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==Introduction== | |||
What is the largest bamboo for growing in the Kansas City area ? | What is the largest bamboo for growing in the Kansas City area ? | ||
''Phyllostachys nuda'' is up to 34 feet high and 2 inches in diameter, but the website: | ''Phyllostachys nuda'' is up to 34 feet high and 2 inches in diameter, but the website: | ||
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says it will grow only 10 feet in zone 5. | says it will grow only 10 feet in zone 5. | ||
=Columbia, Missouri Example= | [[Image:bamboo2.jpg]] | ||
==Columbia, Missouri Example== | |||
'''Location:''' Columbia, Missouri | '''Location:''' Columbia, Missouri | ||
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cannot do it quickly. | cannot do it quickly. | ||
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"Here's a mild chemical treatment recipe: Mix 10kg boric+15kg borax for 200lts water (warm enough to dissolve the borax in it). Puncture the bamboo nodes and fill it up with this solution. Let it stand saturated for a week. Let it dry and ta-daa, it's ready to be used!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APvpo2TKXUs] | "Here's a mild chemical treatment recipe: Mix 10kg boric+15kg borax for 200lts water (warm enough to dissolve the borax in it). Puncture the bamboo nodes and fill it up with this solution. Let it stand saturated for a week. Let it dry and ta-daa, it's ready to be used!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APvpo2TKXUs] | ||
Revision as of 07:24, 29 April 2016
Main > Food and Agriculture > Growing plants
Introduction
What is the largest bamboo for growing in the Kansas City area ? Phyllostachys nuda is up to 34 feet high and 2 inches in diameter, but the website: http://www.lewisbamboo.com/nuda.html says it will grow only 10 feet in zone 5.
Columbia, Missouri Example
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Source: Yuyi Lin
Attached are the bamboo photos taken early this year. The bush is large enough for us to harvest a few pounds of fresh bamboo shoots this year. It tasted really good. In my home town (Fujian Province, China), the soil is red colored, a little on acidic side, and mostly clay type, bamboo grows very well and become very large. I put oak leaves in Fall on the bush to help the root from cold winter. For last a few years, the leaves did not turn yellow but remain green all year round, which is helpful. I will look into using large bamboo stem as bow material, but cannot do it quickly.
Uses
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Chemical Treatment For Stuctural Use
"Here's a mild chemical treatment recipe: Mix 10kg boric+15kg borax for 200lts water (warm enough to dissolve the borax in it). Puncture the bamboo nodes and fill it up with this solution. Let it stand saturated for a week. Let it dry and ta-daa, it's ready to be used!" [1]