Instructions

Things You'll Need
Garden Shears
5 gallon plastic nursery container
lawn fertilizer (high nitrogen)
1
Select bamboo plants that are container bound. Unlike other plants, the more crowded the roots, the faster bamboo will grow.

2
Plant bamboo in full sun or partial shade. Running varieties send rhizomes away from the parent plant before sending up vertical shoots. Clumping-types of bamboo will send up vertical shoots from short rhizomes and grow up from the outer edges of the parent plant.

3
Plant running-type bamboo in 5 gallon plastic containers with the bottom cut out to prevent it from going wild in your garden.

4
Water bamboo copiously to promote rapid growth. The more water bamboo receives, the faster it will become established.

5
Fertilize frequently with lawn fertilizer to help establish newly planted bamboo. Related to grass, bamboo responds very well to fertilizer high in nitrogen.

6
Remove dead canes as they appear. Individual canes will live for several years, but should be cut out close to the ground when they die.

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Remember bamboo spreads with a vengeance ,so buy a "clumping" variety or plant it in tubs (you can sink these in the ground if you wish) I have a miniature clumping variety, it's now more than six feet tall and absolutely huge, awfully glad I didn't look after it or who knows how big it would be now

Be careful where you plant it. Once established it can take over , and be very difficult to control.