Bamboo plant has diverse uses and evergreen market.

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Introduction

• Bamboo plant has diverse uses and evergreen
  market.
• In gardening, landscaping and Horticulture
• It is one of the important constituent of forest
  plantation
• Construction of houses, agricultural implements,
  etc.
• Reduce soil erosion. Popular in reforestation
  and social forestry.
• Artifacts and musical instruments like flutes
  etc.
• Besides these uses, bamboo sticks are important
  resource material in Plant propagation nursery as
  it can be used to support seedlings, construct
  frameworks of various propagation structures and
  hatching the potting yards etc.

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Methods of Propagation in Bamboos

• Sexual Propagation By Seeds
• Asexual Propagation By Cuttings, offsets or
  tissue culture.

Gregarious Flowering in Bamboo
Seeds of Bamboo
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Sexual Propagation
Bamboo flowers once in 40 to 80 years and
classified in to two type Gregarious Flowering
and Sporadic Flowering. A. Gregarious Flowering
The entire plant flowers at once and dies off
after, produces Large quantities of seeds with
short viability ( few weeks to few
months). Examples Schizostachyum dullooa ,
Bambusa arundinacea , Arundinaria aristata and
Bambusa tulda. B. Sporadic Flowering The Plant
Flowers in lesser quantities and the plant
manages to survive after the flowering. Examples
Dendrocalamus strictus, Dendrocalamus hamiltonii,
Bambusa nutans and Bambusa. glaucescens.
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Method of Seed Propagation

• Bamboo Seeds are collected and sown immediately
  so that the seeds remains viable and germinate
  soon. The seeds are sown on nursery beds or in
  poly bags and covered with very thin layer of
  soil or compost.
• The seeds sown are watered daily as per
  requirement with the help of a fine rose can.
  Seed starts germinating from 3-7 days and may
  continue up to 15-25 days.
• Seedlings with 3 cm height are transplanted into
  poly bags and are allowed to grow for 8 to 12
  months. Bamboos establishes better in the fields
  when transplanted at 1 year of age .

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Nursery Management

• Labeling Seedlings of different bamboo varieties
  and species resemble each other and therefore
  tagging should be done to avoid confusion in
  identifying the right kind of variety / species.
  
• Weeding Regular weeding reduces competition and
  improves plant growth and vigor in nursery.
• Shading Direct sunlight on bamboo seedlings may
  cause scorching and therefore Seedlings must be
  protected from direct sunlight.
• Watering Seedlings must be watered once or twice
  a day as per the season.

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Nursery Management

• Plant Protection Practices Spraying Copper
  Sulphate fungicide helps to avoid fungal attacks.
• Fertilization Bamboos are hardy plants which
  require only farm yard manure in sufficient
  amounts.
• Hardening The bamboo seedlings are often shaded
  and watered in nurseries to attain optimum
  growth. Direct transplanting into field should be
  avoided to reduce mortality. The shade and
  watering frequency is gradually reduced in 1 to 2
  months and then the hardened seedlings are
  transplanted