Cut bamboo grove down

Can't those be used for something? Seems like a waste to burn them.

I trim and manacure so much bamboo Rob.That is black bamboo(P.Nigra) and it leans and lays over.The trees around it have grown tall and started to shade it causing it to get soft and lay over worse.And the canes are short lived,especially in that spot.That spot has poor drainage and this year has been wet and cool killing so much of it.I cose a bad spot for it.

Snuffy,i know zero about bamboo reproduction.It was a curse when i was selling it because it all died back when it set seed.If the bamboo around your barn set seed next year it would kill every adult cane.The roots would survive,but it would have to start over from roots.
I know that is strange.I have about 35 different varieties and one set seed and it about killed it all.I think it only sets seed every 60 years for your running variety.Now that i got the net i will search and put a link.You got me curious about the 60 year thing.
Here is the story:
They flower once in their lifetime and the flowering is gregarious. Bamboos in a particular locality flower simultaneously. But the flowering period of a particular bamboo forest is unpredictable. One never knows when the plants will flower. It may take 10, 20 to 60 years for maturity and then flower. Bamboos die after flowering and production of huge quatities of seeds. The seeds are shed from the plant to form a thick mat that covers the ground. The seeds have a very little or no dormancy period that means after production of seeds, they cannot be stored for a long time for raising next plantations. They have to be used immediately in a month or two. The seeds under natural conditions germinate easily on availablity of water. The entire mass of seeds then gets converted into small seedlings once they get enough water for germination. Ususlly the seeds are shed before mansoon and immediately after first showers the seed germinate.

I know that the beautiful P.Castillon seeded about 20 years ago.I was able to find a grove making a comeback and plant on my place.I gave it good conditions to grow fast knowing it was highly sought after.I supplied a lot at a premium price.
When a bamboo variety goes to seed,it usually kills every stalk of that particular variety-in China,in Texas,in Alabama-over the whole world.Crazy

Dude,if I was closer,I would load my trk up with that bamboo......Its hard to work with,but when it works out,its nice projects when finished!