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Thanks for sharing this information Greg. It is true; bamboo needs to be carefully selected or it can get a little out of control.

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

my neighbor planted a small timber bamboo plant 15 yrs ago; it is now 50 ft tall and hundreds of feet wide. The canes are now 4" thick and standing before it is like wittnessing a slow tidal wave, and unstopable force of nature, an act of God. I would caution anyone considering this plant to put it in an apropriate setting, as it is not a pet plant, rather more in the line of tigers, elephnts and sharks. Beautiful, useful and amazing, but still very very wild. It is eating my neighbors home. I have Henon, Vivax , and native cane break. I also have a cutting of my neighbors P..Species. Soon my own tidal wave will rise, an I too will be engulfed in a mass of green timber. Unstopable by eighter round up, digging, or bulldozers.

-- Contributed by: Greg Hunt

Hi Anna, The bamboo plant needs minimal light and is picky about the water that it is living in. Chlorine and fluoride in city water can really do a number on this plant. Try using spring, distilled or a purified water for this plant instead of tap water.

-- Contributed by: Charlotte Gerber

My bamboo plant is in water, grows well, but the tip of each green turns brown. I've had it for one year. It has lot of roots. I was told to cut off some of the root and that didn't help.

-- Contributed by: Anna Franklin

Scott, as long as you have two or three nodes on the stalk and you bury one node into the soil you should be fine. Remember to remove any leaves and branches on the stalk before you plant it.

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

i am trying to grow bamboo in alabama. my friend has about a half acre forest of it at his house. can i cut the stalk into sections and bury it? i was told that it can be planted like sugar cane where it will come up at every joint. is it ok to plant a 10 ft length of the stalk horizontally underground at once?

-- Contributed by: scott

This is hard to answer without knowing the species of bamboo. It may be that it just isn't receiving enough light. Is it possible that it is getting too much water? Is your soil well drained?

Try removing all the brown leaves and cut back on the water a bit. Usually bamboo leaves will curl when they need water and then uncurl again when they have enough. You can use this as a gauge for your watering schedule.

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

I have a low growing bamboo, not sure of the species but the stalk is very thick around 1" in diameter. I recently planted them in my garden which is partially shaded and recieves very little rainfall, but I try to water them 4 times a week. two of the stalks have turned brown and the leaves have all dropped off, however I have a taller species planted in the same area and they seem to be thriving as they have grown 3-4 more new stalks from the older nodes. the taller species envelopes the shorter one and I guess the lower species does not recieve much sunlight and very little rainfall... is the lower species dying and is there any way I can get them to grow back?, tks for your reply

-- Contributed by: ANDREW

Yes, you can regrow them. Remove the leaves and branches of the stalk and then put it in the soil with at least one node under the soil. A node is where the leaves or branches of the bamboo attach to the stalk. Thank you for the question.

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

Can bamboo be replanted without the roots? It can be cut along the sections and planted into the dirt? I'm no green thumb and wasn't really sure what I was reading here. I just got some stalks from a friend (from the trimmings) and thought it would be cool to regrow them (or make something out of them). Thanks!

-- Contributed by: Judy
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