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Growing Bamboo Indoors

More and more, we are incorporating bamboo plants into the interiorscape. Bamboo can be airy and tall, or short and striking. Some can grow in direct light, others in those darkened corners that the sun rarely sees. They need a little TLC but once you get the knack for growing the plants, they can be the center attraction in your houseplant world.

In general, bamboos are not considered an easy plant to grow indoors. The most important factor seems to be humidity, or rather lack of it. We suggest the use of a humidity tray which is a tray of pebbles which sits under the plant container. This tray should contain a small amount of water at all times. As the water evaporates, the plant will receive the benefits of higher air humidity. Misting of the leaves will also help the plant.

It is important to keep indoor bamboos a littler on the dry side. This however, by no means, suggests that the plant should be allowed to completely dry out. It is easier to remedy plant stress due to lack of water, than due to root rot. Once rot sets in, there is not a lot that you con do to save the plant. Like most indoor plants, bamboo will take more water in the summer months and less water in the winter months, or resting period.

You can feed your indoor bamboo with a well rounded fertilizer a few times a year. Do this during the Spring and Summer months. You may want to use something with trace minerals in it to make sure that the bamboo is getting all the essential minerals.

Below are some of the best choices of bamboo plants for growing indoors:

Bright Light

Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr'

Phyllostachys aurea

Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens Inversa'

Phyllostachys aurea 'Holochrysa'

Phyllostachys aurea 'koi'

Phyllostachys nigra

Semiarundinaria fastuosa

Semiarundinaria fastuosa viridis

Moderate Light

Chimonobambusa marmorea