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- How to Plant the Giant Bamboo - Tips and Tricks
- The best place for giant bamboo
- Which floor is suitable for the giant bamboo?
- Does the giant bamboo need a rhizome barrier?
- The most important planting tips in brief:
- Tips
Even the giant bamboo starts once small
How to Plant the Giant Bamboo - Tips and Tricks
Imposing and exotic, so you could describe the giant bamboo in a nutshell. After all, he will also be here 15 m high in Germany or even more, if he feels really comfortable in his place.
The best place for giant bamboo
If you have a lot of space in your garden, then you can plant a giant bamboo well there, provided it is sunny enough there. Because the otherwise easy-care Dendrocalamus giganteus likes it bright and also likes to shelter from the wind. Plan for the adult giant bamboo quite an area of about 10 square meters.
Which floor is suitable for the giant bamboo?
The preferred soil is loose and nutrient-rich in the giant bamboo. He may also like to be a little damp, but under no circumstances may there be waterlogging. This causes your giant bamboo to die if you do not intervene in time. A little horse manure provides the necessary nutrients and with fine gravel or coarse sand you loosen up the soil, if necessary.
Thoroughly rinse the root bale of your giant bamboo before placing it in the new location. That makes it easier for him to grow. The ideal time to plant is the spring, so strong roots have formed until the warm summer.
Does the giant bamboo need a rhizome barrier?
All species of the phyllostachy form long root shoots, these are called rhizomes. Like the black bamboo, the giant bamboo belongs to these rhizome-forming species. So that he does not overgrow your entire garden in a few years, you should incorporate a so-called rhizome barrier in the soil.
The trade offers special films as rhizome barrier. Pond foil is not suitable for this purpose, it is not a major obstacle to the outgoing root of the giant bamboo. Work the rhizome barrier immediately after planting according to the manufacturer's instructions in the soil, the subsequent incorporation is very complex and labor-intensive.
The most important planting tips in brief:
Tips
Plant your giant bamboo later in the year, so be sure to water it regularly.