This procedure will cover field division of a Bambusa Tuldoides Clone X . This mother plant is 3.5 inches in diameter and 87 feet tall. A trench is dug around the diameter of the division. A Sharp Shooter shovel is used to dig around this 3 culm division. A battery operated saw is used to cut the rhizomes.

This picture shows a close-up of the rhizome cutting with the battery operated saw.

An 8 foot long by 2 inch steel pipe was used to pry up the division.

This photo shows how dirt was placed back in the hole and leaves covered over the dirt so that the clump doesn’t show you were ever there.
Bamboo Rhizome Divisions