1 Review the methods for constructing a cause and effect essay. 2  Introduce the Johnstown Flood of 1889 by reminding students that the Hurricane Katrina disaster was not the first major natural disaster in America. 3  Students will conduct research to investigate the Johnstown Flood.
Another, less-defined way to categorize bamboo plants into types is by the temperature in which each plant thrives: hot or cold. A few species that grow best in hot weather are Alphonse Karr, Golden Goddess, Fernleaf and Midori Green.
Height Trimming. Bamboo Hedging to Prune. If you want to reduce the height of your bamboo, you can cut the culm just above a node to encourage more growth from that node. I found that this method of trimming bamboo produces new shooting branches from the node below where you made the cut.ld Culms. Once you have cut off a culm its growth will stop and it won't grow higher. New growth from any cut culm will be weaker than the original culm. You can use this method for thinning out clumping types of bamboo species that grow new culms each year in the summer months.