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.^ Some plants called "bamboo" are not grasses.
^ The leaves most frequently used in Chinese herbal medicine are collected from another plant, Lophatherum gracile , the grass bamboo, one of the smallest of the bamboo-like plants.- Bamboo as Medicine 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.itmonline.org [Source type: Reference]
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.^ Although they have a carnivorous ancestry and are members of the bear family (Ursidae), giant pandas have evolved a vegetarian diet of bamboos and eat the entire shoots, leaves and stems.
^ Grass-like members of the sedge family (Cyperaceae) have also been used to make sea-worthy boats, including papyrus ( Cyperus papyrus ) and bulrushes of the genus Schoenoplectus .
^ Bamboos belong to the grass family, and their flowers look a lot like the flowers of other grasses, usually nothing spectacular, but quite varied.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Some plants called "bamboo" are not grasses.
^ The curve provides the cross-sectional dimensions of a bamboo reinforced beam that will have the same bending moment resistance coefficient as a balanced steel reinforced beam, singly reinforced.- BAMBOO REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.romanconcrete.com [Source type: Reference]
^ The leaves most frequently used in Chinese herbal medicine are collected from another plant, Lophatherum gracile , the grass bamboo, one of the smallest of the bamboo-like plants.- Bamboo as Medicine 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.itmonline.org [Source type: Reference]
Also, the
dicotyledonous woody xylem is absent.
.^ Bamboo is best known for its hard stems (culms) that are used in place of wood for a variety of applications, including furniture, scaffolding, flutes, fence posts, flooring, and even bicycle frames.- Bamboo as Medicine 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.itmonline.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Other houses show off bamboo in more straightforward ways, lining the ceilings or floors with stems, or even forming walls.- Green Home Building: Natural Building Techniques: Bamboo 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.greenhomebuilding.com [Source type: General]
^ Monocot stems, such as bamboo and palms, do not have a vascular cambium and do not exhibit secondary growth by the production of concentric annual rings.
[1]
.^ Bamboo, a type of grass, is the fastest growing plant in the world.- Bamboo as Medicine 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.itmonline.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on earth with an average growth rate of 12 - 19 inches per day (Jinhe Fu, 2000).- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboos do not develop their full cold-hardiness until well established, and planting in spring gives the plant a longer growing season to get established and develop its cold-hardiness before the next cold season.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
. They are capable of growing up to 60 centimeters (24 in.
^ The proper time to lift and divide the rhizomes is in February, March, or early April, just before the buds begin to push (grow up forming plants).- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It loads well in-close with a DT 5 and fishes beautifully with smaller flies and fine tippets, but is capable of pin-point accuracy up to 60 feet if required.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
^ In the spring, new shoots growing up through the clump are initially black, turning more burgundy color as they gain height.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
) or more per day due to a unique
rhizome-dependent system.
.^ The quality of the culm wood, speed of growth and final height depends on the bamboo’s growing conditions.
^ The size and appearance of any particular bamboo variety may vary significantly depending upon climate and conditions.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ If the rhizomes are strong, the buds sound, and the stems and roots satisfactory, growth will start promptly and be maintained steadily if soil and other conditions are right.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Cut down bamboo trees from South East Asia country.
^ Bamboo Roofing A number of cultures have used bamboo for roofing materials.- Natural Building Colloquium 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.networkearth.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Besides feeding pandas and making a yummy addition to many Asian dishes, bamboo is also used as a building material, both functional and decorative.- Green Home Building: Natural Building Techniques: Bamboo 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.greenhomebuilding.com [Source type: General]
.^ Worldwide, approximately 87 genera and over 1,500 species of bamboo exist ( 2 ), with roughly 100 species comprising those of economical importance.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chusquea This genus comes from Central and South America where there are about 90 species.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ This hole should be about 1/2 inch from the end and no more than 3/8 inch in diameter.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
[2] .^ Bambusa guadua, the tropical giant bamboo, is the most versatile, reliable architectural material of its native mountainous regions.- Green Home Building: Natural Building Techniques: Bamboo 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.greenhomebuilding.com [Source type: General]
^ Hot and dry climates may choose from recommendations made for the southwest or high desert, colder mountain climates from the northern recommendations, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Now they are restricted to isolated mountain regions in which there are relatively few species of bamboo.
They occur across
East Asia, from 50°N latitude in
Sakhalin[citation needed] through to
Northern Australia, and west to
India and the
Himalayas.
[3] .^ Indigenous bamboos are widely found throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ This occurs by cutting some of the new shoots before they reach 2 feet in height.
^ The clumping types are typically of tropical or subtropical origin and therefore have limited geographical suitability in the United States since they cannot withstand freezing temperatures.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Running bamboos are mostly from temperate climates of Japan, northern China, Siberia and one native species in the United States.
^ In North America there are only three native species of bamboo as opposed to the 440 species native to Latin America.- Natural Building Colloquium 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.networkearth.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Bamboo Plant The largest of the grasses, there are over 1600 species of bamboo, 64 percent of which are native to Southeast Asia.- Natural Building Colloquium 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.networkearth.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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Ecology
Growth
.^ An extremely fast-growing Timber Bamboo.
^ Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on earth with an average growth rate of 12 - 19 inches per day (Jinhe Fu, 2000).- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboo rugs are made from the toughest and fastest growing plant on the planet.
Many prehistoric bamboos exceeded heights of 85 metres (279 ft).
.^ Shoots of some species in mature groves in tropical climates have actually been clocked growing 4 feet in one 24-hour period!- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ As well as that, bamboo needs only a small amount of water during the growing period so they can survive droughts.
^ Spreading rhizomes require moisture and grow primarily during the warm summer months when most of the western states are dry.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ All grow best in full sun but can take some shade.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Canes are allowed to grow to their full height in the spring, and then cut back to the desired height before the branches put out leaves.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There is no increase in girth of the bamboo culm after it appears above ground, but the culm elongates joint by joint until it reaches its maximum height.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Avoid harvesting during the shooting season.
^ As the plant progresses the ”bush” supplies the energy to push up the new culm shoots higher above the bush during the following shooting seasons.
^ Long known for its large, olive green culms, vertical and clumping growth habit, and tasty shoots.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ The walls harden for about 2-3 years, when the bamboo culm is completely mature.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The clumps slowly enlarge as new culms emerge every year, but may ultimately need to expand to anywhere from a 3 to 10 ft.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The culms come up green and slowly turn black during the first year or two.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ In order to create the flow upwards the culm needs branches with leaves.
^ Great for erosion control or as a hedge, this vertical bamboo with small leaves is distinctive because of its short culm internodes (4-6"), and the first few internodes of each branch are hollow.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Leaves are usually small and narrow, and most are clumpers with gracefully arching or trailing culms and branches.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ The culms come up green and slowly turn black during the first year or two.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The walls harden for about 2-3 years, when the bamboo culm is completely mature.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Culms originating during each succeeding year grow a few feet taller than those of the year before until the ultimate height for the species is reached.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Thus, each year's crop of shoots is larger than the last, until the mature size for the species is reached and new culms continue to come up at the mature size.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Eventually this will produce a lower area comprised of culms at various stages of maturity, including the new shoots.
