G'day Members,Certainly grubbing up fully-grown clumps for rhyzome division is not much fun. I've developed a method that is easier on my old man's back. I grow the clump in the shadehouse in a 100L drum that has smooth sides. When the clump becomes root-bound in the drum, I turn it out on the deck and hose off the soil. That provides good vision and access. It is then a relatively simple and painless process to divide the rhyzome mass with a sharp blade. Division works for nearly all clumpers, but branch and other cutting methods work for some species.
There is some empirical information about propagating clumpers by other vegetative procedures. Here in the Northern Territory of Australia, Larry Toohey has experimented for years with his plantation of various clumping species, and a few years ago, he and I pooled our knowledge to write a piece for the Bamboo Bulletin, the occasional magazine of the Bamboo Society of Australia ... www.bamboo.org.au
I have posted the entire issue to the <Files> section of the Bamboo Plantations web site for interested members to inspect. It is entitled <Propagating Clumpers - page 8> The article does not claim to be exhaustive, but it represented the sum of knowledge in the arid tropics of northern Australia in 2005. More has been learned since them, and hopefully that will be the subject of a future Bamboo Bulletin article on propagation.
Members who would like to subscribe to the Bamboo Bulletin can do so by joining the Bamboo Society of Australia at the web site given above.
Regards ... Geoff Kyle, Badlands Bamboo, S12:E130.
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From: al ho
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Re: lucky bamboo
Hi brian It would be interesting to hear from growers who have had sucess propagating certain bamboos frorm stem cuttinfgs as dividing species like bambusa vulgaris, ventricosa and other clumpers is not fun....Al
--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Brian Erickson <brieri99@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Brian Erickson <brieri99@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Re: lucky bamboo
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 7:01 PM
Hello Al,
I've never had any willow branches to try with but I understand that this trick does work well with some plants. I believe you're right that it's the auxins that help induce root growth. I do know that many of the tropical bamboos (especially in the genus Bambusa and sometimes in Gigantochloa, Dendrocalamus and Schizostachyum) , can produce rhizomes at the bases of upper branches. Swollen branch bases with adventitious roots are often a sign of a propensity in this direction. In high humidity zones, aerial roots can become quite pronounced and rhizomes may be produced, hanging in the air, provided the light and humidity are just right. This propensity is the basis for the technique of air-layering. Also, topping a cane of tropical bamboo sometimes will awaken dormant branch buds that may produce roots and eventually rhizomes, conditions permitting. I suspect this does not hold true for running bamboos, but that's probably a risky
generalization.
Brian
--- On Tue, 11/4/08, al ho <nedzzden@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: al ho <nedzzden@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations ] Re: lucky bamboo
To: bamboo-plantations@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 1:07 AM
Hi Again,
Since I'm a creature of habit I use the willow stem method cause it works for me. I don't believe salicilic acid (aspirin) is what triggers the root growth but rather other auxins found in the bark of the Salix. I also you mabe be able to root true bamboo but it's my expereince and understanding that the rooted stem cuttings will never send out additional rhizomes. Perhaps those eyes futrther up the culms are already too differentiated to produce the cell lines necessary for rhizomes; a speculation on my part. Some bamboo species may have this ability to produce rhizomes froooorm cuttings so try it out on your available plant material. Since trial and error is the best teacher experiemnt with your plants and tell others of your results! Al
--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Terry Belk <owanafarm@yahoo. com.mx> wrote:
From: Terry Belk <owanafarm@yahoo. com.mx>
Subject: [bamboo-plantations ] Re: lucky bamboo
To: bamboo-plantations@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 3:19 PM
Hello all......
Could somebody help me to understand this. From the next mail it
said that Dracena is not a bamboo. But, would the process help true
bamboo cuttings to grow. Or, taking the idea one step farther, would
placing a salic acid pill (asprin) in the water do the same?
Thanks.....
Terry
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