Hello Group My wife and I are interested in exploring the commercial textile possibilities in bamboo growth and production. We will be attending next...
Hi Victor and friends. I know I've asked this before, but I've since changed computers and lost the bookmark :) I'm trying to get some specific information on...
There is a draft copy of an online dichotomous key that can be found here: http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/research/bamboo/keys/USbamboo/usbamboo.htm l (for...
Reaves, Hello, I think your on the cutting edge of a new agricultural market for domestical grown bamboo. I understand that most commercial bamboo (paper,...
Hi to everybody in the group, here is the question about this highland bamboo species, Arundinaria alpina (recently named as Yushania alpina).The question is,...
Hi Tadesse Best way to propagate is from seed. Can you find a population in flower? Second best way is by division of rhizomes during the wet season when the...
Hi Can someone give me some very basic ideas on treating cut bamboo ito insect prevention and or eradication? I have read that borax works well and is harmless...
Bobby Jackson
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Jul 10, 2008 7:54 pm
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Hi ian here to try to help you on this subject for insects. We use a chemicel called solignum. It is manufactured by appointment of the Queen of england BUT to...
To: bamboo-plantations@...: gib@...: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:50:30 -0700Subject: [bamboo-plantations] Information about...
Punya Poudyal
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Jul 11, 2008 6:27 pm
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Hello, We are growers/importers of Asper/Timber Bamboo, sustainably grown in Ecuador. We are looking to develop a market in the U.S. Does anyone have any...
How much would a container cost?...Bill ... From: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of bambooecuador ...
McBreen, William H. [...
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Jul 11, 2008 9:53 pm
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Thanks, Punya Poudal, for that very thorough and concise outline of the procedure for propagation by means of culm sections. This is a really excellent...
For specific and general information it would be useful to post detailed photos. Tropical bamboo has very different markings form Moso etc and how the...
G Cox
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Jul 12, 2008 9:13 pm
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Hai there, Here we have not reach the stage of products processing but intending to reach there and asper have been our choice. If engineered asper is...
i would like to start a bamboo grove, any one that has any tips would be great, what kind? what spaceing? how long until market? how many plants? how many...
Dear John, are not other larger bamboo species present in US, such as Guadua angustifolia, Gigantoclhoa apus or Dendrocalamus giganteus? best wishes, Raphael...
Hi Emily Thanks for your response in regards to havesting bamboo for textile use. I attended the annual meeting in Asheville and found it useful. I am...
Johnek, Where are you located? I am not familiar with carpets. Asper and I presume other tropical bamboos have nodes that darken considerably with age. So...
G Cox
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Jul 14, 2008 11:03 pm
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Hi The high altitude regions of Darjeeling, W. Bengal (India) are infested with wild growth of Arundinaria maling (Maling bamboo). Pecularities of the bamboo...
Raphael – The species you mentioned below are tropicals and grow well in South Florida, South Texas, Southern California, and Hawaii. I know they grow in ...
Dear all, 1-3 Nov there may be a bamboo charcoal forum included in a cultural festival in Zhejiang,the first charcoal museum will have its openning ceremony...
Hello Raphael- the bamboos you mention are all tropical bamboo species / 99% of the US (except for Hawaii) cannot grow these bamboo species..............Gulf...
... Maybe you know of this already, but didn't pick it up in running thru this thread... the ABS source list is indexed on the bambooweb.info site, with...
Frank, A word of caution. If you go to China mainly to see a bamboo "fiber" factory, you will almost certainly be disappointed. Up to now the Chinese have...
Bamboo sector has a potential to grow a lot with abundant resources in terms of Bamboo Species, manpower as well as requirement for usage of bamboo products...
Thanks Dr., for your suggestion.The species you are refering me is some what different from mine.Arundinaria alpina is, of course a highland bamboo species,...
Hi Raphael I suggest you a talk with Mike Richards from Live Oak Gardens. They are a wholesale nursery (bamboo)located in South Louisiana at Jefferson Island ....