^ New shoots have coppery orange sheaths, similar to Fargesia dracocephala 'Rufa,' and mature culms are light green, turning burgundy color with sun directly on the culm.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ This may take a number of years, depending on the size and age of the original planting, the species, and the growing conditions.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Thus, each year's crop of shoots is larger than the last, until the mature size for the species is reached and new culms continue to come up at the mature size.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Once the tops of some of the culms have developed into fully formed, leafy branches you may begin pruning the bush away.
.^ This may take a number of years, depending on the size and age of the original planting, the species, and the growing conditions.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Thus, each year's crop of shoots is larger than the last, until the mature size for the species is reached and new culms continue to come up at the mature size.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The quality of the culm wood, speed of growth and final height depends on the bamboo’s growing conditions.
.^ Bamboo reaches maturity quickly and is ready for harvesting in about 4 years.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Thousands of poles are harvested and used in Alabama each year.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Thin culm sheaths fall away within a year.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Mass flowering
.^ In fact, most species of bamboo are not monocarpic.
^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Rodents are very fond of bamboo grains and if the seed predators were in tune with bamboo flowering and fruiting, they could easily destroy the bulk of the seed crop each year.
.^ The flowering is rare, occurring only once in many years.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ With abundant food, the rodent population could increase substantially during the year following the bamboo flowering cycle; but for the next 30 to 60 years (or more), the rodent population would decrease and stabilize again while the bamboo populations regenerate.
^ Using only the exterior part of the bamboo, which is four times as strong as the interior, they created tension cables up to 120 meters long.- Natural Building Colloquium 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.networkearth.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ These yields, reported in Table 7, are calculated on basis of cutting all the plants (not selective cutting).- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Many of these are emails from people all across the country who mail-ordered plants from our website.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ We do not sell plants that we know to be going into "gregarious flowering" stage, however we also do not have records adequate to predict when most species will flower.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The most important genus for bamboo shoot production in the temperate U.S. is Phyllostachys , which consists of about 60 species, all of which are edible.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is called gregarious flowering. This was the case with Phyllostachys bambusoides when it flowered during the 1970's, as it has done every 120 years through recorded bamboo history.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
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.^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ All plants of the same species, regardless of age or size, over a wide region will bloom at one time.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Flowering is rare and varies from species to species; behavior differs even among the same species in the same location.
.^ It is considered by some botanists to be the most widely distributed of all vascular seed plants.
^ Solar plants - Wind Farms - Hydro electric plants - Biofuel plants - Biomass energy plants - Biogas plants - Wood pellets production plants .- Bamboo Hugger 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC bamboohugger.com [Source type: General]
^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
[7] This mechanism, as well as the evolutionary cause behind it, is still largely a mystery.
One theory to explain the
evolution of this semelparous mass flowering is the predator satiation hypothesis.
.^ Rodents are very fond of bamboo grains and if the seed predators were in tune with bamboo flowering and fruiting, they could easily destroy the bulk of the seed crop each year.
^ Not only will Round-up poison your soil (and possibly yourself), but the root mass left in the ground will make other uses or replanting of the same area difficult, if not impossible, and often the plants will still re-shoot.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Even more astonishing is the fact that over huge geographic areas all the bamboo of a single species may flower and fruit at the same time, resulting in enormous grain (seed) production and widespread die-offs.
.^ With abundant food, the rodent population could increase substantially during the year following the bamboo flowering cycle; but for the next 30 to 60 years (or more), the rodent population would decrease and stabilize again while the bamboo populations regenerate.
^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Plus bamboo uses little water during the growth period which means they can survive droughts.
.^ Clumpers make excellent specimen plants and will also form very dense screens, but more slowly than runners.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ I immediately planted all but one in large tree pots, and the last in its designated spot in my front garden.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboos grown indoors are more vulnerable to insect pests and disease , as they are generally more stressed than they would be outdoors.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
[8].^ With an average human life cycle of perhaps eighty years, few mortal botanists have ever followed the life cycle of a particular bamboo plant from germination to flowering!
^ Since bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet, bamboo screens and hedges can be created more quickly and inexpensively, compared to other plants or trees.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Occasional stressing of plants during periods of the growth cycle has been known to result in greater strength and resilience.
.^ This thinning process concentrates plant growth into a comparatively few large culms and gradually increases the height and strength of the forest.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ 'Slender Crookstem' This form of bambusoides often grows with marked zig-zags or S-curves in the lower part of the culm, which is quite striking on such large canes.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
[9] .^ I am VERY happy with my bamboo plants and will not hesitate to order more from you in the years to come.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ But its rhizomes are very short, so the bamboo plant stays more contained in a "clump."- Natural Building Colloquium 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.networkearth.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The bamboo grower will have to be assured of a market before he can take the risk of investments in planting.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
However, both have been disputed for different reasons.
.^ This may explain why some cultivated bamboos have the same flowering cycle and mortality as populations on different continents.
^ With massive fruiting only once or twice in a century, the bamboos avoid tracking by vertebrates whose generation time is much shorter than the flowering cycle.
.^ Individual culms and rhizomes only live an average of 5-10 years, and the culms grow no taller or bigger with age.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ They are not tolerant of dry conditions and can only take a few degrees of frost.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There is really no limit to the uses of laminated bamboo.- Natural Building Colloquium 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.networkearth.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
This notion is considered wrong based on distribution of lightning strike data during the dry season throughout India.
[11]The mass fruiting also has direct economic and ecological consequences, however. The huge increase in available fruit in the forests often causes a boom in rodent populations, leading to increases in disease and famine in nearby human populations.
.^ With abundant food, the rodent population could increase substantially during the year following the bamboo flowering cycle; but for the next 30 to 60 years (or more), the rodent population would decrease and stabilize again while the bamboo populations regenerate.
^ Rodents are very fond of bamboo grains and if the seed predators were in tune with bamboo flowering and fruiting, they could easily destroy the bulk of the seed crop each year.
^ The flowering is rare, occurring only once in many years.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ With abundant food, the rodent population could increase substantially during the year following the bamboo flowering cycle; but for the next 30 to 60 years (or more), the rodent population would decrease and stabilize again while the bamboo populations regenerate.
^ Large timber bamboos, including Dendrocalamus giganteus and Bambusa oldhamii are used for scaffolding, bridge-building, water pipes, storage vessels and to build houses.
^ This thinning process concentrates plant growth into a comparatively few large culms and gradually increases the height and strength of the forest.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Farmers are also sometimes converting food areas over to bamboo as the prices they can fetch for bamboo is often more lucrative.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Rodents are very fond of bamboo grains and if the seed predators were in tune with bamboo flowering and fruiting, they could easily destroy the bulk of the seed crop each year.
