Cuttings From Bamboo...

[sandyRoe]

A healthy looking dark bamboo shoot has grown through a neighbours garden fence. If I cut it off some night would it grow as a cutting?

[sandyRoe]

I should have scrolled down. I See a question similar to mine has already been answered.

[Chipchopper]

Sure you can Sandy, but bamboo being a monocotyledon, you need some root on it.
If you can slice through a section of the root clump with a spade, then it is possible to grow it on.

[sandyRoe]

I was looking at a cane that had grown through a gap in a fence. Don't think the householder would be happy if I arrived in the middle of the night and started digging in his garden.

[woofgang]

don't do it Sandy. Bamboo tends to tale over if not continually hacked at. I am fighting a battle with my neighbour's clump.

[sandyRoe]

I did once dig up a clump of bamboo root from a garden of a derelict house and planted it in an old Belfast sink. It did well.

[Chipchopper]

Sorry Sandy, I had no way of knowing what kind of relationship you have with your neighbors, if it was my neighbor I'd just ask him for a piece of the clump.
Its customary to cross his palm with a bottle of bud though ;-)

Keeping the roots contained in a sink etc is a good tip!

[boxtops]

It grows like the clappers sandy, but you need a root. We have two clumps - the roots are only a couple of inches below the ground. If you want, I can send you a young root - we're digging them up all the time. Tell me if you want one!

[sandyRoe]

TY, Boxtops. Would you e-mail me at [email protected]?

[boxtops]

I've been out for the day, sandy - only just seen this. I've emailed you :-)