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. One growing, place in a sunny location.Not sure why exactly but the prices for bamboo went up in the last 1-2 years. Please just below the surface of the soil, and keep lightly moist until germination. Germination: These seeds are easy to germinate! Soak the seeds for 2 hours before planting. All other regions can safely order these seeds! Any US orders for this item will be refunded, minus a 5.00 processing fee. If we shipped they could be seized by the border, and possible fines could be imposed (they consider the buyer to be importer). USA Restriction: Unfortunately these seeds are not permitted in the USA. Hardiness zones: 7-10, with some reports of the plants being hardy to zone 6 In 2016 Only oso USA initiated large scale commercial farming of Phyllostachys edulis in the United States, in the state of Florida, becoming the first entity to grow Moso bamboo from seedlings in large scale in the USA, including the development of nurseries to ensure a constant supply of viable plants for bamboo farmers. The first culm from a seedling will not get much taller than a few inches at most, but with every new season of culms sent up from developing rhizomes, the grove of plants will grow in height and cane diameter. rather than synchronous blooming as in some other bamboos. edulis also flowers and produces seed, and it does so every half century or so, but it has a sporadic flowering nature and there are always a few individual plants in flower somewhere. In mature individuals, the culms in young plants grow taller and wider in diameter as the general plant reaches maturity, but once the individual culm stops growing it will not grow again. The culms grow quickly and reach a height of 90 ft or more (depending on the age and health of the plant). This particular species of bamboo is the most common species used in the bamboo textile industry of China which is rayon. The edulis part of the Latin name refers to its edible shoots.This bamboo can reach heights of up to 28 m (92 ft). Phyllostachys edulis, moso bamboo, or tortoise-shell bamboo, or mao zhu, is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan and naturalised elsewhere.
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