^ Then in spring and sometimes fall, they pump the accumulated energy into new shoots (culms), which achieve all of their height in about 30-60 days.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
These rats can also carry dangerous diseases such as
typhus,
typhoid, and
bubonic plague, which can reach epidemic proportions as the rodents increase in number.
[7][8]Bamboo in animal diets
Bamboo is the main food of the
Giant Panda; it makes up 99% of the Panda's diet.
.^ Food for the giant panda.
^ One of the prime foods of the giant pandas, growing at elevations of up to 10,000 feet in China.
^ "Madake" Also known as Giant Japanese Timber Bamboo, this plant has bright green smooth canes and medium size leaves.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Rats will eat the fruits as described above.
.^ A genus of clumping mountain bamboos from east Asia and Africa similar in appearance to Fargesia.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Now they are restricted to isolated mountain regions in which there are relatively few species of bamboo.
^ Chimonocalamus A group of medium sized clumping bamboos from subtropical mountainous regions of Yunnan, China.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
[12]
Cultivation
Bamboo foliage with yellow stems (probably
Phyllostachys aurea)
Commercial timber
Timber is harvested from cultivated and wild stands and some of the larger bamboos, particularly species in the genus
Phyllostachys, are known as "timber bamboos".
Harvesting
.^ Bamboo has been used as a construction material in certain areas for centuries, but its application as reinforcement in concrete had received little attention until the Clemson study.- BAMBOO REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.romanconcrete.com [Source type: Reference]
^ For bamboo, the issue seems to be the chemical use at the production level.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboo reaches maturity quickly and is ready for harvesting in about 4 years.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ With an average human life cycle of perhaps eighty years, few mortal botanists have ever followed the life cycle of a particular bamboo plant from germination to flowering!
^ Some bamboos observed in cultivation are greatly weakened or die back following the blooming cycle, but actually recover in a few years and may even live to bloom again.
.^ Bamboo reaches maturity quickly and is ready for harvesting in about 4 years.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Individual culms and rhizomes only live an average of 5-10 years, and the culms grow no taller or bigger with age.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Generally speaking, with any bamboo, you can expect on the average, a 1” increase in culm diameter each year together with at least 10’ added to the height if the clump is healthy.
.^ Old or dead culms can be thinned out to make more light available for new growth.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ New shoots have culm sheaths that are dark brown with light brown spots.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ This thinning process concentrates plant growth into a comparatively few large culms and gradually increases the height and strength of the forest.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ By the time the mother plant finishes flowering, you may already have new seedlings well on their way!- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ It may also be pruned once or twice a year to maintain a lower ground cover or hedge, but this is often not necessary, as it overwinters well.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Because the clump will naturally attempt to fill in the gaps if given the time, pruning must be consistently maintained.
.^ (See Fig 4) Splitting the bamboo can he done by separating the base with a sharp knife and then pulling a dulled blade through the culm.- BAMBOO REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.romanconcrete.com [Source type: Reference]
^ Age of bamboo varied from 15 to 20 years, with average yield of 17-54 tons per acre.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Timber Press Pocket Guide to Bamboos The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Bamboos covers 35 genera of bamboos in cultivation and describes more than 300 species and cultivars.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ As the plant progresses the ”bush” supplies the energy to push up the new culm shoots higher above the bush during the following shooting seasons.
^ (Chinese Goddess) Semi-dwarf, clumping bamboo with graceful vase-like growth habit.
^ Plus bamboo uses little water during the growth period which means they can survive droughts.
.^ We have harvested circumstantially in the past during shooting season with high starch content in the bamboo.
^ Here every season has its advantages, with spring and summer offering the most active growing periods and fall, winter and spring sharing the rainy season.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Now, during the spring, these streams can swell to dangerous levels after a heavy rain and erosion has become a real problem.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ It is likely that you will miss a few root fragments here and there, and over the next few seasons you may see an occasional shoot coming up.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ As the plant progresses the ”bush” supplies the energy to push up the new culm shoots higher above the bush during the following shooting seasons.
^ These harvesters cut mostly the outer shoots or culms, thus forcing new growth to occur inside the clump.
Hence harvesting is best at the end of the dry season, a few months prior to the start of the wet.
.^ The thick, brown, sugary syrup produced during the separation of sugar crystals from the ground-up cane is called molasses.
^ C-4 plants have a competitive advantage during hot summer days because they are able to carry on photosynthesis in the bundle sheaths where CO 2 levels are concentrated.
.^ Authorities say that in order to prevent bug infestation, the best time to harvest is when the shooting is finished for the year.
This practice makes sense in terms of both moon cycles, visibility and daily cycles.
Leaching
Leaching is the removal of sap post-harvest.
.^ When seasoned bamboo, either split or whole, is used as reinforcement, it should receive a waterproof coating to reduce swelling when in contact with concrete.- BAMBOO REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.romanconcrete.com [Source type: Reference]
^ Like certain bamboos, it spreads by underground rhizomes and has many uses by people throughout the world.
^ Bamboo plantations are large factories for photosynthesis which reduces greenhouse gases.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Examples of this practice include:
- Cut bamboo is raised clear of the ground and leant against the rest of the clump for 1–2 weeks until leaves turn yellow to allow full consumption of sugars by the plant
- A similar method is undertaken but with the base of the culm standing in fresh water, either in a large drum or stream to leach out sap
- Cut culms are immersed in a running stream and weighted down for 3–4 weeks
- Water is pumped through the freshly cut culms forcing out the sap (this method is often used in conjunction with the injection of some form of treatment)
.^ GreenYarn’s “Eco-fabric” is manufactured from 4 to 5 year old Taiwanese-grown bamboo that has been dried and burned in 800 degree C ovens until it is reduced to charcoal.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I usually varnish inside and out in order to help preserve the bamboo, hopefully makeing it less susceptible to cracking as it can't dry out as fast with the varnish sealing it.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ It is believed that if bamboo were grown for pulp, the limbs would not be removed and would be used in the pulping process; hence the dry weight reported is the total for limbs and stems.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Sustainably Harvested & Annually Renewable: Mature bamboos produce new shoots and canes each year, which can be harvested individually without destroying the plant.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Takes the reader from planting through harvest and marketing of poles and shoots, with fine detail about propagation, maintenance and care, containment, pest management, suggested field layout, and various uses of bamboo, including uses as food for animals and humans.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Then he proceeeds to discuss structural qualities of bamboo, building codes, joinery, and design, as well as strategies for growing, harvesting, and curing the bamboo for constructions purposes.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Bamboo reaches maturity quickly and is ready for harvesting in about 4 years.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Studies in China on the changes in nutrient content of bamboo shoots of different ages show there is a definite advantage to harvesting the shoots while they are still underground with sheaths just appearing above ground.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Sustainably Harvested & Annually Renewable: Mature bamboos produce new shoots and canes each year, which can be harvested individually without destroying the plant.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Ornamental bamboos
.^ There are two ways to process bamboo to make the plant into a fabric: mechanically or chemically.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Generally speaking, with any bamboo, you can expect on the average, a 1” increase in culm diameter each year together with at least 10’ added to the height if the clump is healthy.
