permaculture

240 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

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Presentation : Bamboo management

Method : Facilitator presentation

Tools : Images describing the steps of good bamboo plant management

References : PC Book MOD 8 - Forests, Tree Crops, and Bamboo

Objective : Participants learn about good bamboo management

Good management of bamboo clumps will improve the quality and durability of the

bamboo poles, and will make access, maintenance, and harvesting poles and shoots

much easier.

Bamboo plant management involves:

• Fertilizing.


• Watering.


• Mulching.

Clump management involves:

• Removal of dead or old culms.


• Thinning the number of culms to the desired amount.


• Branch pruning.


• Marking and cutting new shoots.

Bamboo plantations involve:

• Intensive plantations.


• Mixed plantations with other trees and animal grazing.


• Integration with aquaculture (See PC Book MOD 11 – Aquaculture).

For detailed information on bamboo management, see the “How to grow high quality

bamboo” section from PC Book MOD 8 - Forests, Tree Crops, and Bamboo.