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Corncrake wrote:
Recently another urgler (sorry lost the post) commented upon using
local grown bamboo canes to support beans(i think?)

I also, for the first time, have used my own grown bamboo (all 18ft
high of'em !, they must like the cold and wet more than me !!) for my
runners and climbing french,
question := will they last the season (or more) ?
Should I have harvested them last year and dried them instead of using
them fresh ?

It doesn't make much difference - they should last this year, and
perhaps next (the part that is in the soil will rot first and may
break off). The problem in the UK is too little heat and sun to
ripen the wood. But it is generally better to use wood with as
little sap in it as possible.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.