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Has anyone turned bamboo?
"downhill" wrote in message ... JimR wrote: wrote in message ster.com... [snip] Incidentally, I'd love to grow the giant bamboo. I've only seen it growing in warm-to-hot climates and I'm wondering if it would survive my downstate NY winters. Other bamboos do okay, though. Any thoughts? Nemo You are not in a good area to get large diameter bamboo for crafts. Just too cold, you might get micro climates to get some growth but it will not be consistent. Found most of the bamboo north of westchester is sheltered by hardwoods and will not reach published sizes. A bamboo from a division should mature in 7 to 10 years if it will be happy in its new location. Ph vivax 4 to 5 inches over 40 feet ph robert young 3 to 4 inches 30 plus feet ph rubomarginata 2 to 3 inches 30 feet-- good for crafts ph nigra 1.5 and 25 feet ph aurosulcata variants 2 inches 30 feet--- not good for crafts --- distributed through government farm programs for research and promotion north shore of LI Thanks for the info. I have taken a second look at my various bamboo plots and I have discovered that in addition to phyllostachis aureosulcata I have also some (not much) phyllostachis vivax (walls are much thicker, some yellow stripes on the culms and no grooves). I do not know how this came about, whoever gave me my original specimens must have included the two varieties. My vivax and aureosulcata are doing reasonnable OK considering the area (Putnam County, NY), my largest culms are about 32 mm in diameter now (one and a quarter inch) and increasing a little each year. There is a high mortality among the young shoots in the spring (about 1/3 abort) I think that 2 inches in diameter is the most that I can expect and maybe 30-35 ft high considering the area. |
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