Archive for countrytalkandtips.myfreeforum.org ........................ smallholding, crafts and country life ................................................... IN IRELAND .......................................................
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blowin
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bambooIf you are planning to grow bamboo for ornament or canes take note that sheep , goats and deer and horses seem to prefer it to anything else  . Fortunately it seems to grow back once the roots have become well established but mine has never had the chance to get more than a couple of feet tall .
Has anyone looked into or tried growing the edible variety -- bamboo shoots as used in Chinese cooking ?
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wayland
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Not had any experience at the edible variety meself, but I do have a plant growing
for its canes. Bamboo seems a bit of a problem in getting it propagated. Apart from using a huge great root ball, I have had no success from taking cuttings
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blowin
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Same experience myself ---it seems that you need a big rootball from a well established plant to get a new clump growing .
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patsonline
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Beware though where you plant your Bamboo! It spreads like wildfire, and you just may be sorry you bothered in the first place. I just dug mine out...wish I had known you were looking for one  As you could have dug mine out 
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