Bamboo PLANTS for free — ต้นไม้ไผ่หลายพันธุ์ ฟรี
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Field-grown bamboo plants of various species are offered for free if you dig them up yourself. We will guide you in digging up effectively and without arduous effort.
Anyone can get these plants for free: private individuals, including gardeners and nurserymen.
Tools:
Please consider getting yourself all the tools and other materials you need to dig up, divide, and transport the bamboo plants you want to receive for free. Here's what tools and other materials you will need: Click on the link to the "Horticultural Stuff" photo album and look at the first two photos, which show several appropriate hand tools. Some of these are essential for the less strenuous digging of bamboo plants. When you click on the photo, it will enlarge, and the text "Info" will appear on the right side of the image.
● A siam (เสียม) is essential for digging, e.g., #1, #2, or #11; the heavier(!) and stronger, the better.
● A short(!) sharp handsaw #9, mainly for sawing off the underground rhizome neck, is needed, at least for necks of the thicker rhizomes.
● Alternatively, the use of tools #12 and #6 together may be suitable for cutting off the rhizome neck instead of sawing it off.
● Any handsaw, e.g., #9, #10, #13, #14, #15, for shortening bamboo culms before digging up the propagule.
● Alternatively, bamboo culms can be cut with a sharp machete (#4), provided the culm diameter is not too large or the culm is not too strong.
● Big sacks are needed to store and transport the bamboo material. Avoid letting the roots dry out.
● If you transport bamboo on the open back of a pickup truck, you may need to cover the bamboo with a large tarp to protect roots, rhizomes, and leaves from sunlight and wind.
● A short(!) sharp handsaw #9, mainly for sawing off the underground rhizome neck, is needed, at least for necks of the thicker rhizomes.
● Alternatively, the use of tools #12 and #6 together may be suitable for cutting off the rhizome neck instead of sawing it off.
● Any handsaw, e.g., #9, #10, #13, #14, #15, for shortening bamboo culms before digging up the propagule.
● Alternatively, bamboo culms can be cut with a sharp machete (#4), provided the culm diameter is not too large or the culm is not too strong.
● Big sacks are needed to store and transport the bamboo material. Avoid letting the roots dry out.
● If you transport bamboo on the open back of a pickup truck, you may need to cover the bamboo with a large tarp to protect roots, rhizomes, and leaves from sunlight and wind.
Here is an example of the excavation of a bamboo propagule step by step:
Division of a bamboo plant with strong pachymorph rhizomes.
Division of a bamboo plant with strong pachymorph rhizomes.
Availability:
Bamboo plants of the species listed below are available at the date of publication or update, respectively. After this date, some species may be temporarily or permanently unavailable. However, other species will become available in 2025 that are not yet listed here.
The best time to dig and transplant bamboo is during the late dry season and the early rainy season (from April to May/June), but always before the bamboo shooting season, which varies depending on the species and can be any month from March to September. The species can be viewed by appointment any day during the daytime all year round. In addition, you will find detailed information on all species in the online monograph “The Bamboos of Thailand”.
