Commercial Cultivation of Common Bamboo (<I>Bambusa vulgaris</I> Schrad. ex Wendl.)

Abstract

The Common Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex Wendl.) is an important cultivated bamboo species grown in many parts of world. It is a very fast growing bamboo species and promising species for commercial cultivation. The Department of Forestry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar (India) has developed the complete package of cultivation after conducting a series of trials. The cultivation practices include soil and climatic requirement, different methods of propagation and propagation of quality planting material (rooted culm cutting) for commercial cultivation, field preparation, planting of rooted culm cuttings, manure and fertilizer requirement, irrigation, weeding-cum-soil working, cover cropping, in-situ moisture conservation, soil mounding, plant protection measures, harvesting, cost of cultivation, yield and income from B. vulgaris plantation. The commercial cultivation of this species is found promising.