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- Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:20 am
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Why is Moso so hard to grow large?
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Re: Why is Moso so hard to grow large?
I think Moso just takes time and a little tending. I have Moso in a very hot dry climate.( humidity is around 10% in the summer) Chico CA. Put in as a 36 inch box, But lots of stress and infrequent watering. ( clay soil helps me survive the moisture problem- water maybe every 3 weeks in 100 plus deg...
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:43 am
- Forum: Experimenting with Bamboo
- Topic: Sunn hemp and biochar to prepare for bamboo plantation
- Replies: 3
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Re: Sunn hemp and biochar to prepare for bamboo plantation
I will probably grow another crop of the Sunn Hemp it to suppress weeds and use as mulch when the monsoons stop.....!!! Bio char is a little more than just burning the rice hulls. The process is more like making charcoal in something that can be airless a some point to stop the burning to create ch...
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:34 am
- Forum: Experimenting with Bamboo
- Topic: Drepanostachyum falcatum going to seed?
- Replies: 0
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Drepanostachyum falcatum going to seed?
Anyone else seeing this going to seed? I may have caused it by digging it out and forgetting to pot the clump for a couple of weeks and stressing it severely. I then move it to more sun from the original location. I'll let you know if the seeds seem viable. My Tsuboi when it went to seed grew hundre...
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:59 am
- Forum: Exchanges
- Topic: Othello Black Bamboo- price??
- Replies: 0
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Othello Black Bamboo- price??
I'm sort of down sizing my Bamboo collection. I don't think many have the Othello at this point, although I have been off the site for about 7 years due to jobs etc. ( Bamboo4me, now Bamboo4me2 as I changed jobs and the email was linked to my other employer.) I have 2 groves that have stayed true to...