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How to prune my bamboo? (feddit.org)
submitted 2 days ago by Lauchmelder@feddit.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org
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Hi,

last year I bought two bamboo plants for my balcony. Both of them grew a lot last summer (some stalks shot up and there have been many new growths at the bottom). Now I'm wondering if I need to cut away some of the stalks because the bottom feels quite crowded.

Here are some pictures of the full plant. The plant is still quite young so I'm hesitant to cut away too much, but I can barely reach through the bottom stalks to clean away the dead leaves.

Any recommendations? The bamboo hasn't started growing yet

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[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the reply! I did end up pruning away some dead/weak/not-straight stalks and the plants look a lot better now as well. I removed some stalks that were very short but also very bushy in order to free up some of the space at the bottom of the plant. I didn't want to overdo it so I only removed maybe 20% of the stalks. I'm glad the plant now looks less like a bush and more like something that wants to grow upwards

I just planted the bamboo last summer so I hope it's not rootbound yet, I'll definitely check that out next winter tho, thanks for the heads up!