Bamboo can grow ____ feet in 24 hours Hope you all have a great weekend, I will be back later with the answer and some SEEDS!
In Kyoto, Japan, bamboo was observed by scientists and was found to have grown 48 inches in only 24 hours. They can reach heights of 120 feet in height too.
It's interesting, the things that stick in your mind. Most memories are visual, few, at least for me, are based on spoken words. The growth rate of bamboo is an audible memory. When the teacher said, "You can see bamboo grow." Wow, I thought, at 2 inches per hour. For a city slicker 4th grader in an area where there was no bamboo, that was impressive. Faster than a dandelion!! Oh.......the short answer.......4 feet. I didn't see Bamboo in the 'wild' till 1994 on a trip to Williamsburg VA. It was growing in, of all places, a parking lot.....no Panda Bears. :-( Jerry
There used to be an abundance of bamboo growing near the riverbanks where I previously lived. It did grow pretty quickly, but since I never measured, I'd say probably around a foot a day.
I think, bamboo, like with many plants depends on climate, water, etc to make it grow faster. We had people in Arizona grow bamboo as a windbreak or should I say a dust break. It grows fast but slows down and does quit growing after awhile. It does send out new shoots though and after awhile you wish you had never planted it as it's invasive and it's hard to get rid of the excess. dooley
Bamboo grows very well down the center of the state, the normal weather conditions are not nearly as dry as this year. If you get out west there are areas like you find in Arizona and New Mexico where it won't grow because of the dryness. I don't know about east Texas but it might be too humid? We have 8 different climates zones in the state so pretty much everything grows in some part of the state.
Hubby's from East Texas... out around Lufkin. I've never seen bamboo up there. But just north of Houston where I lived on the San Jacinto river... it flourished. There is some... or used to be some.. in this area (between Houston & Beaumont). When we were checking out my uncle's old garage after he passed, there was still some growing INSIDE of it. I wanted to plant some here at the house, but I was out-voted by my brothers because of how invasive it is. Besides, it probably would have died with this drought anyhow.
