Bamboo

[Billygoat]

I got a couple of Bamboo varieties in my suburban back yard.

slender weavers bamboo (bambusa textilis gracilis) and Bambusa Multiplex Gold stripe.

I tried growing some cuttings approximately 10 years ago with a very low strike rate. 2 out of about 40.
Anyways a few weeks ago I was tidying up one of the gardens and removed a few mature stalks. I chopped them in to pieces and shoved a few in an empty pot on the off chance they might shoot.

noticed this one today

 

[Sedge]

They little shoots ..ffs I’m in Vic and my bamboo shoots are bigger ,,,

 

[Billygoat]

The gracilis doesn’t get much bigger than that mate, it’s good for small gardens, makes a good screening plant

 

[Sedge]

Excuses Billy.

 

[Sedge]

Here’s mine

 

[Billygoat]

What varieties have you got mate?

 

[Sedge]

 

[Billygoat]

 

[Deleted member cpr]

Nice one Billy. Bamboo is bloody expensive at nurseries. Bunnings slugged me $70 a pot for gracilus. I think they might have miss labelled them because now it's about 7m tall.

 

[Billygoat]

Looks about right mate. Mine are similar height.

 

[Billygoat]

People don’t understand just how quick it grows. Buy the smallest, cheapest ones you can get. Mine is shooting like crazy the past couple if months since the rain. I really should measure the growth. Gotta be half a metre a day.

 

[Ooodog]

People don’t understand just how quick it grows. Buy the smallest, cheapest ones you can get. Mine is shooting like crazy the past couple if months since the rain. I really should measure the growth. Gotta be half a metre a day.

With all that bamboo you need to check out grandpa Amu on YouTube.

 

[Fluff]

Im afraid to grow it. Neighbour has one 30 odd meters high. Makes a clackidy sound in the wind.

 

[Kloud9]

Free plants stakes after dry out , awesome

 

[vostok]

The bamboo pheno

I got a couple of Bamboo varieties in my suburban back yard.

slender weavers bamboo (bambusa textilis gracilis) and Bambusa Multiplex Gold stripe.

I tried growing some cuttings approximately 10 years ago with a very low strike rate. 2 out of about 40.
Anyways a few weeks ago I was tidying up one of the gardens and removed a few mature stalks. I chopped them in to pieces and shoved a few in an empty pot on the off chance they might shoot.

noticed this one today


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The bamboo that got leaves that look like weed I'm interested in as camo, any recs?

 

[Billygoat]

They do have similar looking leaves... type would depend on how much space you have... Would certainly not want the bamboo on the northern side of ya patch as it would quickly block all the sun off the plants.

 

[vostok]

Bright Cops(if any?) might see the boo and see Vietnam Traps ....lol