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bamboo plant
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Posted: Aug/18/2008 6:36 PM PST
i have a tall bamboo plant how can i get another start off of it i would like start another one any advice would be appreciated |
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Posted: Aug/20/2008 4:49 AM PST
Bamboo is a grass and the best way to get another start is from the root. Can you divide a small section and plant it somewhere else? |
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Posted: Aug/26/2008 4:42 AM PST
Bamboo will spread quite well on it's own- even the clumping varieties. Just divide your clump to get more plants 
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 10:42 AM PST
We have a couple varities of wild bamboo or river cane that grow near the Ohio River here where I'm from. I've thought about bringing some home. But they grow naturally in such limited locations I figured it wouldn't make it. Maybe I'll try some in a container next year. In the wild it seems to stick to shady areas near water, but not necessarily in areas where the ground itself is wet. Any tips on growing it and when to dig and replant are welcome. Here are a couple photos I snapped yesterday on my hike near the river. There seem to be two distinct types of river cane, but they always grow together. Could it be the same variety at different stages? They are of equal heights. Attachments:   |
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 11:07 AM PST
In the second pic it looks like there is some passion vine mixed in too, I'd try to get some of that instead Around here those bamboo are pretty invasive, not sure how you could relocate it. I do know from experience that they spread by runners, and practically impossible to remove. They grow all over- really liking the shady places 
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 11:22 AM PST
Where's the passion vine??? Lower left? I'd love some of that. I've never seen any flowers down there. |
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 12:49 PM PST
aimee, it is the vine with the three lobed leaves. John |
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 1:53 PM PST
Thanks bugnut, I wasn't sure if I identified it right It's probably growing in too much shade to get many blooms. Besides, their thick foliage is quite good at hiding their large flowers I almost didn't even see a 4" bloom on my red, tropical one LOL!
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 9:28 PM PST
Hmmmm...... I'll be going down there again soon to check on things I want to get seed from, so I'll go back to that bamboo stand and check out the three-lobed plant. But the area is covered with small sasafrass trees, and I'm afraid that might be what it is. Lemme look closer and I'll let you know if it's a vine and if there are any flowers. I forget when passionflower blooms, but I'd recognize the seedpods anyway. I'm sure that it does grow wild near the river though. An old neighbor of my roomate's had a beautiful vine that he gathered one day while skiing. They smelled it before they saw it and pulled the boat up to shore and went looking for seeds! -- -- Popping back in to edit after a few minutes research. I looked up "passiflora incarnata", our native version of passion vine or maypop. I found lots of good pictures of the three lobed leaves, but it seemed that the lobes were very deeply cut, with all three lobes being of equal size. I think that's a sasafrass. Dang here I was getting all excited. Still I'll check on it when I'm out there again and let yall know. Could that be a seed pod hanging toward the top of the picture? Attachments:  |
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Posted: Sep/04/2008 4:40 AM PST
Hard to tell in your pic if that is a fruit or a yellowing leaf
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