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Offline islandpiper

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Growing Bamboo?
« on: February 20, 2009, 12:02:51 am »
I was in Wally World and they had those little desk top, or window sill lucky bamboo plants on sale.  You know the type, pretty glass pot, cute stems.   Well, these have a nice bunch of roots on the bottom.   I am thinking of starting them in some potting soil and then into the yard.  No indication what sort of boo it is.   Anybody know ?   or if it will be worth anything as arrows or backings?

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Growing Bamboo?
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 12:50:38 am »
That's not a true bamboo but a Definbachia(sp) aka "dumb cane"  ::)    It is too fleshy of a plant to make backings or arrows.   I think you can stun fish with it though.  ;)
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Re: Growing Bamboo?
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 10:14:48 am »
thats not the bamboo for arrows and bow backing thats the kind that just looks good but go to this website you can buy bamboo seeds http://shop.ebay.com/items/bamboo%20seeds?_dmd=2&_sop=1&keyword=bamboo+seeds&crlp=1910619503_9415&tt_encode=raw&MT_ID=475
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Re: Growing Bamboo?
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 12:19:18 pm »
Thanks guys.   You all are a treasure chest of info.   I may plant it anyway between my house and the neighbor, and hope it spreads like fury. 

And, i'll see about getting seeds or shoots of the right stuff.    thanks again, piper
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Re: Growing Bamboo?
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 08:30:06 pm »
If you are going to plant boo.  Make sure you plant a clumping variety.  The spreading kind is like planting a disease!!  It spreads at an unbelievable rate and snuffs out anything in its path.  And to remove it  :o. 
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2009, 08:33:45 pm »
Bambusa multiplex!!!
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Re: Growing Bamboo?
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2009, 08:42:57 pm »
I LIKES Bamboo!!!!

Do enclose it in a barrier of some type if its a runner. Also dig a ditch around the outside of the barrier to check for any rhyzomes that escape the barrier and lop them off before they get a chance to sprout some shoots.

Arrow Bamboo is one of my favorites along with the timber bamboos. Love the stuff!!!
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Re: Growing Bamboo?
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2009, 01:11:42 am »
havnt got a whole lot of time right now to talk, but check out this site. its a bamboo forum with info on growing and such. not a whole lot of traffic, but helpfull what is there.

bamboocraft.net

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