Planting Giant Timber Bamboo: A Step-by-Step Guide

When selecting giant timber bamboo, it's essential to understand that they come in container sizes, and what we have is a 15-gallon container. The trees are probably four to five years old and eight to ten feet tall. To create a natural look, I want to get them five to six feet apart, so they'll grow into each other quickly while also staggering the line to achieve a beautiful, natural appearance.

To begin, we laid out the trees in a staggered pattern, creating a width that looks great. The next step was to mark out the hole size, which needs to be two to three times the width of the container. I then moved the plant out of the way and had you start digging the hole. The good news is that we only have to dig as deep as a container, and this material looks pretty good and is fairly loose. That soil is really dry, so I want you to fill that hole up with water and then wet down all the soil around the hole.

To prepare the area, I brought over some planters' mix, which is made up of compost and a little bit of organic fertilizer. I mixed it in and used two wheelbarrel fulls per hole. Mary Margaret, take and moisten those piles; I want that dirt all nice and wet before we use it for backfilling. Now, what we want to do is go around and dig all our other holes, flooding them let them drain, and then we're ready to start planting.

As we began planting, it's essential to keep in mind that taking these plants out of the pot and planting them can send them into shock due to the heat and dryness. To combat this, we'll be using a flood-and-drain method to give the plants a chance to recover. We've got 10 plants in the ground now, but let's show you what we're going to do next.

To keep these plants watered, we'll take advantage of the irrigation line that was already installed and attach emitters to it. These send out two gallons per hour to keep the plant hydrated. I'm going to run four of these; one in the center and three evenly spaced around the plant. To attach the emitter, you use a tool to punch a hole in the main line once it's punched. Then, we simply take the emitter slide it into place and attach a tube, trying to get as much distance as possible.

To ensure proper installation, we're going to lay that hold there for me, cut it off now, and slide it onto the emitter. We'll do three more this way, and once we've completed the installation, each plant's all set! Now, let's take a moment to admire our handiwork and see how it looks.

Finally, to complete the look, we'll add some mulch on top of the root ball, keeping the soil moist. Mulch will also help hold those emitters in place. What do you think? It looks great! A difference a year from now, you're going to have a green curtain all the way across your backyard.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell we ended up selecting a giant timber bamboo when you buy these you buy them by the container size what we have is a 15 gallon container okay these trees are probably four to five years old and eight to ten feet tall so i started laying them out and what i want to do is get them five to six feet apart so that they'll grow into each other pretty quickly but also i want to stagger the line so it'll have a nice natural look to it okay that went down a little bit to you okay all right looks great yeah you like that yeah it's a good width well we start digging our hole size needs to be two to three times the width of the container so i'm going to mark it out like that i'm going to move the plant out of the way and have you start digging the hole all right jump right in there and set all the material back off the hole well i know it's a really wide hole but the good news is we only have to dig as deep as a container and this material looks pretty good and it's fairly loose that soil is really dry take this hose i want you to fill that hole up with water and then wet down all the soil around the hole carrie over here i have what's called planters mix and this is made up of compost and a little bit of organic fertilizer okay i'm gonna throw it up on the pile there and i want you to mix it in got it we're gonna use two wheel barrel full of this mixed in per hole all right mary margaret take and moisten those piles i want that dirt all nice and wet before we use it for backfill okay now what we want to do is go around and dig all our other holes flood them let them drain and then we're ready to start planting all right if you would hold this pot i'm gonna lift the plant out okay and i want to take it right over to the hole set it in place okay that looks good let's take him back fill it with that mix now it is so hot and dry that even taking these plants out of the pot and planting them can send them into shock so we're going to flood them again well it's really looking great we've got 10 plants in the ground but let me show you what we're going to do next we need to keep these plants watered and we're going to do that by taking advantage of the irrigation line you already put in the ground in attaching these emitters to it they send out two gallons per hour to keep the plant watered i'm going to run four of these one in the center and three evenly spaced around the plant the first thing we do is you use this tool to punch a hole in the main line once the hole is punched we simply take the emitter slide it in place that we're going to attach a tube we're going to try to get one all the way to the back so i'm going to lay that hold that right there for me i'm just going to cut it off now we'll just slide it onto the emitter now we'll do three more and this plant's all set all right how we doing oh great okay one more step we're gonna take some of the seed of mulch and put it right on top of the root ball oh that'll keep the soil moist that's right i'm gonna take and toss it in i want you to spread about a two inch layer that mulch will also help hold those emitters in place so what do you think ah it looks great thank you a difference a year from now you're going to have a green curtain all the way across the backyardwell we ended up selecting a giant timber bamboo when you buy these you buy them by the container size what we have is a 15 gallon container okay these trees are probably four to five years old and eight to ten feet tall so i started laying them out and what i want to do is get them five to six feet apart so that they'll grow into each other pretty quickly but also i want to stagger the line so it'll have a nice natural look to it okay that went down a little bit to you okay all right looks great yeah you like that yeah it's a good width well we start digging our hole size needs to be two to three times the width of the container so i'm going to mark it out like that i'm going to move the plant out of the way and have you start digging the hole all right jump right in there and set all the material back off the hole well i know it's a really wide hole but the good news is we only have to dig as deep as a container and this material looks pretty good and it's fairly loose that soil is really dry take this hose i want you to fill that hole up with water and then wet down all the soil around the hole carrie over here i have what's called planters mix and this is made up of compost and a little bit of organic fertilizer okay i'm gonna throw it up on the pile there and i want you to mix it in got it we're gonna use two wheel barrel full of this mixed in per hole all right mary margaret take and moisten those piles i want that dirt all nice and wet before we use it for backfill okay now what we want to do is go around and dig all our other holes flood them let them drain and then we're ready to start planting all right if you would hold this pot i'm gonna lift the plant out okay and i want to take it right over to the hole set it in place okay that looks good let's take him back fill it with that mix now it is so hot and dry that even taking these plants out of the pot and planting them can send them into shock so we're going to flood them again well it's really looking great we've got 10 plants in the ground but let me show you what we're going to do next we need to keep these plants watered and we're going to do that by taking advantage of the irrigation line you already put in the ground in attaching these emitters to it they send out two gallons per hour to keep the plant watered i'm going to run four of these one in the center and three evenly spaced around the plant the first thing we do is you use this tool to punch a hole in the main line once the hole is punched we simply take the emitter slide it in place that we're going to attach a tube we're going to try to get one all the way to the back so i'm going to lay that hold that right there for me i'm just going to cut it off now we'll just slide it onto the emitter now we'll do three more and this plant's all set all right how we doing oh great okay one more step we're gonna take some of the seed of mulch and put it right on top of the root ball oh that'll keep the soil moist that's right i'm gonna take and toss it in i want you to spread about a two inch layer that mulch will also help hold those emitters in place so what do you think ah it looks great thank you a difference a year from now you're going to have a green curtain all the way across the backyard\n"