Can bamboo plants be rooted by cuttings?

I am jsut wondering how bamboo is propagated commercially. They cant all be root divisions...tissue culture maybe?

Can bamboo plants be rooted by cuttings?
Roots are cut up and replanted. This is the major way of propagation. Remember bamboo is a grass. You cant take a grass blade and replant it. You need some type of stem contact with the ground like carpet grass. I worked for a nurseryman that specialized in growing all varieties of bamboo.
Reply:There is some testing with tissue culture, but yes, most bamboo is propagated via cuttings and division, depending on the species. There have been some tests using air layering and I know that some species can be propagated slightly cutting the culm then bending it over and burying it.



You must also consider too that most commercial bamboo ventures are not in the US and the majority of US bamboo growers do their propagations through division.



If you are in a warmer climate and can grow some of the tropical Bambusas then these can also be propagated from culm cuttings.
Reply:it can be layered by its roots