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Old 16-06-2004, 03:13 PM
jane
 
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Default growing cane substitutes

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:57:28 +0100, "Jed Spud" wrote:

~Can anyone recommend plants that will quickly grow to produce some
~substitute cane material, not necessarily as long lasting as bamboo, but
~free would be a fair trade off.
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lots of folk use coppiced hazel, but do beware it's not still green.
The next but one allotment to me has a lovely hazel support with beans
at the bottom - and hazel shoots at the top!


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