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Cultivation requirements

Bamboos are adaptable to most soils, except permanently boggy conditions.

They are mostly tolerant of sun, shade and wind.

The following measures will help make a Bamboo healthy and attractive: Addition of humus when planting, particularly as a heavy mulch. Continued mulching and occasional top dressing of a balanced fertilizer. Adequate watering during the first 2 years. Thinning of old and weak culms as the Bamboo matures. Some pruning of lower branches will enhance the appearance of the culms, particularly of Phyllostachys.

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