Please refer to http://www.worldbamboocongress.org for information regarding the VIII World Bamboo Congress that is scheduled to be held in Thailand from 16-19...
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May 3, 2009 9:20 am
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G'day Cyrus, You must forgive Richard for his natural English reserve. Being an Australian, I am not so constrained. The topic of "bamboo fibre" has been...
I don't know how bamboo fiber for paper or cloth is made but I do know how it is done with other products. I would guess that you take your bamboo and soak it...
A VERY good answer Geoffrey::?? NOW if I can just figure out how this Puter illiterant can file it away, so as to be able fot "FIND" it for future refernce,...
The house is about 75 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, in Mexico. To the west the eastern Sierra Madre mountains start, in areas nearby are some of the heaviest...
Problem is, Doug, anyone outside China wanting to make the stuff needs to narrow it down a bit. Soak it in what? For how long? What sort of cleaning process?...
Perhaps, instead of spending the effort figuring out how the Chinese process the bamboo into rayon, another approach would be to understand how Lenzing is...
Knowledge is power ... and wealth. I see nothing wrong with protecting intellectual property, like the secret of silk-making that the Chinese held close for so...
... Well all I can say is do some research. What type of bamboo do they use? Can you get a DNA sample and ID it? I would research grass too because it might...
Dear group members, I am Johan van Duijn and currently living and working in Mozambique. With my background in tropical forestry i always had an interest in...
Certainly bamboo can help stabilize and protect riverbanks, providing timber, food and habitat. Some years ago, a visitor from China to a bamboo meeting told...
Does anyone know if there is a possibility to use bamboo fibers insted
cotton fibers for manufacturing clothes ? There is any work in this area? Please let me...
Dear Bamboo Friends - Our recent trip to Bangkok was very successful. Harsh Adhyapak from Equinox Marketing is our on-site coordinator. Kamesh met us there....
Hi Doug, it seems to me that a DNA profile by itself isn't going to help you much unless you have a DNA data bank to compare it too. Viscose, and acetate...
bill
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May 6, 2009 10:34 pm
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I have enjoyed the recent discussion and would like to share a few experiences that might help others from making similar mistakes. My background includes...
Hello Johan, It will be great to have you describe the native species as you get to know it. Daphne Lewis www.chalosulky.com "because dogs love to pull" ...
Good morning. There is a lot of possibilities using bamboo for cloths BUT beware of : Bamboo fibers are very oftently sold for 'natural' eco-friendly textile...
... This really struck me, what plant produces more fiber quicker? Seems to me, if you can't do it with bamboo then you really can't do it with anything in a...
Thank you for that,harry,very interesting indeed. I do have a couple questions though.. OSB sold for $4.00 a sheet seems mighty cheap. And large plants , at...
Hi All, Some chemical and chemical activity data can be found in the Phytochemical Database. Here is the only results that I found: Mexican Bamboo: ...
Be careful of some of the numbers being promoted. To hear from a farmer in Washington who has grown several species of Phyllostachys bamboo attend the American...
Hi Harry, I am saving this important email. Will I be seeing you at the American Bamboo Society Conference in Tacoma WA in October 2009. The theme is Bamboo...
Hello Rick, Washington State University at Puyallup, Washington USA has been doing varietal trials since 2001 when Carol Miles, Craig Cogger and Andy Bary...
Rick, The 2008 WSU grove report at http://www.pnwbamboo.org/download.php?view.23 shows the value of the shoots of P. aureosulcata, P. vivax and P. nuda were...
Hello Gib, Bill, Daphne, Rick and Douglas, I first would like to say I did not intend to bring up questions to discourage or negate the use of bamboo, but...
Thanks Harry, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have been looking at bamboo for so long I would really like to do something with it.I have...
Daphne,these are very encouraging numbers!! I am amazed. Thank you so much. I have just an acre to start with, what would you recommend as this will be my...
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