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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: LEGIONNAIRE on May 26, 2010, 07:28:12 pm

Title: How bad..
Post by: LEGIONNAIRE on May 26, 2010, 07:28:12 pm

how bad does bamboo check if you cut during the summer? or does it check at all? any sugestions? I may be cutting some soon. thanks

Title: Re: How bad..
Post by: cowboy on May 26, 2010, 09:08:35 pm

I cut a bunch in the summer coupla years ago, split it in half with a mechete and had no problems with splitting. I did leave a few whole just to have and they just about split in half by their selves.

Title: Re: How bad..
Post by: KenH on May 26, 2010, 09:14:16 pm

Don't harvest new "green" bamboo (age not the color green).  Always harvest culms that are at least a year old,  Green cut bamboo, as it dries, will split much worse than if you cut older (not necessarily larger diameter) culms.  You want culms that are still alive, but not growing this year..

Title: Re: How bad..
Post by: LEGIONNAIRE on May 26, 2010, 09:51:28 pm

Thanks Cb an ken appreciate that