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Aug 30, Clumping bamboo can be pruned to maintain upright growth, or thinned to maintain an star magnolia bush pruning appearance. If the plant gets too wide, just use a sharp pair of bypass hand pruners to cut some of the outer culms back to ground level.

Start by cutting the most weepy culms at the outer base of the plant. Jul 23, Learn how to prune Bamboo from renowned pruning guru Cass Turnbull, founder of PlantAmnesty. PlantAmnesty's mission is to end the senseless torture and muti Author: PlantAmnesty. Pruning bamboo is easy, and usually only needs to be done once a year. But there are some tricks of the trade, and you may not have thought about how a little pruning can create a number of desired aesthetic effects.

When to prune: Fully grown culms can be cut anytime of year.

Nov 16, The prunings from your bamboo trimming can be used for a few other purposes, as well as benefiting the health of your whole bamboo plant. If you leave the pruned leaves around the base of the bamboo plant, they will rot and produce good nutritional compost the following year, plus they will also encourage the soil bushcleanup.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.

Aug 14, Start by cutting back heavenly bamboo canes. Take out one-third of the total number at ground level, spacing those you remove evenly throughout the bush. Then, prune heavenly bamboo stalks – one-third of those remaining – to reduce their height. Snip them off above a leaf or leaf bud about halfway down the bushcleanup.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.