Has anyone considered or attempted a graft of any type of bamboo?
One possibility that emerges in my mind is that perhaps flowering could be stimulated in a scion species due to being grafted onto a frequent flowering one.
Grafting Bamboo?
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RE: Grafting Bamboo?
I thought basil nate already talked about this subject.
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RE: Grafting Bamboo?
Your thinking of his "Grafting Lucky Bamboo" Humor post. I'm talking about real bamboo. Lucky Bamboo is NOT really bamboo, FYI.
There are a few references to grafting bamboo on the web, but nothing very elaborate or detailed that I found.
I don't know that my idea is that looney. The flowering of apple trees is affected by the root stock they are grafted on.
There are a few references to grafting bamboo on the web, but nothing very elaborate or detailed that I found.
I don't know that my idea is that looney. The flowering of apple trees is affected by the root stock they are grafted on.
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RE: Grafting Bamboo?
Bamboo have intercalary meristems.
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RE: Grafting Bamboo?
It is definitely something that is not done much because of it's difficulty. Cambium layers are definitely easier to align intercalary meristems although I do know that it is done with vanilla beans under glass to increase production.
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RE: Grafting Bamboo?
Here is a link to an ABS-SoCal newletter with a bamboo grafting article. I wish I could find the article that that this one makes reference to.
http://www.abssocal.org/pdf/newsletters ... 202005.pdf
http://www.abssocal.org/pdf/newsletters ... 202005.pdf