My Chinese neighbour in Sydney always had a big crop of bamboo shoots from his backyard -- absolutely delicious fresh -- nothing like the stuff in tins.
I bought 2 pots of Buddha's Belly from the Guy who used to own that Nursery about 15yrs ago(he had an absolutely massive specimen out the front & the culms were about 6-8 inches in diameter! I planted 1 in a 1000ltr Pot & 1 in the ground & they're both only about 50mm in diameter each(culms) with the one in the ground being about 3m across & 12m high(he told me they only grow 6-8m!
I bought bamboo recently (Bambusa Claucescens CV) primarily for the purpose of growing my own garden canes. I nearly killed it off by keeping it in my greenhouse while the weather was still warming up... but it has a few shoots and some of the canes have some fresh growth since moving it outside... so hopefully it's ok.
I grow Oldhamii, Weavers Bamboo, Multiplex and Tiger Grass in Perth - fruit and vege aren't the only useful plants to grow! :) My Giant Timber Bamboo is food, firewood, construction material, biomass, privacy screen and windbreak. I'd love to grow a running black bamboo, but we aren't trusted to grow such things in WA nowadays....
Cut it down to ground level and then make sure every year during the growing season - which for most bamboo is a few weeks during spring - you go out and check every day in the morning and find and remove all new culms that have started to poke out of the ground by breaking off each new culm like he did in the video. The bamboo never getting a chance for its culms to grow and produce leaves, it can't photosynthesise, which means it will have less energy to produce new culms next year. Bamboo only shoots out new culms for a few weeks once a year and needs a lot of energy to do it. Disrupt its ability to photosynthesise by denying it access to sunlight by cutting it all down and breaking off all new culms before they can shoot to the sky and grow any leaves, and it won't have the energy to grow as many culms next year. Next year repeat the process and it will have no energy left at all to produce new culms the year after, then it dies. The other option is to dig it all up. The root system is very shallow, usually no more than a few inches to a foot deep depending on the variety. With some care, every culm can be dug up and the connecting root traced back to the next culm. You can also control smaller varieties by simply running over the new shoots when they start to appear with a lawnmower so they never get a chance to grow.
Hey guys I have a question about the White Emperor bamboo. Could you possibly use that talcum stuff for chafe ? Would it stop chafing? And if you make a product I'll have a percentage of the sales 😂. Thanks.
When you have cut down the giant bamboo shown in the last segment of this video, how do we kill the rest of the shoots, as they keep growing back? We poison them and they still grow back. We were sold the fastest growing screening bamboo for our semi-rural, but urban house block. It cost thousands to cut down and still it grows back. Do you have any suggestions on how to kill it off, including the awful giant rhizomes that invade our grass and neighbour's garden? This monster plant should not be sold as clumping, and should be banned from being sold as safe for screening for urban gardens.
I’ve seen someone describe that you just chop the shoots off with the tip of a shovel when they surface and after 2-3 years it’s exhausted itself and dies
Look for a video called The Holy Grail Homestead Plant & The Secrets to Grow It. He covers it in depth and it makes sense really. Instead of chopping shoots as they emerge, let them go to the sky so they expend the most energy from the rhizome as possible, but the moment it shoots out leaves, chop it before it can photosynthesize any energy from the sun.
Try eating bamboo shoots before thinking it's a great food source. To some (like me) it smells like there's been a sewage leak at the spring roll factory.
I've been trying to get Oldhamii growing at my place in Tasmania, but it just doesn't seem to want to grow. I've had three plants for nearly 3 years and they just won't get any taller than my knee 😭
Bambusa oldhamii is unfortunately a subtropical bamboo species and thus better suited for mainland Australia. Weaver's bamboo (Bambusa textilis) compared to oldhamii is quite a bit more cold hardy for a subtropical clumping species, so should be a better option for your region if planted in full sun, in rich fertile soil, well mulched and in a spot where it is protected from cold Antarctic winds. Other optional clumping bamboo species for your climate would be Bambusa multiplex and all of the Himalayacalamus, Borinda, Chusquea, Fargesia, Thamnocalamus species. While none of those will ever reach timer bamboo sizes at least they could be grown for a privacy screen and are fantastic as ortamentals. Other options for temperate climate would be running bamboos especially if you want edible shoots and large bamboo poles for building/arts and crafts. However I would not recommend planting them because of their long creeping rhizomes. Unless you are willing to keep them under control by maintaining a rhizome pruning trench. Or better yet install a HDPE bamboo rhizome barrier at least 2mm thick just in case and at least 80-90cm deep for large Phyllostachys and Semiarundinaria species, so that their rhizomes won't spread to areas where they could potentially cause damage and/or frustration.
I have Phyllostachys (aka Ahhhhh!) in my backyard. I believe that persistence is required for many years. Last spring, I cut the shoots at the base with an axe, and then quickly applied organic herbicide. This spring, the bamboo has returned but appears to be weakening. Good luck!
My Chinese neighbour in Sydney always had a big crop of bamboo shoots from his backyard -- absolutely delicious fresh -- nothing like the stuff in tins.
Very good bamboo shoots and useful and can make everything ❤
I plant "slender weaver bamboo" in big pots. My neighbor love them. I live in Southern California.
