Splitting bamboo

ukjoel

I have just been given some nice 4ft and 5ft clumps of Fargesia murielae.

I have replanted them in a nice mix of manure and compost and watered them well.

I know that the roots really need to establish so the plant can grow and am worried that they have lot of new very springy/floppy stems which are absorbing the energy I would rather the roots got this year.

Last year I lost some P Nigra and I suspect it was because the new shoots used more energy than than the partial rootball could provide.

Whats the best course of action. I am tempted to keep some of the older stems and allow any new shoots to emergy but cut back th new floppy culms.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Paula_Smith

Whatever you do don't try snapping bamboo - I nearly had my finger off when I was a kid.