dividing new bamboo

[stevelau1911]

These small moso seedlings haven't had adequate temperatures in order to get them going until the last few days despite growing for 7 weeks already so with 80s in the forecast they should look a lot different in the next 3 months with multiple shoots and hopefully over 1 foot in height. It will be interesting to what their cold tolerance is since every moso seedling will have a different tolerance, but I will add heat to the greenhouse once I start seeing any signs of leaf burn. Seedlings are also supposed to be vigorous culm producers which can quickly get a grove established pretty fast.

I plan on planting as many of these as I can in the ground as I can, I'll keep up-potting a few of them and fore the rest I'll have to sell them, trade them, or start giving them out to some neighbors that want to try them. If I had enough land, or if I get a good deal on an open field of land, I might just plant them all in the ground, and tend to those groves a few times a year for fertilization and mulching which is all thats needed considering the average rainfall in this area.
Theres also a wooded area behind the well beyond the backyard with open areas that would be ideal for spreading the good stuff. If I still have some extra left over, I might need to cut down some trees to make room for the moso.

[Spectabilis]

I have a guy here that calls me each June to come dig up his yellow groove. He has it growing near his business but doesn't want it to spread like crazy. So he waits till the shoots are fully grown and leafed out then he calls me. Last year I dug up 7-8 field divisions. All but 2 of them are doing great, well sort of. They didn't send many shoots up this year at all. The ones that did send some shoots up, only sent one for each division. I had at least 3 divisions that didn't send any shoots up. I was able to keep them alive this year by burying them in 2 feet of snow. What I don't know is if where I planted them is keeping them from shooting more. They are in heavy shade. Or, maybe the chipmunks and squirrels were eating my shoots. Who knows?

This same guy called me last week and I was able to dig 14 field divisions and some long chunks of rhizomes. I spent the entire day Saturday digging them up and then planting them. That was a long day. As of right now it looks as though I may lose 1/3 - 1/2 of those divisions. Only time will tell. However I did plant all of these in full sun. I am keeping my fingers crossed.