Are there disadvantages in using vegetative propagation?
Yes! Most bamboos maintain a definite vegetative period before flowering. Those which are cloned still maintain this period, so there is a danger that flowering, and death, could occur in a short period after propagation. Only local knowledge, or recorded details, if available, will tell the age of the clumps used for propagation. Strategies, therefore, require an occasional sexual propagation. Also cultivation of diverse population sources in the plantation can provide a safeguard since it would buy time if flowering started in any one site. This strategy of developing polyclonal plantations (of anything from 10 to 30 different clones) will also ensure a wide genetic base, and help maintain the resource. BASIC CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION 1. What conditions are needed? These are: High air humidity Appropriate rooting medium Moderate to full light intensity Protection from pests and diseases, Water logging and strong winds. Of these,maintenance of high air humidity and
