Has anyone culm propagated b.textillis?

[rbkelso]

I wanted to know if anyone culm propagated b.textillis (Weavers bamboo) and if so can you give any advice?

[Roy]

I wanted to know if anyone culm propagated b.textillis (Weavers bamboo) and if so can you give any advice?

In my experience with propagating this B. textilis,
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take the culm and visually divide it into 3 equal parts. The bottom one third is from the top of the rhizome to the first branch. Then take the other two thirds (-->>), the part with the branches, and take the middle third of it to select your branched nodes for propagating material. That's the area were I find that I have the most success with culm node propagation. I didn't say that my success ratio was high on this species, but the success I've had seems to come from this area.

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[rbkelso]

Thanks for the info.What clumping large culms semi straight growing in zone 8b do you recomend?

[boonatick]

Rob, I saw some textilis last weekend that was started by culm cuttings,I was surprised as this is a thin walled species and most reports are its not a good candidate for culm cutting propigation,Oldhamii is a very good candidate and should grow pretty good where you live especialy if you can shelter it at all in its first year/s ,,,just do as roy sugested,,,good luck