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.

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.
~
~
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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jane

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Jed Spud wrote in message
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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.


Hello Jed,
Stems of the Spindle Tree (Euonymous europeus) would make reasonable canes.
However, they will not grow as rapidly as bamboo canes, nor as tall as some.
None-the-less, they put on reasonable, *straight* growth in a season if
coppiced.
Another suggestion might be a coppiced willow (salix sp.), but you would
have to be certain the wood was dead before using it as a stake, unless you
want a garden full of willow trees!
Almost any sufficiently long, disease-free woody prunings would do the job -
even if only for aseason.
Spider

"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
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In article , Jed Spud
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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.

What sized cane?
I usually use my buddleia and fuchsia prunings - but not many are more
than a metre in length.

Willow will do the trick. Once established it will provide 6-8ft sticks
every year - perfect for beans and sweet peas. Only snag is the sticks will
root.....

"Sue da Nimm" . wrote in message
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"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
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In article , Jed Spud
writes
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.

What sized cane?
I usually use my buddleia and fuchsia prunings - but not many are more
than a metre in length.

Willow will do the trick. Once established it will provide 6-8ft sticks
every year - perfect for beans and sweet peas. Only snag is the sticks
will
root.....


Do they still root if you stick them in upside-down?

Anyway, it will make them more resistant to high winds!

Bob