Can winter bamboo shoots grow into big bamboo without digging?

Can winter bamboo shoots grow into big bamboo without digging?

Bamboo shoots are divided into winter bamboo shoots and spring bamboo shoots. They are all delicious food for human beings. I believe everyone often eats it. But have you ever wondered if many plants stop growing in winter because of the cold weather and won't germinate in winter? Why are there winter bamboo shoots in winter? If winter bamboo shoots are not dug, can they grow into towering bamboo like bamboo shoots?

Next, let's take a look. Bamboo belongs to herbs. There are many kinds, including more than 70 kinds and thousands. They mainly live in some warm and humid environments, such as tropical, subtropical or temperate regions, and are distributed in many countries and regions. The way of bamboo reproduction and family expansion mainly depends on asexual reproduction. There will be a lot of underground stems in the buried part of bamboo, which will grow roots and buds, and the buds will grow bigger, which is what we call bamboo shoots. If they continue to grow, they will become bamboo, so once there are enough bamboo shoots beside the bamboo, a large bamboo forest will soon form.

Perhaps in many people's cognition, plants don't germinate in autumn and winter, but bamboo is different. The key to bamboo germination lies in temperature and humidity. In the southern region where bamboo grows, the climate and temperature are very different, including hot summer and cold winter. After beginning of autumn every year, the temperature and humidity in southern China are more suitable for bamboo germination, so the lateral buds of bamboo will grow slowly to form bamboo shoots. But these bamboo shoots will not grow all the time, because after beginning of autumn, it is not far from winter, and the temperature and humidity in winter are not suitable for bamboo shoots to continue to grow. So once winter comes, bamboo, which was originally in the growth stage, will stop growing, enter a dormant state, and then hide under the soil all the time. This is the bamboo that everyone likes to eat.

Winter bamboo shoots buried in the ground for a long time are tender, and have no bitter taste after cooking, so they are very delicious. They are very popular with foodies, so many friends send winter bamboo shoots to bamboo forests every winter. At this time, some friends are curious. If these winter bamboo shoots are not dug up, will they grow into bamboo? In fact, winter bamboo shoots can't grow into bamboo, even if there are, there are few, because the winter weather is cold and the temperature is low, which is not suitable for the growth of winter bamboo shoots, and even freezes, so if humans don't dig, many winter bamboo shoots will rot in the ground and be wasted.

Even if there are a few winter bamboo shoots that can grow in the local winter, they can't grow too high and become bamboo. So in the face of winter bamboo shoots, everyone can dig and eat them, and don't waste this delicious food. Although winter bamboo shoots can't grow into bamboo, you don't have to worry about bamboo, because spring bamboo shoots can grow into bamboo, and the temperature gets warmer every spring, and the temperature is just right. At this time, bamboo shoots in the soil will grow rapidly and break through the ground. If humans don't dig in time, bamboo shoots will continue to grow at a suitable temperature and become bamboo.

Because of this, even bamboo shoots can be eaten, but they can't be over-excavated, otherwise there will be no new bamboo. Also, the taste of spring bamboo shoots is not as good as that of winter bamboo shoots, because spring bamboo shoots often have bitter taste, so they need to be watered before eating. In addition, bamboo shoots are also easy to lignify, and the taste is not as fresh as winter bamboo shoots. Do you like to eat winter bamboo shoots or spring bamboo shoots?