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dylanholderman:
hey guys i was at a friends house a couple weekends ago and got to harvest some boo from his yard any idea on the species?
i'm in central/northern Ohio if that narrows it down at all.
the coloration varied, some were black like in the pic, a few were completely black but mostly they were a typical green color.

Pat B:
Black bamboo?  One of the Asiatic varieties. It does seem to be a clumping type or it would be everywhere. I've seen other clumping type of bamboo used as a hedge.

dylanholderman:
do you think its worth transplanting some? that friend is selling that house in  the next year or so.

Pat B:
Find out for sure that it is a clumping and not spreading type. If it is you should be able to use a good garden spade to cleanly divide out a clump. Be sure not to cut back the culms or it will take a few years before the culms will grow that big again.

dylanholderman:
any idea how much dirt they need? i'm thinking about putting them in a large steel garden box so that when i move again (potentially in the next year) i can just pick up the box and also i wont have to worry about containment.

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