If the temps dip below the minimum temps for just a few hours the bamboo will suffer severe damage.
Buddha belly bamboo plant care.
Don t expose your buddha belly plant to air temperatures below 50 degrees.
Wamin or vulgaris bamboo dwarf buddha belly bamboo maximum height.
Many people have made an art of carefully starving this bamboo in order to achieve maximum belly results.
27f please respect the minimum temperatures.
Keep the mulch at least 4 10cm away from the trunk of the plant as this can keep the bark too moist and cause it to decay.
Bamboo also makes a fine background foliage plant to provide a lush character.
Feed your buddha belly plant with a liquid fertilizer for succulent flowering plants once each month during the growing season.
Find the best environment to grow the plant the first step in caring for your buddha belly plant is to find the best.
16 maximum culm diameter.
Water the plant well then add a 2 5cm layer of mulch such as shredded bark around the planting area.
Buddha s belly bamboo care 1 3 plant maintenance medium moderate less watering.
Buddha belly bamboo was named for the plant s characteristic tendency to have bulging culms or to belly out.
Bambusa vulgaris wamin common name.
In order to make it belly out this plant needs to be stressed for water.
Bamboo is quite adaptable to containers provided it is given adequate water and nitrogen to sustain vigorous growth and overall lush appearance.
Most importantly it will stunt the bamboos long term growth.
Mix 1 tablespoon of 24 8 16 fertilizer in 1 gallon of water for buddha belly plants growing in the ground and.
A full sun to part shade lover it is best grown in fertile moist soils.
If grown in too deep shade the nodes will.
Follow these steps to provide the best care for your buddha belly plant.
Keep an eye out for.
Pruned properly these plants make fine subjects for night lighting their canes casting exotic striped shadows.
Dwarf buddha belly bamboo clump forming bamboo grows up to 8 15 ft.
Do not plant in poorly.
Dwarf buddha s belly bamboo plants grown in deep shade will not produce their signature swollen nodes as noticeably as lack of sunlight will force the plant to stretch out.
How to care for a buddha belly plant step 1.
Great choice for hedges and screens and containers.