Bamboo Introduction and Cultivation at Louguantai Experimental Forest Farm in Shaanxi Province
Since the 1960s,Louguantai Experimental Forest Farm in Shaanxi province has been introducing the bamboo species in the south to the north,and there are now 180 bamboo species in 20 genera that have been introduced.During the years of bamboo introduction and cultivation,a range of bamboo cultivation techniques that have been successfully applied in Xi'an area has been developed,and the key techniques include:1)The seedlings should be≤3 years;2)The size of the soil ball carried by the mother bamboo has a greater effect on the survival rate,which should be determined in line with the number and the diameter of culms of mother bamboo;3)Integrated consideration of the terrain to divide the planting plots alternately between the bamboo species of Phyllostachys and the other bamboo species is more conducive to successful transplanting;4)Planting time is usually from late February to late March in spring,or from October to early November in autumn and winter;and 5)in winter,less cold-tolerant bamboos are treated against cold and wind to help them overwinter.The results of this study would provide a reference for expanding the cultivation of bamboo species from the south in the northern region.
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