It does preserve, as for insect repellent properties I'm not certain either one of them would do very well. The other property they have in common is water...
Jonas
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Mar 2, 2003 1:10 am
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I have nothing aginst exotic compounds added to linseed. But I wasn't about to reccommend them to Edgar, because they can cost easily three or four time more,...
Jonas
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Mar 2, 2003 1:11 am
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Thank you....I had assumed the only one that would work would be the ethyl...and it worked by killing the spores that caused rotting....also assumed that would...
The other 2 compounds are not particularly fancy or expensive but it is a preparation more for timber furniture or turners; though I have never used it on...
Greetings, Luis C Rios, an architect from Colombia, that works under natural and ecological concepts, uses a mix of Linseed Oil and Bee Wax. One aplies the ...
Raphael, Please can you tell me the botanical name of this Embauba tree and if it is from Brasil or not? On the same subject canauba wax, from the palm of the...
Thanks Raphael, I guess I'm not the only one who has come up with this idea of using linseed oil on bamboo. It is a good inexpensive product. Unfortunately...
Jonas
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Mar 3, 2003 11:36 pm
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BTN-NEWS MARCH 2003 Electronic Newsletter of the BAMBOO THEMATIC NETWORK www.bamboonetwork.org IN THIS ISSUE: 1) Reflections on Bamboo Blight, Bamboo...
Hi Richard, we are plenty of Embaúba tree here, for sure. Its leaves has a magical silver tone beneath, and the tree looks brilliant surrounded by other green...
Hi Folks, I am looking for someone who can tell me how large the following species of bamboo will grow in Davis, California. Phyllostachys bambusoides 'madake'...
Greetings all, i have to apologise and make a correction to my last statements: Celinna Llerena, the author of the pavillion i refered to, used CARNAÚBA TREE...
Daniel, The nights are too cool in davis for the big temperate runners. Bambusoides and vivax are much the same, and would take fifteen years to reach maximum...
Darwin Nelson
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Mar 7, 2003 5:56 am
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I have some acreage along the American River in Aurburn , CA. It get cold and it get very hot but I can get water from the river if needed. What are my...
Darwin Nelson <darwin.nelson@...> wrote: The nights are too cool in davis for the big temperate runners. Darwin, Living an hour from Davis, I beg to...
I can upload some pictures of a building that we built from this storied grove... if only I could figure out how to post them. The trusses are about 30 feet...
Darwin, Wouldn't the arid air of CA influence the growth of the clumpers, which as I understand are regulated by seasonal rains perhaps more so than seasonal...
George Shor and Quail are in the Southern warmer part of the state. There is atleast one collection with moso in Northern CA, i.e. Hakone Gardens in Saratoga...
These sub-tropical bamboos can be damaged by the cold right on the bay in the east bay area. I doubt if they will grow large in David due to periodic freezes....
Ned Jaquith
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Mar 8, 2003 4:53 am
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No wonder I couldn't find it at my local "home improvement" store. All references to it mentioned a latex like substance.... no mention of oil. Jonas...
Jonas
tachyon98@...
Mar 8, 2003 4:54 am
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Hi all, Can anyone help Mauricio with his enquiries? I don't have access to any seed just now. Kevin Lang ... From: Mauricio Chepote To:...
This is my first posting IM located in forestville calif about 30 miles inland from the coast at about 400 feet elevation 60 miles north of San Francisco my...
RMihares@...
Mar 8, 2003 5:00 am
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INBAR proceedings No. 8 "Bamboo Scaffplds in Building Construction" is available. Jinhe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fu, Jinhe Ph. D. Program...
This morning, two staff of China Central Television 10, "Green Space-Time" visited me and they are going to make a series of TV programs on bamboo, which focus...
I live in SW Virginia and have two groves of runners that I need to move. Is the best way to move them with a tree spade? Whole plants/ or should we cut the...
Dear Mr. mauricio chepote , In the Western ghat forests of India Dendrocalamus strictus and Bambusa bambu are in flowers. They take time to mature as seeds. If...
Darrel, just a slightly irrelevent query: would heaping clean, loose straw around those new shoots be as effective as that "hi-tech" [ ;-) ] solution of the...
Hi! I am a landowner in N. Alabama and have recently become interested in medium-scale cultivation of bamboo as a building material alternative. Can anyone...
Re: who killed bamboo?Yahoo Bamboo Plantation Group; This e-mail is from a participant from the "Building with Bamboo Workshop" which was produced by...