Just a quick comment on the issue of bamboo in the ground. Here in Vietnam (and I assume other places) bamboo pilings have been used for at least the last 100...
I am desperately looking for a filmed sequence showing the growth of a (any) bamboo. If you have access to such a dvd/file, please let me know (non- commercial...
My dear Dr. N. Barathi, Thank you for the nice peice of advice about bamboo and bananas. Below here with please find the details of soil analysis of...
Singh RB
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Nov 1, 2006 10:01 pm
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Dear Kinder I am very glad to read that you are back at home . We wish that Marylen is better. The conference in Hilo was very nice. We mostly enjoyed meeting...
derick calderon
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Nov 1, 2006 10:02 pm
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Dear Dr.Karve, We have already developed 100 metres width of casuarinas shelter belt all along the coastal length of 55 km and it has proved its protective...
Singh RB
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Nov 1, 2006 10:02 pm
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This is just for the information of the members. In the first place no tree is bad tree.Human beings can be termed good or bad not the plant kingdom. ...
Singh RB
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Nov 1, 2006 10:02 pm
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And is not Arundo Donax pretty salt tolerant? In fact can live in salt water? It is happy growing in sand and sand dunes. In perfect conditions can grow to 10...
You must write Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) from casuarius (casoar). ant not Casuariana. More than 50 sp. in India, you mostly have Casuarina equisetifolia (iron...
Bernard Pinoteau
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Nov 1, 2006 10:10 pm
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Arundo Donax is NOT a bamboo, it is a giant reed! Certainly Arundo Donax will grow in places where bamboo does not grow, will not grow and sometimes clogs...
Hi Kinder C, Thank you for the reference to Prof. Liese's "Compendium on the treatment of bamboos". I am aware of that publication and also the excellent work...
Dear RBSingh, Your soil is suitable for bamboo and you may have to feed the bamboo with good quantity of macro nutrient like NPK. Based on the soil report , I...
News Appeared today (Wed Nov 8, 2006)in THE Business Line (Hindu Group)on Bamboo is given for your information. Dr N.Barathi M.Sc(Ag), Ph.D. Director, Growmore...
Dear Daphne, I have tried to enter in contact with this company thru email, but did not received an answer. Did you have best luck? best wishes, Raphael Moras...
Dear Dr. Barathi, Thanks for your response. Here and there we have grown bamboo in Sriharikota. Water holding capacity is low and we have been adding red soil,...
Singh RB
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Nov 9, 2006 1:10 pm
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Dear Hong, let's not forget that there exist some not chemical based bamboo preservation methods. It's use would depend on your effectiveness parameters. One...
Dear colleagues, this text states that in India 8,96 million hectares are covered with bamboo forests in India. This is very different from the 4 million...
Dear friends of bamboo, I'm searching for information on bamboo suppliers/ nurseries and plantations in Cambodia. Also, which species are common there? I'll be...
Daphne wrote: At the American Bamboo Society Annual meeting in Hawaii, we were introduced to a new product called Petra Shield. It uses nano technology to...
Dear Ran Lichtner, I am supplying bamboo plants propagated by tissue culture through out world. Depending on the final use of bamboo and your climatic ...
Rafael I am also waiting for an answer regards Derick ... From: Raphael Moras de Vasconcellos To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
derick calderon
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Nov 10, 2006 4:56 am
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Hi Jim & Daphne I'm having problems accessing that URL below and can't seem to raise anything relevant on "PetraShield" or "Petra Shield" on Google. DO you...
Hi Raphael, I've tried to enter the website given (http://www.ptrashield.com <http://www.ptrashield.com/> ) but could not do so. I think either there is a...
Hellow, The figure for india is for natural bamboo forests.Now it has come down to some 7. odd million hectares. 4 million hectares are all probably planted...
Hi Derick and Rafael, I did not try to contact them and I was surprised at how little information was available on the web site when I went there. They were ...
Dear Raphael, I have been doing testing on these Cedar products for two months. The claims that are made would change bamboo construction forever, however to...
Dear Raphael & Lakshmana There are loads of misinformation about bamboo in India and China and the benchmarks used for reporting are not uniform and therefore...
Thank you, Leimana, for this report. I look forward to further results as I was excited by PetraShields claims. I met you at the Hawaii American Bamboo Society...