^ For a more thorough discussion of the advantages and disadvantages and how to choose the best type for your situation, see the section Clumping and Running Bamboos .- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Bamboo spreads by rhizomes and is a perennial.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ (Chinese Goddess) Semi-dwarf, clumping bamboo with graceful vase-like growth habit.
.^ Once you've cut the bamboo to length you'll need to remove any inside membranes, being careful not to pierce the membrane on the mouth end.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Chemically manufactured bamboo is sometimes called bamboo rayon because of the many similarities in the way it is chemically manufactured and similarities in its feel and hand.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ For more information about "Runners vs Clumpers: Choosing the Best Type for your Needs," please see Clumping and Running Bamboos .- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ As the plant progresses the ”bush” supplies the energy to push up the new culm shoots higher above the bush during the following shooting seasons.
^ This type of rhizome grows horizontally under the soil, sending up aerial culms from buds that develop at intervals along the rhizome, behind the continually growing rhizome tip.
.^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Height in relation to climate is somewhat predictable for most of the species, so if in doubt, check with us about height for a species in your climate.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Customer Comments Several years ago we began saving some of the wonderful comments we were getting from our happy customers.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ It took some time for the plants to establish and spread but now they have filled in nicely and cover an area about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Does best if mowed every other year (leafs out again in a month).- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ It took some time for the plants to establish and spread but now they have filled in nicely and cover an area about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Often this type of problem will cause sap or water to leak into the interior internode chambers.
^ Orange or pink fungus on the surface indicates an interior infestation problem, usually causing structural damage within a short time.
Bamboo foliage with black stems (probably
Phyllostachys nigra)
.^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ West Coast This region has many highly varied microclimates, and thus can sustain a multitude of bamboo species.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Plants flower for 2 or 3 years and then die.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Flowering of the individual plant may continue for 2 to 7 years and is often fatal, but with extra care and feeding, the mother plant may survive and just be smaller.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Flowered and produced seed at Bamboo Sourcery in 1995.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Mutation can occur when the plant flowers and produces viable seeds.
^ Sustainably Harvested & Annually Renewable: Mature bamboos produce new shoots and canes each year, which can be harvested individually without destroying the plant.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Regular maintenance will indicate major growth directions and locations.
.^ Once you've cut the bamboo to length you'll need to remove any inside membranes, being careful not to pierce the membrane on the mouth end.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Running bamboos are usually propagated by cuttings of the rhizome, with some buds and culms attached.
^ The species 'tecta' has air channels in it's rhizome, which gives it the ability to grow in soggy, wet ground.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It is likely that you will miss a few root fragments here and there, and over the next few seasons you may see an occasional shoot coming up.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The shoots of his bamboo might make up part of his meal which was eaten with bamboo chopsticks.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Thus, each year's crop of shoots is larger than the last, until the mature size for the species is reached and new culms continue to come up at the mature size.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Rhizome - The root system of bamboos.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Farmers are also sometimes converting food areas over to bamboo as the prices they can fetch for bamboo is often more lucrative.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Bamboo is an ideal plant for erosion control.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Even large plantings of bamboo can be surrounded with a single length of plastic, requiring only one seam.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on earth with an average growth rate of 12 - 19 inches per day (Jinhe Fu, 2000).- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Also, when planting on very steep slopes or planting very large giant timber runners in soft, sandy soil, it may be necessary to use a 36" deep root barrier.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ We typically recommend using the 30" barrier for most plants in the Phyllostachys genus.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
(This is only possible if the barrier is installed in a straight line.)
.^ ORNAMENTAL AND SHRUBS. A few of the bamboos are small and make excellent plants for use around the home as ornamentals.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I am VERY happy with my bamboo plants and will not hesitate to order more from you in the years to come.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Of course, please realize that bamboo should not be planted in a location where water does not drain quickly.
Symptoms include rhizomes escaping over the top, down underneath, and bursting the barrier.
.^ Grows 16' tall with 1" diameter culms.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ (Golden Golden) Tight growing, golden bamboo with new culms that quickly turn golden then turn golden orange with age.
^ As well as that, bamboo needs little water during the growing period meaning they can survive droughts.
.^ Care must be taken not to get it on animals or persons.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Barriers usually fail sooner or later, or the bamboo within suffers greatly.
.^ It is hardy to -5 degrees and is an exceptionally vigorous runner, so we recommend using 60 mil polyethylene plastic root barrier.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Installing high-density polyethylene plastic rhizome barrier, 40-60 mil thick and 22-34 inches deep, vertically around the perimeter of the area in which the bamboo is to be contained.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The polyethylene is superior to cement and metal (cement often develops cracks, and metal rusts and requires many seams), is less expensive, and can last 20-30 years when installed according to our barrier installation instructions .- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ SUMMARY Small areas of bamboo are found in nearly all sections of Alabama.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Great for erosion control or as a hedge, this vertical bamboo with small leaves is distinctive because of its short culm internodes (4-6"), and the first few internodes of each branch are hollow.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Oriental bamboo has been grown in small areas in Alabama for many years and used locally for stakes, poles, shades, and other purposes.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ We also occasionally remove unwanted bamboo free of charge upon request, if we have time and have a use for it.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ PSEUDOSASA Medium-size to tall shrub-like running bamboos with usually only one branch at each node; never more than three.
.^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Clumping bamboos have a very short root structure, are genetically incapable of expanding more than few inches a year, and will generally form discrete circular clumps.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ DIVISION OF CLUMPS. If a young clump of any of the running bamboos is examined in early summer, young plants will be found coming up on the edges of the clump.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It readily forms dense masses of foliage in less light than most bamboos and may be effectively used for screening in shady places.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ As well as that, bamboo needs only a small amount of water during the growing period so they can survive droughts.
^ Clumping bamboos have a very short root structure, are genetically incapable of expanding more than few inches a year, and will generally form discrete circular clumps.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ My hope is that consumers will look at the entire scenario involved in bamboo clothing from growing the plants to producing the final garment and see the whole picture .- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboo Sourcery's entire Information Supplement, "All About Bamboo," 37 pages, with extensive information on how bamboos grow, plant selection, cultivation, containment, and maintenance, as well as species descriptions of approximately 150 bamboos.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The popular, indoor "lucky bamboo" grown hydroponically in vases of water is actually Draceana sanderana , a member of the lily family (Liliaceae).
.^ Bamboo grows in both tropical and temperate climates in Asia, on islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and also in Africa and South America, where it is cultivated for many purposes.
^ Hardy to 10F. Bambusa A genus of tropical and subtropical clumping bamboos from Asia, America and Africa that shoot all year 'round, especially summer and fall.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The popular, indoor "lucky bamboo" grown hydroponically in vases of water is actually Draceana sanderana , a member of the lily family (Liliaceae).
