Bamboo Powder
竹パウダーとは、竹林から伐採した孟宗竹を破砕機でパウダー状に加工したものです。
竹が生息している竹林の土は、乳酸菌や土着菌など、微生物類の宝庫です。
また、竹という素材は窒素分が少なく、様々な微生物類が寄りつきやすい高炭素素材です。
竹の特性を活かし、様々な微生物が竹パウダーを分解する事で、栄養素を排出し、
肥料をやることなく自然の力で植物の成長を促すので、土壌改良材としてよく活用されています。
まるで、きな粉の様に超微粉化した当社の竹パウダーは、よりスピーディーに、より効果的に能力を発揮します。
そして、土壌だけでなくヘルスケアや消臭ケアとしても効果的なため、幅広くご活用いただけます。
Bamboo powder is made from moso bamboo cut down from bamboo forests and processed into a powder using a crusher.
The soil in bamboo forests is a treasure trove of micro-organisms such as lactic acid bacteria and indigenous bacteria.
Bamboo is also a high-carbon material with low nitrogen content, which makes it easy for a variety of micro-organisms to colonise.
The properties of bamboo allow a variety of micro-organisms to break down the bamboo powder, releasing nutrients, which can then be used for fertilising the plant,
It is often used as a soil conditioner, as it encourages plant growth by natural forces without the need for fertilisers.
Our bamboo powder, which is ultra-fine powdered like soybean flour, demonstrates its abilities more quickly and more effectively.
And not only for soil, it is also effective in healthcare and deodorant care, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.
Effects
当社の竹パウダーは原材料が天然素材の竹100%のみを使用していて安心安全です。
土壌改良材、消臭剤、畜産飼料配合剤、ヘルスケア、バイオマス素材など活用方法が多くあります。
Our bamboo powder is safe and secure because the raw material is only 100% natural bamboo.
Features
Unparalleled fermentation speed due to ultra-fine particle size
竹の粉を真空状態で密閉保管すると乳酸菌などの微生物が発酵することが知られていますが、粉の粒子が細かければ細かいほど、発酵・分解スピードが速くなります。つまりは、微粒子であるほど土壌改良材としての効果も高くなると考えられます。
従来の竹パウダーであれば土壌改良に1年かかる場合も、当社の竹パウダーなら2週間ほどで効果を感じていただけるほどです。
微生物の多様性・活性値が上がり、驚異の速度で発酵・分解する事で大学教授からもお墨付きの商品です。
It is known that fermentation of bamboo powder in a vacuum generates lactic acid bacteria, but the finer the particles of the powder, the faster the fermentation and decomposition speed. In other words, the finer the particles, the more effective they are as a soil conditioner.
If it takes a year to improve the soil with conventional bamboo powder, with our bamboo powder the effect can be felt in as little as two weeks.
The product is endorsed by university professors for its increased microbial diversity and activity value, and for fermentation and decomposition at an astonishing rate.’
Reduction of continuous crop damage from pathogens, etc.
The benefits of bamboo powder include faster growth of vegetables and fruits, higher sugar content, longer harvesting periods and higher yields.
It is also effective as a soil conditioner as it reduces disease susceptibility and weed growth.
Bamboo is porous and provides a home for micro-organisms and helps to deodorize and purify the soil, but in its general state it is difficult for this porous nature to work effectively in terms of deodorization.
Bamboo charcoal is not effective unless it is crushed to a certain degree of fineness, and bamboo powder made by other companies has large particles, so the surface area is not large and deodorizing power does not increase.
Our bamboo powder is powdered without breaking these pores with the crushing technology of the bamboo mill, so the surface area is enormous and the deodorizing effect increases with a very high adsorption power.
How to use
竹パウダーは乳酸菌や土着菌等を豊富に含んだ自然由来のオーガニックな粉末であり、アイデア次第で様々な用途に使える可能性を秘めています。
こちらで紹介している活用方法のほかにも、バイオエタノールの基材や壁紙などの建築資材、布生地としてなど環境活動にも貢献しております。
当社の竹パウダーは一次発酵をさせていますので、土壌改良材として直ぐにご利用いただけます。
Bamboo powder is a naturally occurring organic powder rich in lactic acid bacteria, indigenous bacteria, etc., and has the potential for a variety of uses depending on your ideas.
In addition to the uses introduced here, bamboo powder can be used as a base material for bioethanol, wallpaper, and other construction materials, as fabric, and for other environmental activities.
Our bamboo powder is lactic acid fermented and ready to use.
As soil conditioner
畑栽培
Field cultivation
稲作栽培
Rice cultivation
果樹栽培
Pomiculture
花壇栽培
Flower bed cultivation
プランター・鉢栽培
Planter/Pot Cultivation
観葉植物(室内)の栽培
Cultivation of houseplants
Field cultivation
①トラクター等で良く耕転させる
②竹パウダーを均一に散布する
〔基本〕50g/1㎡
〔夏野菜〕100kg/一反歩(10a)
〔冬野菜〕50kg/一反歩(10a)
※完熟堆肥や油かすを併せて配布しても構いません
③散布後、散布した部分を良く耕転する
④耕転の1週間程度後に苗を移植(または種蒔き)をする
※野菜栽培においては肥料との併用も可能です
(1) Till the field well with a tractor, etc.
(2)Spray bamboo powder evenly.
