In spring, bamboo shoots emerge from the ground. Bamboo does not get thicker as it grows, its thickness is determined at birth.
In one day, the bamboo can grow about 50 cm.
Bamboo bark has antibacterial properties and is used to wrap meat and rice balls.
Bamboo bark peels off naturally.
Bamboo takes several months to grow to its maximum height.
Bamboo absorbs water and nutrients from its roots.
In the second year of life, bamboo does a lot of photosynthesis to store nutrients. The reason for this is to produce children in the third year of life.
As bamboo ages, it turns a dark green color and the tissue fibers become harder.
Bamboo continues to produce children in the odd numbered years of its birth. It produces the most children in 3rd and 5th year of its life.
Because of the growth potential of bamboo, old bamboo withers away and the bamboo mountain becomes desolate.
