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hill cane harvest begins
Pat B:
John, I'll be digging some rhizomes for Steve. I'll do a pot for you also so you can try it and see. ;)
nugget:
Nice haul Pat . I have been out lookin around here but it is all to small . I guess I will have to wait and check it next season. I got a supply of bigger bamboo growing near my house. It is dern near 20ft tall . Some of it is almost as big around as a beer can. Makes good darts and spears .
TJ
D. Tiller:
Pat, can I get in on some rhizomes too? I dont know if it would grow arround here but I would sure like to try. Japanese arrow bamboo seems to love it up here but my plot disapeared when I sold my house and I never got to try it out! >:(
David
mole:
Hillbilly, it bloomed and has been steadily dieing off. There are a few left, but not of suitable quality.
Pat, I'd appreciate that. From what I recall that cane you have looked good. Any advice about how to plant it? I plan on putting on the creek bank.
John
Pat B:
John, For years I tried to eliminate this cane from my property with no success. Once it gets started it should grow with no problem and a creek side is ideal for it...although the hill cane seems to do OK on high ground too.
Bamboos are strange critters when it comes to blooming. The bloom periods are far apart, sometimes only every 100 to 150 years. But when it blooms, every plant is that specie will bloom and die no matter where it is in the world. I'm not sure the life cycle of our native Arundaneria but I would think it would be typical.
David, I have no problem sending some rhizomes to you as long as the Washington Dept of Ag has no problem with it. These local guys can carry it over state lines and have it planted without much scrutiny and the specie is indigenous to the South East. I'm pretty sure it will survive in your area. I believe our weather extremes are more varied here than there. Pat
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