Lucky Bamboo has long been associated with the Eastern practice of
Feng Shui.
.^ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Bamboo Rediscovered - by Victor Cusack Growing and using non-invasive, clumping bamboo for furniture, housing, fencing, food, musical instruments, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Chemically manufactured bamboo is sometimes called bamboo rayon because of the many similarities in the way it is chemically manufactured and similarities in its feel and hand.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Pandas will eat other species of bamboo but apparently prefer the kinds that grow wild in their native habitat, including Himalayacalamus , Fargesia , Drepanostachyum and Sinarundinaria , all native to Yunnan, Tibet, Nepal and northern India.
Uses
Culinary
Edible bamboo shoots in a Japanese market
Main article:
Bamboo shoot.^ As the plant progresses the ”bush” supplies the energy to push up the new culm shoots higher above the bush during the following shooting seasons.
^ Sustainably Harvested & Annually Renewable: Mature bamboos produce new shoots and canes each year, which can be harvested individually without destroying the plant.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ New to the U.S. from India, this clumping bamboo is similar to Yushania anceps, but its shoots and culms have dark red hair.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Probably a form of Phyllostachys Bambusoides, as they are nearly identical and can be used interchangeably.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ ORNAMENTALS. Since the species vary so widely in size, they afford many uses as ornamentals varying from shades to screens to small base plantings around a dwelling.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Fast growing giant bamboo with tasty shoots.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ It would be limited to areas not too cold, probably where temperatures do not drop below 5?F. Many soils of the State are suited to bamboo.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All of these bamboos tested at Auburn have been killed back to the ground many times and most of them have been completely killed.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Removal Methods: Many people ask about using Round-Up or other herbicides to kill bamboo.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Bamboo shoots are a delicacy in Chinese cuisine.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Daphne Lewis, author of Bamboo on the Farm , notes that the United States imports 30,000 tons of canned bamboo shoots each year from Taiwan, Thailand, and China.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It does not seem likely that large-scale bamboo shoot production will become a common agricultural enteprise in the United States.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In Assam, for example, it is called
khorisa.
.^ Bamboo shoots are a delicacy in Chinese cuisine.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo leaves are also used for lining the bottoms of pans when cooking rice cakes, meat patties and other dishes.
^ Gophers: In northern California we have an abundance of gophers and squirrels, who think tender new rhizomes, bamboo shoots, and even new branch buds are a delicacy.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
In
Indonesia, they are sliced thin and then boiled with
santan (thick coconut milk) and spices to make a dish called
gulai rebung.
.^ We are not sure if this intolerance is due to the intrinsic nature of bamboo but it more likely because of other chemicals added or used during the manufacturing and finishing processes of the clothing.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Oriental bamboo has been grown in small areas in Alabama for many years and used locally for stakes, poles, shades, and other purposes.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Newer manufacturing facilities have begun using other technologies to chemically manufacture bamboo fiber that are more benign and eco-friendly.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Shoots of some species in mature groves in tropical climates have actually been clocked growing 4 feet in one 24-hour period!- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Many species require 3 years of growth before they begin to spread.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ When the shoots leaf out in sunlight they become very strong and woody (lignified).
.^ These bridges may be as simple as a few pieces of bamboo placed across a stream up to complex truss bridges , to suspension bridges using bamboo rope.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ This type of bamboo fabric is nothing more than rayon made using bamboo as the source of cellulose.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It readily forms dense masses of foliage in less light than most bamboos and may be effectively used for screening in shady places.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ I believe that the wood chips that are made into rayon are simply a by-product of forest industries.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ In a footnote, Greenyarn mentions that the active bamboo charcoal ingredients will only remain active in the clothing for about six months of active use.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Fences made from bamboo may be used for privacy, for decoration, to contain livestock, as guard rails, to block unpleasant views, for every use imaginable.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ In ancient Polynesia the people built big catamarans using bamboo for mast, shelter, rails, floors, and as containers for fresh water .- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ Japanese bamboo often used as hedging.
^ Farmers are also sometimes converting food areas over to bamboo as the prices they can fetch for bamboo is often more lucrative.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Bamboo Rediscovered - by Victor Cusack Growing and using non-invasive, clumping bamboo for furniture, housing, fencing, food, musical instruments, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ An early USDA bamboo researcher recommended boiling fresh bamboo shoots prior to use for about 18-20 minutes.- Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.attra.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ PDF Document Parser The Bamboo PDF Document Parser allows you to import metadata and form data from your PDF form into your SharePoint list and also populate your PDF document with metadata from the List.
^ Some Common Terms: Culm - The botanical name for the jointed and usually hollow stems of bamboos, sometimes referred to as a cane.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Cooking food in bamboo is said to give the food a subtle but distinctive taste.
In
Sambalpur, India, the tender shoots are grated into juliennes and fermented to prepare
kardi.
.^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Many old stands of bamboo around the island have been used mostly for shoot harvesting, or cutting accessible poles easily without regard for the health of the clump.
^ Bamboo and food - Of course most bamboo shoots can be eaten and in times of massive flowering of bamboo the seeds are used as grain .- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
It is also made into pancakes using
rice flour as a binding agent.
.^ "Madake" Also known as Giant Japanese Timber Bamboo, this plant has bright green smooth canes and medium size leaves.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ PLGR Pleioblastus gramineus A medium-sized, attractive, grassy-looking bamboo which grows to 12' and has long, dark green, lustrous leaves.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ A medium-sized bamboo with yellow-green arching canes and bright green leaves.
.^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ There are many places in the US where bamboo has been used in the landscape.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo Building and Culture by Darrell DeBoer Treatise on modern uses of bamboo in buildings and architecture, generously sprinkled with color photos.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ To see photos of some of our bamboos in this list, click on the camera icon where present.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ So, after all that, there are many points to consider when weighing up whether or not to support bamboo clothing (or any other eco friendly clothing for that matter).- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Medicine
.^ For a framework on which to hang the bamboo we used treated 2 x 4's.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Chinese junks used bamboo for mast, booms, oars, rails, woven into sails, push poles, ropes, outriggers, etc.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
It is a low-calorie source of potassium. It is known for its sweet taste and as a good source of nutrients and protein.
.^ Some Common Terms: Culm - The botanical name for the jointed and usually hollow stems of bamboos, sometimes referred to as a cane.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Clumping bamboo root systems consist of creature-like rhizomes that extend from the base of each culm.
^ Definitions Culm A stem which is hollow except at the nodes, as are the bamboo canes.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
It is known as
tabashir or
tawashir in
Unani-Tibb the Indo-Persian system of medicine. In English it is called "bamboo manna". This concretion is said to be a tonic for the respiratory diseases.
.^ It has handled a lot of large and very hard fighting Bass and Steehead and Salmon and never once faltered in almost two years of brutal testing.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
In most Indian literature,
Bambusa arundinacea is described as the source of bamboo manna.