Yesssss! Ive been planning to set up a bamboo pot in my yard. What a timely video 💖
Buddhas belly.. it’s on my wish list 🎋
I bought 2 pots of Buddha's Belly from the Guy who used to own that Nursery about 15yrs ago(he had an absolutely massive specimen out the front & the culms were about 6-8 inches in diameter! I planted 1 in a 1000ltr Pot & 1 in the ground & they're both only about 50mm in diameter each(culms) with the one in the ground being about 3m across & 12m high(he told me they only grow 6-8m!
I bought bamboo recently (Bambusa Claucescens CV) primarily for the purpose of growing my own garden canes. I nearly killed it off by keeping it in my greenhouse while the weather was still warming up... but it has a few shoots and some of the canes have some fresh growth since moving it outside... so hopefully it's ok.
Great video guys. I love bamboo.
Would like a tip on best to grow to eat
I grow Oldhamii, Weavers Bamboo, Multiplex and Tiger Grass in Perth - fruit and vege aren't the only useful plants to grow! :)
My Giant Timber Bamboo is food, firewood, construction material, biomass, privacy screen and windbreak.
I'd love to grow a running black bamboo, but we aren't trusted to grow such things in WA nowadays....
If you have running bamboo, what is the surest way to get rid of it?
Cut it down to ground level and then make sure every year during the growing season - which for most bamboo is a few weeks during spring - you go out and check every day in the morning and find and remove all new culms that have started to poke out of the ground by breaking off each new culm like he did in the video. The bamboo never getting a chance for its culms to grow and produce leaves, it can't photosynthesise, which means it will have less energy to produce new culms next year. Bamboo only shoots out new culms for a few weeks once a year and needs a lot of energy to do it. Disrupt its ability to photosynthesise by denying it access to sunlight by cutting it all down and breaking off all new culms before they can shoot to the sky and grow any leaves, and it won't have the energy to grow as many culms next year. Next year repeat the process and it will have no energy left at all to produce new culms the year after, then it dies. The other option is to dig it all up. The root system is very shallow, usually no more than a few inches to a foot deep depending on the variety. With some care, every culm can be dug up and the connecting root traced back to the next culm. You can also control smaller varieties by simply running over the new shoots when they start to appear with a lawnmower so they never get a chance to grow.
Get rid of it. My mother bought it as she is stubborn.. ended up ruining my fence and relationship with my neighbour
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Hey guys I have a question about the White Emperor bamboo. Could you possibly use that talcum stuff for chafe ? Would it stop chafing? And if you make a product I'll have a percentage of the sales 😂. Thanks.
Bamboo is a wonderful .material
When you have cut down the giant bamboo shown in the last segment of this video, how do we kill the rest of the shoots, as they keep growing back? We poison them and they still grow back. We were sold the fastest growing screening bamboo for our semi-rural, but urban house block. It cost thousands to cut down and still it grows back. Do you have any suggestions on how to kill it off, including the awful giant rhizomes that invade our grass and neighbour's garden? This monster plant should not be sold as clumping, and should be banned from being sold as safe for screening for urban gardens.
I’ve seen someone describe that you just chop the shoots off with the tip of a shovel when they surface and after 2-3 years it’s exhausted itself and dies
Look for a video called The Holy Grail Homestead Plant & The Secrets to Grow It. He covers it in depth and it makes sense really. Instead of chopping shoots as they emerge, let them go to the sky so they expend the most energy from the rhizome as possible, but the moment it shoots out leaves, chop it before it can photosynthesize any energy from the sun.
Try eating bamboo shoots before thinking it's a great food source. To some (like me) it smells like there's been a sewage leak at the spring roll factory.
BAMBOO is the worst weed clumping is slower but still unrelentingly expanding and near impossible to kill
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I've been trying to get Oldhamii growing at my place in Tasmania, but it just doesn't seem to want to grow. I've had three plants for nearly 3 years and they just won't get any taller than my knee 😭
Bambusa oldhamii is unfortunately a subtropical bamboo species and thus better suited for mainland Australia. Weaver's bamboo (Bambusa textilis) compared to oldhamii is quite a bit more cold hardy for a subtropical clumping species, so should be a better option for your region if planted in full sun, in rich fertile soil, well mulched and in a spot where it is protected from cold Antarctic winds. Other optional clumping bamboo species for your climate would be Bambusa multiplex and all of the Himalayacalamus, Borinda, Chusquea, Fargesia, Thamnocalamus species. While none of those will ever reach timer bamboo sizes at least they could be grown for a privacy screen and are fantastic as ortamentals. Other options for temperate climate would be running bamboos especially if you want edible shoots and large bamboo poles for building/arts and crafts. However I would not recommend planting them because of their long creeping rhizomes. Unless you are willing to keep them under control by maintaining a rhizome pruning trench. Or better yet install a HDPE bamboo rhizome barrier at least 2mm thick just in case and at least 80-90cm deep for large Phyllostachys and Semiarundinaria species, so that their rhizomes won't spread to areas where they could potentially cause damage and/or frustration.
Wow thank you for the info. Now I just need to know how to kill my running bamboo. Please🎉
I have Phyllostachys (aka Ahhhhh!) in my backyard. I believe that persistence is required for many years. Last spring, I cut the shoots at the base with an axe, and then quickly applied organic herbicide. This spring, the bamboo has returned but appears to be weakening. Good luck!
@@autumngryffinnheart6374 thank you so much for the tip. 👌
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That's good for environment but an invasive species because it covers all the ground that other plants are not able to grow themselves
And its carbon negative to the atmosphere right? 😮
It takes over. It shouldn’t be allowed in Australia.