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blowin · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: bamboo

If 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 Evil or Very Mad

. 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 ?

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

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 · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject:

Same experience myself ---it seems that you need a big rootball from a well established plant to get a new clump growing .

patsonline · Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 39 Location: North Mayo

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 Crying or Very sad

As you could have dug mine out Wink