I can’t figure out how it could possibly be drawing enough nutrients to live, and yet there it is. I’d have chopped it up and dragged it away but now I’m impressed and want to see how long it goes on.

  • OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    While it doesn’t really apply to bamboo, this is kind of the way hedgerows are laid. The main trunk of the “tree” is cut most of the way through (called a pleacher), then laid on its side. New growth then sprouts from both the laid trunk, still getting nutrients from the stump, and the stump itself.

    Check out coppice if you’re more interested. It’s pretty amazing what trees can do.