black bamboo heght

member11809 · Guest

I have black bamboo in a pot. I divided it and put some in the garden. It is doing fine but not much height on it, only about 4 feet ,although the new canes are about 5 feet

Also while the half in the pot flourished and there was huge growth of lush green side shoots from the canes I did not get any new canes.?

And I have not seen new shoots on the potted one this year. Should I have by now?

I actually had two in pots but one did not grow for some reason but the roots are good so have put in new compost.

Greengage · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:00 pm Post subject:

Have a look here since he supplies most garden centres with bamboo.
http://www.stambamboo.com/

kindredspirit · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:09 am Post subject:

If you split Bamboo, it sets it back a bit and it seems to start again from scratch. That's what mine have done, anyway.

Only new stems each year will be taller than their previous siblings.

Once a stem reachs its final height in the autumn, that's it.; it won't grow any higher in subsequent years. It's only the new shoots each year that will be taller than previous ones.