BAMBOO THINNING
Like any other cash crop, the Onlymoso® giant bamboo plantation requires appropriate agronomic operations. Technical thinning aimed at obtaining better and larger quantities of product is therefore strongly recommended.
The purpose of thinning is to ensure better management and productivity of the plant, keeping the bamboo grove in excellent condition.
Onlymoso® Moso giant bamboo plants are characterised by a leptomorphic root system that grows in all directions thanks to strong rhizomes capable of colonising large portions of soil. The rhizomes will form the shoots that will emerge later in the spring. As the shoot grows, it will become a cane that will form the ‘aerial’ part of the plantation.
The growth of the canes will be left untouched for the first two to three years until the plant has developed to such an extent that the first thinning can be carried out.
The first thinning will be done according to the development of the plant, so the best intervention will be defined. Basically, we can group the types of thinning into two cases:
1. EVENLY DEVELOPED PLANTING WITH TOTAL PRESENCE OF CANES EVEN IN THE INTER-ROW (GREEN WALL);
In this situation, there are two ways to intervene:
- Selective cutting, over the entire surface of the bamboo plantation, of all dry, small and/or too close reeds. As a general rule, eliminate all reeds smaller than 2 cm in diameter, maintaining a density of 5-7 reeds/m2. The cut can be carried out with the help of tools such as: a brush cutter with diamond blade, shears, loppers, etc.
- Setting up the ‘row’ system: creating passageways in which all reeds (large, small, old or new) must be cut indiscriminately.
2. EVENLY WELL-DEVELOPED PLANTING BUT WITH GREATER PRESENCE AND COLONISATION OF THE PLANTING ROW;
- In this situation, unlike the previous one, you already have a row system set up, so all you need to do is a punctual thinning of the rows, following the same instructions as above.
All dry, small and excessively close reeds must be removed. As a general rule, all reeds smaller than 2 cm in diameter should be cut, keeping a maximum density of 5-7 reeds/m2.