bamboo during its growth. Once established, bamboo needs little care and normal rainfall is generally all that is needed. Watering daily if you have well drained soil is great!
    Remember the bamboo canes on your existing division are through growing. Most all the growth now will be underground. Each Spring new canes will emerge taller and larger in diameter each year until mature size for your species and climate zone are reached.
    Fertilizers
    Please do not fertilize with chemical fertilizers ( 13-13-13 etc.) for the first year. You need to allow the bamboo's root system time to establish. Hot chemical fertilizers can burn up the feeder roots, damaging or killing new bamboo divisions. After a lot of trials, we have come back to natural fertilizing by adding leaves, hay, grass clipping and compost to our bamboo groves. You can simply use general lawn fertilizer such as 8-8-8 as directed. The three numbers are important factors. The first number represents nitrogen. Nitrogen is the element for growth. The second number is phosphorus and it has to do with the transfer of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are essential for the bamboo to store nourishment in the rhizomes. The last number represents potassium and is necessary for photosynthesis. This is very important for the plant's metabolism. Extra amounts of this element helps the bamboo to withstand drought, heat and cold.