Posts Tagged ‘fertilize’

Growing Giant Bamboo Fast

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

You can buy the fastest growing bamboo in the world but if you want it to get big faster, follow the procedures below! When I got serious about collecting bamboo there was a time when I planted many species each year, often in multiple locations.  I wanted lots of bamboo fast.  I live near a [...]

FAQ

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

How do you identify bamboo? There are a number of ways to ID different bamboos but one of the best is by looking at their shoots. With most plants a positive ID is made by looking at their flowers. Since bamboo flowers so infrequently this is not practical. The vast majority of the bamboos I [...]

Growing bamboo organically

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Growing Organically I’ve been an advocate of organic gardening since 1971 when I read a book titled “Malabar Farm“. I subscribed to “Organic Gardening” and when we moved to our farm the first thing I did was plant a huge garden using all natural fertilizer and pest control. This became not just a practical method [...]