Hey mate, another question for you. You where talking about how bamboo prefers acidic soil, and I have heard that pine needles help lower the soil ph. I have a lot of pine needles on the ground to use for mulch, and also due to a recent tornado, I have a fallen pine tree where I could get a load of pine needles. Would you recommend adding pine needles to the mulch around, and if so what kind of proportion should I be using? Danka Amigo.
Hey Mate love your bamboo videos. Could you please elaborate on this for me "Remember to mulch heavily to prevent the roots from freezing"?. I have planted approximately 300 rhizomes this year to create a privacy barrier. Most of the rhizomes have survived and are produce small bamboo culms ( 1 to 3 feet) and i am even seeming Rhizomes that seemed dead start to throw off some new culms late in the season. Regarding the mulching, I have ALOT of wood chips to use, and want to do everything to ensure that the bamboo survives the freezing weather that we get during parts of the winter. Also as we approach fall I should have an abundance of leaves to use for mulch as well. I was planning on first laying down a layer of leaves as more of a weed barrier and then adding the wood chips on top of that. I do have a little concern that the new culms would not be able to break past a layer of leaves coved over by wood chips? This may be an unnecessary concern. How many wood chips would you recommend putting over the bamboo? Like how high should I make the pile, also will I want to cover over the bamboo that has already grown? Thanks mate.
I don't have experience using wood chips to mulch bamboo. Typically we are using the bamboo leaves that drop during our hot dry seasons here. Because there's no rain until the beginning of the growing season, these fallen leaves do not become compacted and we've not had any problems with new culms breaking through. This may be different with a heavy mulching of wood chips. Sorry that I can't be more helpful in answering your question.
I used wood chips to mulch my entire yard (it was all sand & weeds), including around my bamboo when I planted it. Two years later I have massive bamboo stands, they push through the mulch just fine. (Florida)
Hey mate, another question for you. You where talking about how bamboo prefers acidic soil, and I have heard that pine needles help lower the soil ph. I have a lot of pine needles on the ground to use for mulch, and also due to a recent tornado, I have a fallen pine tree where I could get a load of pine needles. Would you recommend adding pine needles to the mulch around, and if so what kind of proportion should I be using? Danka Amigo.
Pine needles can be a good amendment to help acidify soil and mulch, but you'll need to test your soil pH to know the right amount.
@@suansook Good idea, thanks for the advice, currently getting a soil sample taken.
Hey Mate love your bamboo videos. Could you please elaborate on this for me "Remember to mulch heavily to prevent the roots from freezing"?. I have planted approximately 300 rhizomes this year to create a privacy barrier. Most of the rhizomes have survived and are produce small bamboo culms ( 1 to 3 feet) and i am even seeming Rhizomes that seemed dead start to throw off some new culms late in the season.
Regarding the mulching, I have ALOT of wood chips to use, and want to do everything to ensure that the bamboo survives the freezing weather that we get during parts of the winter. Also as we approach fall I should have an abundance of leaves to use for mulch as well.
I was planning on first laying down a layer of leaves as more of a weed barrier and then adding the wood chips on top of that. I do have a little concern that the new culms would not be able to break past a layer of leaves coved over by wood chips? This may be an unnecessary concern. How many wood chips would you recommend putting over the bamboo? Like how high should I make the pile, also will I want to cover over the bamboo that has already grown? Thanks mate.
I don't have experience using wood chips to mulch bamboo. Typically we are using the bamboo leaves that drop during our hot dry seasons here. Because there's no rain until the beginning of the growing season, these fallen leaves do not become compacted and we've not had any problems with new culms breaking through. This may be different with a heavy mulching of wood chips. Sorry that I can't be more helpful in answering your question.
@@suansook Thanks a lot for the answer mate. Really enjoy your channel!
Thanks for your questions and your encouragement! It's good to know that my videos are being enjoyed :)
I used wood chips to mulch my entire yard (it was all sand & weeds), including around my bamboo when I planted it. Two years later I have massive bamboo stands, they push through the mulch just fine. (Florida)
@@spearageddon3279 Thank you for sharing this infomation Spear.