Water the bamboo in well and cover it with a good layer of mulch.
Growing bamboo in florida.
Some are 30 to 50 feet tall and still growing bigger year by year.
For best performance plant your bamboo in full or part sun.
Arundinaria gigantea river cane.
The native species are.
About 250 acres have been planted in florida through onlymoso usa and 300 acres in other states.
Bamboo will tolerate a wide variety of soil types but for best growth water and fertilize yours on a regular schedule and don t forget to mulch.
A fit for florida according to cespedes to fill the current import demand for bamboo shoots in the u s growers would need to plant 26 000 acres of the crop.
An important distinction to make is the difference between running bamboos and clumping bamboos.
However growing bamboo in a container requires additional care due to its amazing growth rate and its use of lots of water.
Growing bamboo in florida is great and easy to do.
Giant timber bambusa oldhamii grows 40 to 60 feet with large green canes.
Now two decades after our first plantings our land is surrounded by beautiful groves of bamboo.
Providing results through commercial bamboo production investors and farmers are planting bamboo in various fields and locations.
All bamboo will grow well in florida s native soil but if you desire to back fill the hole initially with a good medium that is your option.
Launched in 2014 we as bamboo growers have done our best to spread awareness about the many uses of bamboo for agricultural and commercial purposes.
Wamin dwarf buddha belly bamboo bambusa vulgaris wamin an open growth plant with very noticeable bellied canes.
He says florida and other southern tier states are prime locations for planting.
Other varieties include mid size clumping bamboos that grow from 20 feet to 35 feet tall and smaller varieties that will stay under 15 feet.
Mexican weeping otatea acuminata super fine textured fluffy plant with a weepy appearance.
I will warn you that growing bamboo in the ground in florida is a no brainer just set it and forget it.
It can get.
Arundinaria tecta switch cane.
You can grow towering giants with canes the size of soup cans for a stunning highlight to your garden mid size types for elegant privacy hedges to screen your backyard oasis from the outside world or graceful mini bamboos for an elegant accent to your landscape.
Bamboo loves to be planted in evenly moist soil and letting a potted bamboo dry out is a real no no.
In florida we are blessed with a climate that allows us to grow some of the best of the world s bamboo varieties.
Arundinaria appalachiana hill cane.
Uses for cut bamboo.
Florida and around the country.