[13]
Construction
Bamboo scaffolding can reach great heights.
House made entirely of bamboo
.^ A genus of giant tropical thorny bamboos from South and Central America.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Genus of Central america clumping bamboos.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Indigenous bamboos are widely found throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Culms used to be imported from China for making split bamboo fishing poles.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ A native Hawaiian friend once said that in the old days Hawaiians cured their “ohe,” an endemic Hawaiian bamboo used mainly for making nose flutes, by selecting only old culms that were dying.
^ The Japanese used split bamboo to make a basket like boat for fishing.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
One such bridge in the area of Qian-Xian is referenced in writings dating back 960 A.D. and may have stood since as far back as the 3rd century B.C., due largely to continuous maintenance.
[14] .^ This rod is in "as issued" original condition throughout having no use Walt is a recognized master of the Catskill school of rod building and one of the very few direct descendants of the original Masters still practicing today.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
^ These were to be used to create a strip built sea kayak.With strip building a form is covered with long strips of wood veneer strips.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
[15] .^ Woven screens of split bamboo or used in rice steamers.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo may be used for the entire structure, for walls alone, for roofs, for floors, for most any part of the house structure.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ The Japanese used split bamboo to make a basket like boat for fishing.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ How to build a simple bamboo fence.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Large growing bamboo with high quality wood.
^ Japanese bamboo often used as hedging.
[16]
.^ You don't have to be classically-trained to know how to paint bamboo when you grow up in a bamboo village like this artist did.- Asian Bamboo Paintings and Chinese Bamboo Wall Scrolls 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.orientaloutpost.com [Source type: General]
^ Then he proceeeds to discuss structural qualities of bamboo, building codes, joinery, and design, as well as strategies for growing, harvesting, and curing the bamboo for constructions purposes.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo runners may be easily contained, since the rhizomes grow sideways at a depth of only about 2-18 inches.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Bamboo Solutions Site Creation Plus lets them do that, but sticking within any restrictions you feel may be needed.
^ Since bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet, bamboo screens and hedges can be created more quickly and inexpensively, compared to other plants or trees.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ 'Henon' An all green form of Black Bamboo which can grow 60' tall and 5" in diameter in the climate of origin.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
[17] .^ Bamboos grown indoors are more vulnerable to insect pests and disease , as they are generally more stressed than they would be outdoors.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ It readily forms dense masses of foliage in less light than most bamboos and may be effectively used for screening in shady places.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Small closely spaced bluish-green culms and delicate foliage create a deeply arching, umbrella-like form.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ It readily forms dense masses of foliage in less light than most bamboos and may be effectively used for screening in shady places.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ A few plants may also suffer from summer heat, such as Fargesias and some Chusqueas, which do not tolerate hot summer nights (over 70 F.).- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Phyllostachys bambusoides may be used, but it should be cut so as to keep the poles short (15-18 feet).- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[18]
.^ CUT RHIZOMES. Bamboo plants develop numerous rhizomes about 2 to 6 inches underneath the ground, which may extend 10 to 20 feet from the mother plant.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Cutting in 10-foot strips every 5 years produced a yield of 18 to 45 tons of dry wood per acre.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He asked about the possibility of splitting them into strips and planing these down into rectangular, flat strips.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ This thinning process concentrates plant growth into a comparatively few large culms and gradually increases the height and strength of the forest.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[19] .^ Bamboo flooring has become one of the most popular "hardwood" flooring products on the market today.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Contrary to popular perception loads of chemicals are used to grow bamboo at the rate commercial interests need.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Tools would have been made from bamboo or used bamboo as handles.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ Bamboo reaches maturity quickly and is ready for harvesting in about 4 years.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Can plant any time of year.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The age at harvest varied from 8 to 18 years.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[19]
.^ For a framework on which to hang the bamboo we used treated 2 x 4's.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ With a decay resistant support and frame, this traditional looking bamboo fence should last for years.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ In modern times bamboo has been laminated and used for surfboards and modern boat construction .- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ They are the most common genus in the US. Used for many purposes they send their shoots up in the spring.- Bamboo Plantation - Bamboo Species Price List! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bambooplantation.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[21] .^ Once you've cut the bamboo to length you'll need to remove any inside membranes, being careful not to pierce the membrane on the mouth end.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ It is believed that if bamboo were grown for pulp, the limbs would not be removed and would be used in the pulping process; hence the dry weight reported is the total for limbs and stems.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[19]
Bamboo pavilion in the Shenzhen Biennale.
.^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Thomas Edison used bamboo filaments in his first LIGHT BULBS, and one of those bulbs is STILL burning today at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC! .- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ It readily forms dense masses of foliage in less light than most bamboos and may be effectively used for screening in shady places.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Of course, please realize that bamboo should not be planted in a location where water does not drain quickly.
^ The Western grip, nicely swelled butt, fancy wood & cork seat and straw colored bamboo combine in a delightfully functional and versatile little rod.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
^ Near Ocean (At least 200 away from water, with salt laden air, but not salt spray) In general, bamboo does not like salt laden air and is prone to leaf tip burn.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Several procedures must be followed to overcome this shortcoming.
[22]
.^ BAMBOO APPLICATIONS/ bamboo report - Bamboo as a Construction Material The following report was revised in February of 2004 by our Chairman, Leimana Pelton , and local architect, Valerie Simpson.
^ Bamboo has a reputation around the world as a strong and versatile construction material.
^ In temperate climates, running bamboo may be the best, and perhaps only, option for construction material.
.^ The most effective method of removal of bamboo is to dig out the entire root and rhizome mass as thoroughly as possible, including fragments.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Provides Safe Housing: Over 1 billion people in the world live in BAMBOO HOUSES. Bamboo buildings have proven to be exceedingly earthquake proof.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo may be used for the entire structure, for walls alone, for roofs, for floors, for most any part of the house structure.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ (Narihira Bamboo) Beautiful, deep, emerald green leaves on evenly spaced, straight, vertical, 1 1/2" culms.
^ Removal of Bamboo While we at Bamboo Sourcery are bamboo lovers, we recognize that occasionally there arises the need or desire to reduce or remove entirely a clump or a stand of bamboo.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Botanically categorized as a grass and not a tree, bamboo just might be the world’s most sustainable resource.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ BAMBOO APPLICATIONS/ bamboo report - Bamboo as a Construction Material The following report was revised in February of 2004 by our Chairman, Leimana Pelton , and local architect, Valerie Simpson.
^ Bamboo has a reputation around the world as a strong and versatile construction material.
^ In temperate climates, running bamboo may be the best, and perhaps only, option for construction material.
.^ Used for making fine bamboo furniture.
^ A small bamboo stick works well for this.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ For a framework on which to hang the bamboo we used treated 2 x 4's.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
In
Maharashtra the baamboo groves and forests are called VeLuvana, the name VeLu for Baamboo most likely from Sanskrit, while Vana is forest.
