jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2014 7:05:42 GMT -5
Hey James, do you know if there are any boos that can handle 5K altitude and extreme winters? I would LOVE to quit trying to get trees grown up fast enough for privacy around here in Idaho lol The best advice I can give you Nick is to visit local nurseries and find out what they say. I took a chance on the desirable black bamboo and used it for a wind break for my nursery. It did great for 18 years till the -2F hit this year. The grove is 300' long and 30' wide. Estimated cost to shred mulch it w/heavy equipment is $3000. See the green canes to the very left and right ? Those are cold hardy to -10/20F. The black, about 0F. It is a mess.  It is very dense. These canes are dying and blocking the entrance to the nursery.  |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 11, 2014 7:56:17 GMT -5
*S* So do you encounter Far(Fire) Ants while you're out cutting all that bamboo?....Mel
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2014 9:11:45 GMT -5
Mel, I don't know if I even feel wasp stings when cutting and piling the bamboo. I lost 30 pounds fooling with a small portion of that patch.
They tangle,trip,stab and present danger to your eyes. And the worst thing you can do is fall into the cut off canes. it stops the diesel tractor
dead in it's tracks. Even a loader has to work it's way in. The only good part is when you set (far) to the stack you piled !
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2014 9:26:53 GMT -5
After cutting all the bamboo in the above photo w/the ATV and piling it where it was growing I had a massive fire-exactly on top of where it was growing. This is 2 months later, same spot. Does it look dead ??   |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 11, 2014 11:26:22 GMT -5
So it's basically indestructible? Only a good freeze will kill it. After having had invading bamboo in my yard years ago from the neighbor's yard (digging it out was not fun!), I would not ever plant it purposefully in my yard. But it looks great on your plantation, James.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 13:05:29 GMT -5
can you just burn the grove as it stands?
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1nickthegreek
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Post by 1nickthegreek on Jun 11, 2014 14:16:51 GMT -5
Hey James, do you know if there are any boos that can handle 5K altitude and extreme winters? I would LOVE to quit trying to get trees grown up fast enough for privacy around here in Idaho lol The best advice I can give you Nick is to visit local nurseries and find out what they say. I took a chance on the desirable black bamboo and used it for a wind break for my nursery. It did great for 18 years till the -2F hit this year. The grove is 300' long and 30' wide. Estimated cost to shred mulch it w/heavy equipment is $3000. See the green canes to the very left and right ? Those are cold hardy to -10/20F. The black, about 0F. It is a mess. Appreciate the info jamesp, will see if any of the local ones are able to get it!!!  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2014 15:50:42 GMT -5
can you just burn the grove as it stands? Power lines run over it and it would probably kill the crop in the greenhouse flanking it. It is falling to the ground. and then I could burn it. you know how hot those fires get when they are fueled by trees with up flow. |
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