Andi,
Agree with Rick. Would it be better for you to outsourcing, or joint venture
with the appopriate partners to get you job done. We are planning large scale
planting of asper here in Malaysia. And if you can take up the end we are most
happy to synergise.
Johnek



----- Original Message ----
From: rick gsell <possibilityofhappiness@...>
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:54:02
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Establishing a large Bamboo Plantation


I would be very interested in these new techniques,what are they???

--- On Tue, 8/19/08, G Cox <gdcox@clara. net> wrote:

From: G Cox <gdcox@clara. net>
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations ] Establishing a large Bamboo Plantation
To: bamboo-plantations@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 9:29 AM

Andi,

Bamboo species can differ, but if Apius can be treated in the same way as
Dendrocalamus Asper , then the planting material can be produced in great
numbers in three months ready to plant, based on experience with Asper in the
Philippines using new techniques.

I think it is odd to have your plantations in Queensland. The growth
productivity in some areas of countries like the Philippines and Indonesia is
higher as there are locations with effectively no dry season and rich volcanic
soil; as well as the cheap labour and the knowledge needed for bamboo
plantation. The land is probably much cheaper as well as there is plenty of
usable land not under cutivation yet ready for immediate bamboo establishment
(eg particularly slope land). You could have a maximum productivity tropical
plantation with a facilty to shred the bamboo and ship that to Oz if you don't
want to manfuacture the boards there.

But you may well have special reasons for doing the lot in a developed country
in which case just the first line of this email will be relevant. I can
introduce you to the experts that have achieved the 3 month propagation with
different species..

Regards

Graham Cox

(capital.connection
@gmail.com)

----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Benson
To: bamboo-plantations@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:29 AM
Subject: [bamboo-plantations ] Establishing a large Bamboo Plantation

Hi Folks,
I am currently working with an Australian / Indonesian venture group
producing bamboo composite boards for housing.
We are looking to establish plantations in Queensland and the Northern
Territory in Australia using Gigantola Apus as this variety is best
suited to our product. For our first plantation we will need
approximately 200,000 seedlings.
I'm getting some conflicting numbers from nurseries in Indonesia and
Australia regarding the growth time for this species. So I thought I'd
ask this group.
Basically we want to be able to harvest the bamboo as soon as possible
- say at a 10 meter length. I'm told by nurseries in Indonesia that it
takes 2 years to produce 'sticks' in the nursery, ready for planting
in the plantation and then another 5 to 6 years for the bamboo to
reach it's maximum height - say 20 meters. The Australians say maybe 3
to 4 years after planted.
My boss says "I thought it was a grass ! Can't we get it in like about
6 months ?"
certainly factors such as soil , Ph levels, humidity, rain fall will
all effect growth somewhat.
Any comments, replies from your own experiences or knowledge, would be
most welcome.
Regards,

Andi B

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