Growing Bamboo From Seed

Fill your chosen pot or tray with compost and moisten it with water.

Growing bamboo from seed.

A pre germination stimulant applied before soaking may also improve germination rates. Firstly you need to prepare your growing medium. If you don t have a container handy you can also place the seeds in a bag and fill it with water. Plant the seeds in individual peat pellets flats or individual pots.

One major challenge in trying to grow bamboo from seed is the plant s flowering cycle. How to grow bamboo from seed bamboo flowering. Bamboo seed germination growing medium. One with a general purpose peat based compost that i.

Use distilled water warmed to 85 f 30 c and soak for 24 hours. Soak the seeds in water for 24 hours to start to soften them up. Place the pot or tray into your propagator. Bamboo seeds are more likely to germinate if soaked first.

Pour seed starting compost into a bucket or large bowl. Place the moso bamboo. You ll be more likely to find it in specialty nurseries or. I used two different growing mediums last year.

Spread the mixture of soil in a plastic pellet used for gardening. How to grow black bamboo from seed step 1. Use a seed tray or. Use a food thermometer to verify that the temperature doesn t get too hot or it could cook your seeds and ruin the.

I always find that a good quality general purpose compost is. Fill 3 inch square pots with the moistened seed starting compost. This process also helps judge. Growing bamboo from seeds can be a simple task that requires little care once planted.

Drizzle a small amount of water onto the compost while. Bamboo seed is not readily available. Growing bamboo from seed step 1. If you have some moso bamboo seeds and want to experiment with growing them sprout them and start your own forest with no more effort than it takes to grow any other plant.

Soak your seeds in. However if you plan to grow a running variety of bamboo you must maintain the bamboo so that it doesn t spread over your garden and house.