Textiles
.^ There are two ways to process bamboo to make the plant into a fabric: mechanically or chemically.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Dip into the suspension of bamboo fibers.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo fabric made from this process is sometimes called bamboo linen.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The first is a mechanical process similar to that used to process
flax or
hemp; the stalks are crushed and natural enzymes break them down further, allowing fibers to be combed out.
[23] The other follows the process by which
rayon is made where the fibers are broken down with chemicals and extruded through mechanical spinnerets; the chemicals include
lye,
carbon disulfide and strong acids.
[19] .^ Bamboo fabric has a natural sheen and softness that feels and drapes like silk but is less expensive and more durable.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ GreenYarn’s “Eco-fabric” is manufactured from 4 to 5 year old Taiwanese-grown bamboo that has been dried and burned in 800 degree C ovens until it is reduced to charcoal.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Designers such as Kate O’Connor use bamboo fabric as an eco-friendly replacement for silk.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Chemicals can be added in processing the bamboo fibre.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboo fabric has a natural sheen and softness that feels and drapes like silk but is less expensive and more durable.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboo fabric made from this process is sometimes called bamboo linen.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Used for making fine bamboo furniture.
^ Music - Bamboo has been used to make music since humans first began to make music.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ PAPER PULP. Bamboo fibers have excellent qualities for paper making.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Made in the Powell tradition by the Yerxas of Colusa, CA. Beautifully hand made with a professional eye for detail and finish and top quality throughout.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
^ Beautifully hand made with a professional eye for detail and finish and top quality throughout.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
.^ The Japanese used split bamboo to make a basket like boat for fishing.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Small, dwarf bamboos are used as groundcovers, slightly larger bamboos make beautiful hedges, and the larger species make beautful specimen plants in the garden.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
[26]
Musical instruments
.^ With hollow, watertight compartments bamboo is a natural choice.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Running bamboos spread out forming a dense, underground network of rhizomes and roots making a very effective barrier to erosion.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Bamboo is organic, renewable, and sustainable making it my number one choice for clothing and other products such as sheets, underwear, curtains, and baby clothes.
.^ Flowering of Bamboos One of the mysteries of bamboo is how some species are able to flower periodically all over the world at the same time.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ This type of bamboo fabric is nothing more than rayon made using bamboo as the source of cellulose.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ So, after all that, there are many points to consider when weighing up whether or not to support bamboo clothing (or any other eco friendly clothing for that matter).- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Bamboo Rediscovered - by Victor Cusack Growing and using non-invasive, clumping bamboo for furniture, housing, fencing, food, musical instruments, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
holding the flute. The
Bamboo Organ of
Las Piñas,
Philippines has pipes made of bamboo culms.
.^ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Bamboo Rediscovered - by Victor Cusack Growing and using non-invasive, clumping bamboo for furniture, housing, fencing, food, musical instruments, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ This type of bamboo fabric is nothing more than rayon made using bamboo as the source of cellulose.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Probably as percussion instruments first, but over time almost every type of muscial instrument has been made with bamboo.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
.^ These bridges may be as simple as a few pieces of bamboo placed across a stream up to complex truss bridges , to suspension bridges using bamboo rope.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ This type of bamboo fabric is nothing more than rayon made using bamboo as the source of cellulose.- Organic_Clothing: Bamboo: Facts behind the Fiber 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC organicclothing.blogs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It readily forms dense masses of foliage in less light than most bamboos and may be effectively used for screening in shady places.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Used for making fine bamboo furniture.
^ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Bamboo Rediscovered - by Victor Cusack Growing and using non-invasive, clumping bamboo for furniture, housing, fencing, food, musical instruments, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Ancient Healing: Various parts of many bamboo species have been used in CHINESE AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE for centuries.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Water processing
.^ Plus bamboo uses little water during the growth period which means they can survive droughts.
^ In ancient Polynesia the people built big catamarans using bamboo for mast, shelter, rails, floors, and as containers for fresh water .- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Also bamboo uses very little water during the growing period which means they can survive droughts.
.^ We also occasionally remove unwanted bamboo free of charge upon request, if we have time and have a use for it.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Tools for Removing Bamboo: A shovel, hatchet, ax, pick, strong maddox, and a long, strong pry bar are the most common tools used for removing bamboo.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The use of boron salt solution as a preservation also inhibits fire from starting or spreading in bamboo utilized structurally.
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Transportation
Bamboo in Asian culture
.^ Chinese Bamboo Silk Long Dresses Cheongsam Black 34 44 US $28.82 .
The rarity of its
blossoming has led to the flowers' being regarded as a sign of impending famine.
.^ Flowering of the individual plant may continue for 2 to 7 years and is often fatal, but with extra care and feeding, the mother plant may survive and just be smaller.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
The most recent flowering began in May 2006 (see
Mautam).
.^ Bamboo runners may be easily contained, since the rhizomes grow sideways at a depth of only about 2-18 inches.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ This is called gregarious flowering. This was the case with Phyllostachys bambusoides when it flowered during the 1970's, as it has done every 120 years through recorded bamboo history.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ The yield of large poles from the large-growing species was about 1,000 per acre per year.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Compendium of Chinese Bamboo by Shilin, Naixun, Maoyi This is one of the most complete monographs in the field of bamboo research.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
These four
plants also represent the four
seasons and, in
Confucian ideology, four aspects of the
junzi ("prince" or "noble one").
.^ POLES. Bamboo is the best plant known for fish poles or poles for knocking pecans or other nuts from trees.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The "Three Friends" is traditionally used as a system of ranking in Japan, for example in
sushi sets or accommodations at a traditional
Ryokan (inn).
.^ The bamboo was 14 to 19 years old at the first cutting, but the canes were only 5 years old when the second cutting was made.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In
Japan, a bamboo forest sometimes surrounds a Shinto
shrine as part of a sacred barrier against
evil. Many Buddhist temples also have bamboo groves.
.^ It is an excellent synopsis of identifying local species, and the management and treatment of bamboo in Hawaii.
^ It can reaching 10” diameter with up to 2” thick walls at the base, continuing with very thick walls, this is the largest known local timber bamboo.
^ Ten feet was used because it was known from past cutting that the bamboo would recover in at least a 10-foot strip.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ In very hot summer climates , the best planting times for bamboos are early spring and late fall.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Even in one bamboo grove, there are variations of 50 to 60 days between early and late spring sprouting.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Early 20th century, Tonkin bamboo Chubb made with a distinctive swelled butt using spliced Cedar interspersed with the bamboo strips.- Bamboo Inventory 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.codella.com [Source type: General]
In the
calligraphy of Zhang's style, the poem
Returning to My Farm in the Field by the 4th century poet
Tao Yuanming is incised on the holder.
Bamboo plays an important part of the
culture of Vietnam. Bamboo symbolizes the spirit of
Vovinam (a Vietnamese martial arts): "cương nhu phối triển" (coordination between
hard and soft (martial arts)). Bamboo also symbolizes the Vietnamese hometown and Vietnamese soul: the gentlemanlike, straightforwardness, hard working, optimism, unity and adaptableness.
