"SteveB" wrote in message
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I want to hear opinions on whether or not I can grow a 600' long bamboo
wind fence where I live.

I live in Toquerville, Ut. Elevation 3700'. Freezing temps in winter
down to about 15 degrees. They say 100 days or so of 32 of less per year.
After living here a year, I'd agree. Summer gets up to just a bit over
100.

I had bamboo growing along one edge of my property in Montana, very NW
corner of the state, Elv. 5,000, Purcell Mtn Range. I have no idea what kind
it was but that stuff was...ummm...prolific! I had all the plant supports
and bean poles I and all the surrounding gardeners needed. The Cub Scouts
cut a mess of it for tent poles. If there's a bamboo that will grow there
I'm sure something would do as well where you are. My neighbor kept in under
control with his bulldozer when he came up every year to clear a fire
barrier around my property. That swash of bamboo was about 150 ft long and
about 10 or so feet wide.

Val