If this old brain of mine, serves me well, I am pretty sure that many years ago, when there were several threads going regards the propagation of the clumpers, the consensus was that the "thinner the bamboo wall" , the harder it was for successfully doing single node, or any sort of cuttings.. This was attributed to the thinner wall, having less mass, and thus less starch (sugars ? ?), there to support new growth, to promote rooting.
Plus one thing that "I" know for sure, the soil temperature MUST be 80-85º F or so, to promote good rooting. An "expert' nursery person taught me that, long ago.. Plus I found that it was easier said than done, to keep the SOIL temperature that high:: I always "assumed', that the evaporation of moisture at the soil surface acted as a cooling factor.. ? ? ? Keep in mind that I am NOT a true nursery person, but I have done some node cuttings, etc, "just for fun"..
I believe you will continue to have low success with trying to do cuttings, and such with Textilis, because of it's thin walls. Now the ground layering, in MY mind, should be more successful as the culm is still feeding off of "mama' bamboo from it's base.. An "Umbilical cord", so to speak..
Just one man's opinion, but gleaned from a LOT of comments from over the years .. I haven't given you any advice actually, but to suggest "why" you may be having a low success ratio. I doubt that the age of your stock has much to do with it.. Back then, there was one person in Florida, who made a GOOD living, using single node cuttings, from the current years growth.. By the tens of thousands..
Peace and blessing to all. Kinder in Central Texs.. STILL no rain...
In a message dated 5/3/2014 9:07:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, qualityplants@yahoo.com.au writes:
I am looking for advice on how to propagate B. textilis.
I have tried culm cuttings (single node) air layering and ground layering ( culm still attached).
So far the cuttings and some of the air layering have worked but the success rate has been quite low.
The mother stock is only a couple of years old though so I'm not sure how viable the cuttings were.
I haven't dug up the ground layering yet.
Next season I should have quite a bit of propagation material but I want to make sure I get the best out of it.
Thanks,
Matt
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