bamboo plantations. There are many things to consider, for example, in the farm I visited they made the mistake of planting the bamboo too close, which they regretted 5 years later once the bamboo grew. So I would advise to look for some guidance from experienced producers.
There's hundreds of species of bamboo, have you looked for bamboo nurseries in India? don't know if India has them, plenty of them in US. This would be similar to Oldhamii.
Im not familiar with plants or planting at all, can you please answer my question. I want to cover about 70 feet for privacy of clumping plant bamboo. So do i need to plant the whole 70 feet of bamboo plants in a row? Or do i just plant a few for say 10 feet and the rest will will grow by themselves to cover the remaining 60 feet? Thank you
Hello. You would need to see how much space each plant takes, and then if each one it lets say 6 feet, then you need to plant them 3-6 feet apart for a very tight hedge. Or 6-12 feet apart for a partial cover. So need to see the plant that you are interested in, in full maturity so that you get an idea. So you would need in between 25-50 plants. Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Can you tell me the approximate age of the "tree" you cut down in this video? I am so interested in bamboo, as it is so strong, fast-growing, hard to kill and sustainable for so many products, especially building and I don't understand why it is not grown for commercial use in the US, so I research it...
No, these ones don't have thorns. There's hundreds of varieties both with and without thorns. The thorny ones are usually stronger when used in light construction projects.
OH yeah, it's for real and the thorns are so sharp which is why everyone cuts off bamboo before they grow big. Now we have little or no bamboos in our area. The thorns grow on to become branches and are so sturdy that they are used as ladders here.
My friend has a type of bamboo that runs. It is as black as cast iron, very beautiful. It's great for crafting, strong, springy, light, better than carbon fiber. I'd like to propagate it, but they tell me not to, because it runs. Can I grow it in a pot? Is there a clumper variety with the same strong and flexible properties? Thank you for this video.
+The Vedic Way Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, online nurseries tend to leave out the critical information about bamboo that I need, such as internodal strength, toughness, etctera. Some bamboos break apart easily at the nodes, and some resist snapping.
Timor Black looks like it might be the one I'm looking for. I'll visit a few nurseries and see if they have any I can feel in person. Your information is greatly appreciated. Too bad we're not neighbors! :)
Lots of bamboo farmers and nurseries. Where are you located. I have Manvel bamboo saplings for sale if your interested. Location is Dahanu, Maharashtra .
DAMN! I wished I saw this video BEFORE I harvested some bamboo to propagate. I cut down a bunch of small ones and can't go back to the property to cut more.
The crap i have is sooo nasty that i have been bamboo free for a year, just spotted some new growth dug what I could it's hiding under rocks, and I have only usable arm right now, oh well got what i could, have have to mow that area of the woods, i pray it don't pop up somewhere else
Thank you someone told me if you bury bamboo it will grow I'm working on creating a bamboo thank you someone told me if you bury bamboo it will I'm working on creating a walking trails and bamboo forest Mississippi in south Mississippi and some for harvesting
The term is "CULMS", not "colms". It would have been nice to see you actually plant the culm section, so that the depth of planting could be seen, and how long before it sends out roots to become an independent plant. With a bit of thought, the video could have been so much better.
If you get a clumping variety (not a runner), it is very easy to control. There are flute bamboos, for example, like Murray Island. That are small, easy to maintain, and not invasive.
You need a bamboo saw. That thing is no good. A bamboo saw has very fine sharp teeth, its also very thin metal. Gets through a bamboo pole in three or four strokes. They use them in China for harvesting and also in the construction industry for cutting poles to size for scaffolding on high rises buildings. Very cheap, I have about six or seven of them. They don't last long, I go through about three blades a season. The bamboo saw prevents any splintering, cuts very clean right through to the end, as the metal is so thin you also don't get fine cracks, just straight through like butter.
Oh no they only cost about ten dollars. I get mine down the road from the tiny hardware store next to the live chicken shop. They import them from Japan, Kakuri Corporation, tele 0256 34 6111, it's Saw no3, serie 210. You can get spare blades, a whole box of them would be good.
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When you spend money you need for removing bamboo you don't want any kind of bamboo after that, Crap it's two years and I still find live roots trying to shoot up shoots, went down to zero degrees which has no effect on that plant If I don't turn that area into a lawn, it will grow back, even after ripping out 22 pickup loads it only takes one small root to start hell all over again enjoy your hell, and plant bamboo right now if I planted another type of bamboo I would not be able to tell which, was which, by the leaves I had it with bamboo forever it even grows at 32 degrees
+Gary Diamond Aren't you glad that you have a lot of fresh bamboo shoots to eat every spring? Just add some oil, soy sauce, mushrooms and meat to your bamboo shoots and you will regret that you throw away all the good stuff. Bamboo is easy to control! Just eat them. LOL.
+Love Lies Bleeding Mini Natural Farm NO I DON'T!!!!!! YOU CAN'T BE REAL ONCE IT STARTS TO GROW YOU CAN NOT CUT IT FAST ENOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE IT RUNNING UNDER YOUR FEET I HAD NO SOIL LEFT JUST ROOTS,AND MORE ROOTS