.^ It appears that the number of buds sprouting varies with the species of bamboo.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Therefore the Vietnam nation and Vietnamese value will be maintained and developed eternally. Traditional Vietnamese villages are surrounded by thick bamboo hedges (
lũy tre).
The ethnic group known as the
Bozo of
West Africa, take their name from the Bambara phrase
bo-so, which means "bamboo house".
.^ Hundreds of new uses have been found for bamboo.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Though there are several different ways to cure bamboo, we use the air-drying method exclusively, as do most bamboo processors around the world that we have seen.
^ Hot and dry climates may choose from recommendations made for the southwest or high desert, colder mountain climates from the northern recommendations, etc.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
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Myths and legends
.^ BIOLOGY AND CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS Botany of Bamboo Bamboos are true grasses, characterized by hollow or rarely solid stems closed at the joints, or nodes.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It is believed that if bamboo were grown for pulp, the limbs would not be removed and would be used in the pulping process; hence the dry weight reported is the total for limbs and stems.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In the
Philippine creation myth, legend tells that the first man and the first woman each emerged from split bamboo stems on an island created after the battle of the elemental forces (Sky and Ocean).
.^ WIND BREAKS. Bamboo is an excellent plant for wind breaks.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Small, dwarf bamboos are used as groundcovers, slightly larger bamboos make beautiful hedges, and the larger species make beautful specimen plants in the garden.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ (Golden Bamboo) Attractive, robust plant with dark green foliage on stiff yellow stems.
.^ Most botanical gardens have a section devoted to bamboo or Japanese gardens.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
Hawaiian bamboo ('ohe) is a kinolau or body form of the
Polynesian creator god
Kāne.
.^ Age of bamboo varied from 15 to 20 years, with average yield of 17-54 tons per acre.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The bamboo was 14 to 19 years old at the first cutting, but the canes were only 5 years old when the second cutting was made.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Sustainably Harvested & Annually Renewable: Mature bamboos produce new shoots and canes each year, which can be harvested individually without destroying the plant.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
An ancient
Vietnamese legend (
The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree) tells of a poor, young farmer who fell in love with his landlord's beautiful daughter. The farmer asked the landlord for his daughter's hand in marriage, but the proud landlord would not allow her to be bound in marriage to a poor farmer.
.^ Paper has been made from bamboo for hundreds of years.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ PSEUDOSASA Medium-size to tall shrub-like running bamboos with usually only one branch at each node; never more than three.
^ A clumping type, but
this is one of a handful of bamboos that grow new culms from the nodes of existing culms as well as from the root.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Pleioblastus A genus of small to medium size running bamboos with numerous branches at each node and culm sheaths which remain attached to the culm.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
.^ In general, the first year or two after transplanting, you will not see tremendous above-ground growth, as the plant is putting most of its energy into its root system.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ You'll need a piece of bamboo about two inches in diameter and 4 to 5 feet long.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
The story ends with the happy marriage of the farmer and the landlord's daughter after the landlord agreed to the marriage and asked to be separated from the bamboo.
Bamboo as a form of paper
.^ Chimonocalamus A group of medium sized clumping bamboos from subtropical mountainous regions of Yunnan, China.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Chimonobambusa A genus of medium sized bamboos from the Himalayas, China and Japan, which shoot fall and winter, and are difficult to propagate.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Culms used to be imported from China for making split bamboo fishing poles.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
The earliest surviving examples of such documents, written in ink on string-bound bundles of bamboo strips (or "slips"), date from the 5th c. BC during the
Warring States period.
.^ Used for making fine bamboo furniture.
^ The Japanese used split bamboo to make a basket like boat for fishing.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ These bridges may be as simple as a few pieces of bamboo placed across a stream up to complex truss bridges , to suspension bridges using bamboo rope.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
Bamboo or wooden strips were the standard writing material during the
Han dynasty and excavated examples have been found in abundance.
[31] .^ When I first began to investigate making paper I was discouraged to find how difficult it would be to process actual bamboo.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Music - Bamboo has been used to make music since humans first began to make music.- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ Ten feet was used because it was known from past cutting that the bamboo would recover in at least a 10-foot strip.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Chimonocalamus A group of medium sized clumping bamboos from subtropical mountainous regions of Yunnan, China.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Chimonobambusa A genus of medium sized bamboos from the Himalayas, China and Japan, which shoot fall and winter, and are difficult to propagate.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Fargesia A genus of very hardy, small to medium-sized, clumping mountain bamboos from the cool alpine conifer forests of West and southwest China.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
Several Paper industries are surviving on Bamboo forests.
.^ Finally, he suggested that we use our bamboo locally for building and to make value-added products for export.
^ An easier way to make paper from bamboo is to use the sheaths from new bamboo culms .- jmBamboo Nursery: Welcome! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.jmbamboo.com [Source type: General]
^ This property gives added flexibility to bamboo-made paper, imparting softness and smoothness to the final product.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Bamboo confused for rifle fire
It has been claimed that Bamboo can easily be confused for gunfire. This is true in two ways.
.^ Near Ocean (At least 200 away from water, with salt laden air, but not salt spray) In general, bamboo does not like salt laden air and is prone to leaf tip burn.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
The second method is that often if burned at night, the gases from these air pockets can ignite and cause an effect very similar to a muzzle flash. See the photo comparison below:
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Bamboo Ignited in campfire at night.
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.^ "Madake" Also known as Giant Japanese Timber Bamboo, this plant has bright green smooth canes and medium size leaves.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
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.^ ORNAMENTAL AND SHRUBS. A few of the bamboos are small and make excellent plants for use around the home as ornamentals.- http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.ag.auburn.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bamboos belong to the grass family, and their flowers look a lot like the flowers of other grasses, usually nothing spectacular, but quite varied.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
^ Mature plants look like tall clumps of giant feathers.- Bamboo plants for sale at our specialty nursery in Sebastopol, CA. Buy online! 10 February 2010 11:54 UTC www.bamboosourcery.com [Source type: General]
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A complete opium smoking “layout” including a bamboo opium pipe.
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Bicycle frame made of bamboo (1896)
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See also
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- ^ Gratani, Loretta; Maria Fiore Crescente, Laura Varone, Giuseppe Fabrini, and Eleonora Digiulio (2008). "Growth pattern and photosynthetic activity of different bamboo species growing in the Botanical Garden of Rome". Flora 203: 77–84. .
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- ^ Farrelly, David (1984). The Book of Bamboo. Sierra Club Books. ISBN 087156825X.
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- ^ "The Bamboo Fire Cycle Hypothesis: A Comment". The American Naturalist 6 (158): 659–663. 2001.
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- ^ "Gorillas get drunk on bamboo sap". Telegraph.co.uk. 23 March 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5037343/Gorillas-get-drunk-on-bamboo-sap.html. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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