Marcus Chen · June 4, 2026
If you’ve spent any time on this site, you know I grow bamboo for a living. Fourteen species, commercial sales, and more hours than I care to count helping neighbours rip out running bamboo that previous owners planted without a…
Marcus Chen · June 3, 2026
When you grow bamboo commercially and make your own cutting boards from harvested culms, the finish matters more than most people realize. I learned that the hard way. Getting the right mineral oil bamboo cutting board finish is genuinely the…
Marcus Chen · June 2, 2026
If you’ve ever tried to split bamboo culms by hand with a machete, you already know the problem. You end up with strips that wander, splits that blow out the node walls, and fingers that are uncomfortably close to a…
Marcus Chen · May 31, 2026
Last spring, I decided to build a freestanding bamboo trellis for a section of climbing roses along my back fence. Simple enough project — except I had about sixty culms to cut, trim, and notch to length. My old crosscut…
Marcus Chen · May 30, 2026
When Rust Shows Up in a Grove You’ve Tended for Years…
Marcus Chen · May 29, 2026
I Sprayed Neem Oil on My Bamboo Mealybug Problem for 30 Days: Honest Results…
Marcus Chen · May 28, 2026
Last spring, I took on a containment job for a neighbour three streets over. The previous owner had planted Phyllostachys aureosulcata — yellow groove bamboo — without a single metre of root barrier. By the time my neighbour called me,…
Marcus Chen · May 26, 2026
I Used a Mattock to Remove Invasive Bamboo Rhizomes: The Only Tool That Worked…
Marcus Chen · May 25, 2026
If you’ve landed on this drip irrigation bamboo plants review, there’s a good chance you’re staring down the same problem I was last spring: too many containers, too little time, and bamboo that punishes you immediately when watering goes sideways….
Marcus Chen · May 24, 2026
After fifteen years growing bamboo commercially, I thought I had my fertilization routine locked down. Then two seasons ago, I started questioning everything. My soil tests were coming back with results I didn’t love, a few of my Phyllostachys stands…