How to divide bamboo and create more plants for free!

Hi I have put together a video detailing the steps I take to split/divide and dig up running bamboo. These methods work great for me. Please do share your ideas in the comments.
0:23 The Tools I use
0:59 Compost & Grit
2:33 Dividing chinese walking stick Bamboo
7:03 Dividing Pleioblastus
8:12 Dividing Golden Bamboo

[@ThisJon]

A really informative watch, thank you very much! I hope to get involved with bamboo someday and will refer to this video in the future.

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Thanks I am glad it was helpful!

[@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf]

Yes boss, gonna be referring to this guide when i move to my own place, probably gonna plant some bamboo

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Thanks, appreciated! Please feel free to reach out.

[@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf]

@@GrowTropicalMK sweet as boss, sweet as

[@PlasBachGarden]

Cool video. I just divided my Phyllostachys edulis - was planning to keep it in the ground but I've been reading some horror stories about it being as troublesome as Japanese knotweed, so I think pots are the way to go.

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Thanks. Yes pots are the way to go for a while, but they need to be upgraded in size otherwise the bamboo drains all the nutrients given time. I am only going to plant clumping in the ground from now on.

[@PlasBachGarden]

@@GrowTropicalMK I'm with you there!

[@thequarrygardener5578]

Great video, very informative, I like the look of the pleioblastus one, interesting variegation. I’m just about to dig up a large section of a fargesia bamboo to relocate to another spot and I’m not looking forward to. They have a tendency to grow huge in my garden, it’s got to be all the rain 😊

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Thanks much appreciated. Thr pleioblastus is a funny one and have identified that it really doesn't like a sunny spot and does better in the shade. I have loads of fargesia, but unfortunately, hardly any in the ground. What sort of heights does your get to?

[@thequarrygardener5578]

@@GrowTropicalMK At a guess I would say easily 12 to 15 ft, thankfully not a runner.

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Nice I would like to get a few different varieties in the ground, but will not be planting any more runners that for sure! My golden bamboo is roughly the same height.