The Bamboo transplants, progress Report. About 2 summers later. 9.6.18

 These are the timber bamboo divisions that I divided (via Sawzall) and planted in Jan, 2016.  They are in the chicken yard, so get more water and fertilizer (via chicken) than other bamboo plants that I planted.  They have made great progress.

The original photo is a link to my prior post, when transplanting them in Jan, 2016.

My conclusion, is that the Sawzall method of dividing bamboo clumps, works.  They took hold, and are growing nicely.  There is a big variation - one fell over last winter, and has just a small pole which does look healthy.  The others are becoming nice shade for the chickens, and are taller than the original poles.