When growing bamboo from a seed how long would it take to reach ful hieght?
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Bamboo grown from seed will take anywhere from 6 to 15 years to reach mature height and width, depending on the species. I have some seedlings of both Moso, Strictus, Mexican weeping and an uknown clumper. All are within 1 to 4 years old, with the Strictus sending up 12 foot culms last season.
If you are looking for faster growth from your bamboo you may want to try purchasing some instead of growing from seed.
healthy bamboo grows up to 3 feet a day, so it probably wont stop growing. Bamboo is a member of the grass family. It represents the grass family's way of producing tree-sized plants that can compete with trees in a forest environment. There are over a thousand different species of bamboo in the world, with a tremendous diversity of sizes, growth habits, and environmental preferences. The largest grow to 120 feet tall with twelve inch diameter canes; the smallest are creeping ground covers barely a few inches tall. Chinese Goddess bamboo only grows to eight feet, so a three gallon pot planted in the spring can be sending up full sized canes the year after planting, sometimes even the same year it is planted. Fifty foot Wong Chuk, or Royal Bamboo, when planted from a three gallon pot, might take four or five years to reach full size from planting out a three gallon pot, but only two years after planting a twenty five gallon potted plant.and only once it reaches its full height does it sprout branches and leaves.
check out this site if you really wanna grow bamboo its got go info on there growin habits.http://www.lewisbamboo.com/habits.html...
If you are planting BB in your yard... You do not know nothing about the growing habits of this obnotious weed. BB spreads like wild vines and to kill it is almost impossible when it has a hold on the yard--neighbors yard. BB is not cool to plant. It is worthless ...
Gerald is correct!! Be careful where you plant it and plan on spending allot of time tending it!!
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