[Basis] 50g/1㎡
[Summer vegetables] 100kg/1㎡ (10a)
[Winter vegetables] 50kg/share (10a)
(3) After spraying, till the sprayed area well.
(4)Transplant seedlings (or sow seeds) about one week after plowing.
※In vegetable cultivation, it can be used in combination with fertilizers.
【追加散布する場合】
・竹パウダーを表面に散布後、土等を覆土する
・土及び堆肥、ぼかし肥料に竹パウダーを混合し散布する
【土にそのまま覆う場合】
苗の高さと同じぐらいに苗の周りとの間隔をあけて竹パウダーを撒いてください。
覆えるようにしっかり均等に撒くよう気をつけてください。
[Additional spraying]
After sprinkling bamboo powder on the surface, cover the surface with soil or other materials.
Mix the bamboo powder with soil, compost or fertilizer and sprinkle.
[When covering the soil as it is]
Sprinkle the bamboo powder at the same distance from the seedlings as the height of the seedlings.
Be careful to spread it evenly and firmly so that it covers the seedlings.
Rice cultivation
田んぼの表面を覆う方法で稲作にも利用できます。
※箱苗は水平に保つよう注意(流れてしまうため)
①田植え1~2週間前の荒掻き時に竹パウダーを均一に散布する
〔基本〕50g/1㎡
②散布後散布した部分を良く耕転する
③田植えの1週間後あたりで水面を覆うように竹パウダーを散布する事によって、雑草抑えの効果があります
This method of covering the surface of the rice field can also be used for rice cultivation.
※Care should be taken to keep boxed seedlings level (as they will drift).
(1) Sprinkle bamboo powder evenly on the surface of the rice field at the time of rough raking one to two weeks before rice planting.
[Basis] 50g/1㎡
(2) After spraying, till the sprayed area well.
(3) Spraying bamboo powder to cover the surface of the water about one week after rice planting will have the effect of suppressing weeds.
Pomiculture
みかん・梨・ぶどう・リンゴ・キウイフルーツ・柿などの果樹は竹パウダーのマルチングが有効です。
果樹の根元ではなく根本から約30cm離して散布してください。
〔基本〕70kg~80kg位/一反歩(10a)
マルチングをすることで保温効果、遮熱効果が高いので土壌中の温度変化を緩やかにしてくれます。また、敷き詰める厚さを調整することで土壌の乾燥防止や雑草抑止の効果があります。
Mulching with bamboo powder is effective for fruit trees such as mandarin oranges, pears, grapes, apples, kiwifruit, and persimmons.
Spray at a distance of about 30 cm from the root of the fruit tree, not at the base of the tree.
[Basis] 70 to 80kg/100cm (10a).
Mulching has a high heat-retaining and heat-blocking effect, which helps slow down the temperature change in the soil. Also, by adjusting the thickness of the mulch, it can prevent the soil from drying out and deter weeds.
Flower bed cultivation
It can also be used for flower beds.
①Spread bamboo powder evenly
②Mix well into the soil
③Plant the seedlings after about a week.
[If you have already planted the seedlings]
Sprinkle the bamboo powder evenly, avoiding the roots.
Planter/Pot Cultivation
プランターや鉢で栽培する際は土に対して、竹パウダーを1割程度混ぜてご使用ください。
【すでに植えている場合】
根元をさけて、竹パウダーをパラパラと蒔いてください。
When growing in planters or pots, please mix about 10% of the bamboo powder with the soil.
[If already planted]
Sow the bamboo powder sprinkled on the ground, avoiding the roots.
Cultivation of houseplants (indoor)
When using bamboo for houseplants, avoid the roots and sprinkle bamboo powder on the plants.
Bamboo also has a deodorizing effect, so it can be used both as interior decoration and as a deodorizer.
Other uses
Production process
竹パウダーができるまでをご紹介いたします。
We would like to introduce the process of making bamboo powder.
Harvesting the bamboo used to make bamboo powder
姫路市郊外にある自然豊かな山里で伐採をしております。
細かい枝が他の竹と絡まって、伐採や竹を引っ張り出すのにも一連の作業はかなり重労働!!
竹林整備をされている方のほとんどが高齢者の方々なので、竹林が放置される要因の1つとして理解できます。
We are logging in a mountain village rich in nature located in the suburbs of Himeji City.
Fine branches are tangled with other bamboos, and the series of work to cut down and pull out the bamboos is quite hard work!
Most of the people who maintain bamboo groves are elderly people, which is understandable as one of the reasons why bamboo groves are neglected.
Bamboo is crushed in the “Bamboo Mill“
Bamboo is crushed by our self-developed bamboo crusher “BambooMill”.
The thickness of the bamboo can be from less than 10 cm to 20 cm in diameter, even if it is slightly bent. Bamboo is cut into pieces about 3.5 m long before setting. The crushed bamboo powder is composed of a particle size distribution ranging from about 10 microns to about 200 microns.
The bamboo powder is composed of ultra-fine particles with a particle size distribution ranging from about 10 microns to about 200 microns.
It is stored in a special blue plastic container for about one month in an airtight container for primary fermentation!
Completion of “Bamboo Powder“
Pack the bag and it is ready to use.
Bamboo powder from the Soil Building Research Institute is ready to use immediately after opening the package because it has undergone primary fermentation.