We have bamboo and it hardly grows. We bought it to use as potential 'building material' (to support trees and such). We bought it at a bamboo farm where they h

We have bamboo and it hardly grows. We bought it to use as potential 'building material' (to support trees and such). We bought it at a bamboo farm where they had many different species and sizes. On the farm was irrigation everywhere and even so they struggled to keep everything wet. Because as it turns out, bamboo will not grow without daily (!) getting water. It will actually rather quickly die. And indeed, the bamboo that we planted barely seems to stay alive. Even though we have some drip irrigation there. So I would search for ways to cut the water supply to the bamboo shown in the article.