This week’s video is all about black bamboo. We cover in detail basic facts and information, growing conditions and habit, growth control and root blocks as well as propagation and pruning. We show you how bamboo colors over time and what the rhizomes and new shoots underground look like and how they behave. This video is packed with information about black bamboo.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Facts
01:52 Growing Conditions
04:04 Growing Habit
08:19 Growth Control
14:15 Propagation
15:46 Pruning
Plants mentioned in this video:
Black bamboo – Phyllostachys nigra – evergreen, running
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26 Comments
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Great vid! My black bamboo died back more than 75% after 6 weeks below -10c and almost no snow last winter. Last season it grew 2 new canes so I havent given up on it yet. And you are growing them in zone 6. Great work. 😀👍
Can you grow black bamboo in a fabric pot?
Love your channel! I also started to grow bamboo last year. I want to ask if the bamboo barriers have worked so far for you? I also encircled my bamboos with the plastic bamboo barrier, but I'm still worried they'd grow into my neighbour's yard.
Great video , can I ask what u feed ur bsmboo
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Thank you for your video. I have two plants, one came from the other. The first one is in the sun mostly and get watered daily with the golden bamboo. Both are in pots. The second plant is on the balcony garden it gets mostly shade. I watered it the same as the front one, but the leaves turned brown quickly !! it is also in a pot. I started watering it a lot less it seems to be recovering now! Could it be the sun factor turning the leaves so much?
Thanks for your information, I love bamboo 👌👍
Do you have any tips for growing them from dormant seeds? I ordered a 50 pack from Amazon and dumped them all in 80 degree Fahrenheit water which is what the package told me to do. But besides that, I’m pretty clueless and would love your input. Thank youu 🙂
This video is fantastic, thank you for sharing with us! We planted 5 of these along our fence last year as we wanted a bamboo hedge in the garden. (We have good root block ~2.5 feet around the plants). But after watching your video, I realized we should have split them into smaller plants when planting. We have 2 foot gaps between them – will be need to propagate them as you described in order to get the "hedge" look? or will they eventually fill in the gaps with new canes? Also, thank you for the pruning guide. We have a couple of canes that are becoming quite tall and now we know how to cut back to our ideal height.
I planted 2 plants in zone 5 and in winter it died back completely but is now making new shoots. It is May 29 now. I am happy it survived although it will probably never get really large with the yearly dieback.
That's awesome you're able to grow in zone 6!
I have one in a plastic pot and sooner or later will plant it directly on the ground, do you know any alternatives to that root block you showed? like a zinc sheet, concrete, pvc but no sure. Thanks great vid!
Are long Branches without leaves suckers? and do I cut them out? The plants has been in ground for two years old and was 1.5m in pot when purchased. This year I have three branches that have shot up. One has reach 3m in a year but has no leaves.
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When growing in pots, how often do you need to move to a larger pot.
Regards
Jim
Hi, I enjoyed watching your video. I live in the UK, East Midlands, for about 5 years I have been growing black bamboo successfully in a 65 litre pot, I check it’s root growth every 2 years or so & divide if & when necessary. This year it has given me 3 new bamboo plants, which I give as presents to family members.
Excellent video with everything you'd want to know about black bamboo. Thank you!!
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Very informative video thanks. I have several types of bamboo planted in the ground in the UK. My black bamboo I planted 20 years ago has flowered and produced seeds six months ago. Does this mean it will die now?
Absolutely informative. Thanks
Very nice explain good video
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Can I control it's height by cutting it?
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