Buying a bamboo at the garden center is not a feat and certainly not a challenge. If you enjoy growing plants yourself, you should try bamboo. You can find out how you should do this below.
How can you grow bamboo yourself?
To grow bamboo yourself, you can use seeds, cuttings, sprouts or divided rhizomes. When sowing seeds, it is important to soak them beforehand, plant them in suitable soil at high temperatures and keep them constantly moist.
Is it difficult to grow bamboo yourself?
Growing bamboo from seeds yourself isunusual, but possible andnot too difficult if you have the right background knowledge. Anyone who dares to do this has the chance to breed a completely new variety. It is much more common to divide bamboo plants in order to propagate the plant.
What do you need to grow bamboo from seeds yourself?
If you would like to grow bamboo from seeds, you first need a suitablesowing container(e.g. small pots or a seed tray), ideally also a greenhouse in which Constantly high temperatures between 25 and 30 °C prevail. If you don't have a greenhouse, you should at least have awarm placeavailable for sowing. Furthermore, the correspondingSeatis necessary. The elongated, pointed and brownish colored seeds are available from specialist retailers or online. Now all that's missing is the rightTime: In spring or late summer.
How are bamboo seeds sown correctly?
Since only a few seeds are capable of germinating, it is advisable to sowseveral seeds. The seeds germinate best if they have been allowed toquellein water for a few hours. They are then sown directly onto suitable sowing soil. Do not cover with soil or just a thin layer of sand! Bamboo seeds areLight germinatorMoisture Then the substrate and, if necessary, put a foil over the sowing container.
What is important when continuing to grow your own clothes?
For the bamboo seeds to germinate,high temperaturesshould prevail. Tropical bamboo species require a temperature of 32°C and at night the temperature should not fall below 20°C. The seeds of hardy bamboo species, on the other hand, germinate at temperatures of around 26 °C. If you have kept the soilmoderately moistand not allowed to dry out, the first green tips will appear after two to three weeks. The young bamboo plants shouldnot be exposed to direct sun.
What other methods are there to grow the bamboo yourself?
You can not only grow the seeds yourself, but alsocuttings, sproutsordivided rhizomes Dividing a bamboo plant is probably the easiest. To do this, it is dug up including the roots and cut off with a spade. The divided piece is then placed in a new location. Make sure that there are enough buds on the rhizome and it is best to install a root barrier immediately when planting!
Tip
Seeds from your own breeding or from the trade?
If you would like to use seeds from your own breeding, it can sometimes take many years or even decades before you can obtain these seeds. Bamboo flowers very rarely and only produces a few germinable seeds. It is therefore better to purchase the seeds in stores.
