New step – before I planted the whole seeds with husks. Treat against funghi with salted water for 15mins.Wash and soak the seeds, keep in water for up to 2 days, change the water every 6-8 hours.There were few different steps that I had not tried before results at this day are promising so I will lay them down below. The seeds arrived withing few weeks and this time they had instructions included (albeit in Italian) about growing them. In March this year I bought a new batch of seeds, because they were named “madake” on the eBay auction, and were shipped from Italy (so I could have some conversations / get advise from the seller) also the seller had other auctions with live plants so I thought that they know what they’re doing.
I then planted the seeds in the sandy-ish soil and watered it often, nothing came out after over a year at this point. Ratio of good/bad seeds in my case was 10/90 (most of them didn’t hit the bottom). Some guides also suggest treating the seeds with salty water for 15mins before soaking (not sure what this do but I tried anyway).Īfter soaking for 2 days some of the seeds sank to the bottom of the glass apparently these were the good seeds – the rest, swimming under the surface, were not going to germinate. I tried this for 1 week, and then I forgot about the rest of the seeds so they were sitting there for 2 months – results were the same (no plants).Īll guides have the common step of soaking seeds in water for a day or two. I guess to simulate winter changing to spring, few online guides advised to keep the seeds in a freezer for a week + before germinating. Madake / moso is a huge, fast growing bamboo that would have little application in home gardens – bamboo plants are used mosty as a pot plant, or to make live fence, so smaller / denser species are preferred.
I checked with Irish plant growers / botanical gardens but with not much success. Seeds bought on eBay came with no instructions, internet offers many different approaches to growing bamboo from seeds. For a year and a half I tried to grow them with 0 success (out of 200 seeds not one germinated). I bought two bags of seeds from China 2 years ago. That is acceptable waiting time, but I’m pretty sure the the conditions / climate in Ireland that are different to Japan may have an influence on what size can the bamboo grow in this time. Anyway I was interested in growing bamboo myself – after all, Japanese bamboo (madake) is harvestable for yumi making at 3 to 5 years age. I know this happened with the timber / wood, maybe bamboo falls under this category. Position the greenhouse in a spot with 12-16 hours of indirect sunlight.Not sure why exactly but the prices for bamboo went up in the last 1-2 years. Use your finger to push the pellet down into the peat enough so that it is fully covered. Then, place 1 seed in the center of the pellet. Use a wooden skewer to create a small hole in the top of each pellet. Plant a single seed in the center of each peat pellet. Getting it started can be tricky,… What’s the best way to grow bamboo from seed? It has a variety of uses and thrives in many different climates once established. Moso bamboo, also called Phyllostachys edulis or tortoise shell bamboo, is a special kind of plant that can grow at a rapid pace and reach up to 26 feet (7.9 m) tall. Once your moso bamboo is more established, it will be able to handle temperatures as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit (-15 degrees Celsius), but it will have a hard time coming back from damage caused by colder, longer periods of time. When is the best time to plant moso bamboo seeds?įor the best possible end result, plant your seeds in the springtime. As it takes tc and divisions about 5 to 8 years to reach mature sizes, it would definitely take any bamboo seed much longer. They are propagated by divisions or tissue culture. Most bamboo plants are not grown from seed. How long does it take for a bamboo plant to grow?
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