Tywarber

Hi, has anyone grown bamboo from the seed before and had success? How long is the germination process an How fast does it grow after germinating? Just curious because I think u can get a lot of seeds for cheap an I want a lot of bamboo. Any varieties

ez

Here are links and videos that might help you to germinate bamboo seeds and select a cultivar.


American Bamboo Society - ABS Species List

How to Grow Bamboo from Seed

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stevelau1911

Given that you are at best a zone 5, I would not suggest growing bamboos from seed as it would take way too long, and they need warmer temperatures to get to maturity.

You could check out the bambooweb forums, but I believe that in your climate, you may need to stick to the absolute hardiest bamboos, or cold hardy clumping varieties ie fargesias.

A winter like this one would have killed every species of bamboo to the ground in your climate.

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I'm in zone 6 upstate NY, specialize in growing temperate cold hardy bamboos(mainly phyllostachys) and starting to get into bananas.

my picture website is http://www.flickr.com/photos/31489820@N02/

http://stevespeonygarden.blogspot.com/

StrongST

I was thinking about growing bamboo for a long time. It's a great plant and there is a lot of stuff that can be made from bamboo. My uncle manufactures furniture and he has a lot of ideas on how to use this wood. From making shelves to setting up the production of any things like this bamboo toothbrush. I think it could be very profitable and I don't know what stopped me.