Author Topic: Bamboo -- Arundinaria  (Read 3887 times)

Plantoid

  • Joined May 2011
  • Yorkshireman on a hill in wet South Wales
Bamboo -- Arundinaria
« on: May 13, 2012, 09:28:50 pm »
Have any of you grown big bamboos say an inch thick or thicker for a crop of plant supports  or for wind breaks etc. if so what were your soil types and what have you grown  , what care did you need for them ????
 I've looked at loads of sites on line and now want the real truths .
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clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Bamboo -- Arundinaria
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 08:00:28 am »
I haven't but I am thinking about planting some for the sheep to eat as I saw this discussed on the permies forum.
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

Plantoid

  • Joined May 2011
  • Yorkshireman on a hill in wet South Wales
Re: Bamboo -- Arundinaria
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 10:38:52 pm »
Thanks for the interesting reply that sheep eat them 
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