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Re: bamboo plantation by bamboo seeds - and floweration

a.c. lakshmana — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:49:22 GMT

Dear Takuara Renda, I am interested in knowing the productivity of Guadua chacoensis. Have you

Re: New Memeber

Michael Vanecek — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:48:33 GMT

Rent your land out for grazing to get some revenue coming in, and fence off a small portion and try a few different species of boo. Look around at what's

Re: New Memeber

Walter Palmer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:06:31 GMT

... I should have mentioned that this is a feasibility study. Right now, the field is in "weeds" aka fallow. I'm not much of a gardener, but there is all this

Re: New Memeber

Aslandra — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:03:51 GMT

What do >you< enjoying doing most with regard to horticulture/agriculture? I would think that what you love doing will be the most satisfying and in the long

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

hermine — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:03:30 GMT

... my runners blew over in 80mph gusts, but their root systems were only 1/2 inch deep. I should have taken pictures, but I was trying to hang on to a piece

Re: New Memeber

Daphne Lewis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:02:56 GMT

Walter, Check out Adam and Sue Turtle Earth Advocates Research Farm BambooinstTenn@... . They sell bamboo and are very knowledgeable. Also they sell

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

john sawyer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:42 GMT

Runners do blow over in storms! At least our vivax did last November in a horrendous southeaster. A clump of 4 culms 12-18' tall blew over within a larger

Re: Possible Opportunities? (Fwd: "Delta City" [?])

Aslandra — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:25 GMT

I have used bamboo as browse/forage for sheep. They love it and it tests as decent nutrition. It regenerates on its own and spreads on its own. It provides

New Memeber

Walter Palmer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:04 GMT

i am looking for an easy crop to grow in Eastern Kentucky and bamboo has been recommended. I've done a bit of research on how to grow it and things are looking

Possible Opportunities? (Fwd: "Delta City" [?])

J R — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:49:50 GMT

The Hantz idea seems intriguing. Should it really catch on, how well might bamboo do as a crop? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/futuretekture.html

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

Hans Erken — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:33:08 GMT

Yes, that's right, and it brings up a very important / strategic difference between the 2 forms. Runners don't get up rooted in storms only the culms break

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

Daphne Lewis — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:11:18 GMT

That matches what Lakshmana said... Daphne Daphne Lewis www.chalosulky.com "because dogs love to pull" Federal Way WA USA

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

Daphne Lewis — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:46:40 GMT

Thank you Lakshmana. I had not thought about the difference of depth depending on age of rhizome. I have seen bamboo 2 feet deep. I bet the bamboos you are

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

hermine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:46:32 GMT

... Aye, Captain, yes, yurr cloomps naw, they will blaw over'n youll see deep roots, aye, but now for the runners, i had runners under a black sheet of

Re: Depth of bamboo roots

Hans Erken — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:48:10 GMT

Those of us who have seen clumps of bamboo blown over by cyclonic storms will have a good idea of the depth of roots. It has only happened to me once. It was