On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:20:35 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:

This stand of Bamboo was planted eight years ago. Last year it doubled in
size. This year the bamboo are already jumping out of the ground. BIG BAMBOO
shoots are coming up. These shoots weren't there last night and now they've
already grown over a foot tall. I've been watching and waiting. They make a
pretty good privacy screen. It increases property value to have trees,
schrubs, and other plants, especially out here in the desert.

I plan to have a forest by the time I'm done.


You planed the wrong kind of bamboo unless you are planning on
shooting a remake of Tarzan.
The many types of bamboo fall into two broad categories. The walking
kind and the clumping kind. It sounds like you have the walking kind
and it will take over your yard.
Right up the river from me Thomas Edison was paying the Koreshans to
grow various strains (for the light bulb experiments) and we still
have good examples of several types. When I stole some shoots for my
yard, I was careful to get the clumping kind. They can't control the
walking stuff that is still popping up everywhere on the site.

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:20:35 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:

This stand of Bamboo was planted eight years ago. Last year it doubled
in
size. This year the bamboo are already jumping out of the ground. BIG
BAMBOO
shoots are coming up. These shoots weren't there last night and now
they've
already grown over a foot tall. I've been watching and waiting. They make
a
pretty good privacy screen. It increases property value to have trees,
schrubs, and other plants, especially out here in the desert.

I plan to have a forest by the time I'm done.


You planed the wrong kind of bamboo unless you are planning on
shooting a remake of Tarzan.
The many types of bamboo fall into two broad categories. The walking
kind and the clumping kind. It sounds like you have the walking kind
and it will take over your yard.
Right up the river from me Thomas Edison was paying the Koreshans to
grow various strains (for the light bulb experiments) and we still
have good examples of several types. When I stole some shoots for my
yard, I was careful to get the clumping kind. They can't control the
walking stuff that is still popping up everywhere on the site

Japanese Timber Bamboo is what mine is. It's the running kind. It's 100 feet
from the house so there's plenty of room for it to grow. It's supposed to be
able to get six inches around, and 60 feet tall. Right now the biggest
diameter is about 1/4 inch. The BIG SHOOTS will open up and won't be as big
as they are now, but every year the shoots get bigger. None of it is over
six foot tall yet.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:59:33 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:20:35 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:

This stand of Bamboo was planted eight years ago. Last year it doubled in
size. This year the bamboo are already jumping out of the ground. BIG BAMBOO
shoots are coming up. These shoots weren't there last night and now they've
already grown over a foot tall. I've been watching and waiting. They make a
pretty good privacy screen. It increases property value to have trees,
schrubs, and other plants, especially out here in the desert.

I plan to have a forest by the time I'm done.


You planed the wrong kind of bamboo unless you are planning on
shooting a remake of Tarzan.
The many types of bamboo fall into two broad categories. The walking
kind and the clumping kind. It sounds like you have the walking kind
and it will take over your yard.
Right up the river from me Thomas Edison was paying the Koreshans to
grow various strains (for the light bulb experiments) and we still
have good examples of several types. When I stole some shoots for my
yard, I was careful to get the clumping kind. They can't control the
walking stuff that is still popping up everywhere on the site.

+ 1 It will grown under the neighbor's fence and invade his property.
And **** off a pool owner :-)

I've been to the Edison place on the river. Grew up near there on the
river, further east.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:11:29 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:

Japanese Timber Bamboo is what mine is. It's the running kind. It's 100 feet
from the house so there's plenty of room for it to grow. It's supposed to be
able to get six inches around, and 60 feet tall. Right now the biggest
diameter is about 1/4 inch. The BIG SHOOTS will open up and won't be as big
as they are now, but every year the shoots get bigger. None of it is over
six foot tall yet.


Your neighbor will love you --- until.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:15:16 -0700, Oren wrote:

You planed the wrong kind of bamboo unless you are planning on
shooting a remake of Tarzan.
The many types of bamboo fall into two broad categories. The walking
kind and the clumping kind. It sounds like you have the walking kind
and it will take over your yard.
Right up the river from me Thomas Edison was paying the Koreshans to
grow various strains (for the light bulb experiments) and we still
have good examples of several types. When I stole some shoots for my
yard, I was careful to get the clumping kind. They can't control the
walking stuff that is still popping up everywhere on the site.

+ 1 It will grown under the neighbor's fence and invade his property.
And **** off a pool owner :-)

I've been to the Edison place on the river. Grew up near there on the
river, further east.

The bamboo is in Estero at the Koreshan site. There are also a few
patches along the river but they are the clumping variety. I am
guessing someone transplanted them. I got mine from what is now the
West Bay Club.

On 4/20/2017 5:19 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:11:29 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:

Japanese Timber Bamboo is what mine is. It's the running kind. It's 100 feet
from the house so there's plenty of room for it to grow. It's supposed to be
able to get six inches around, and 60 feet tall. Right now the biggest
diameter is about 1/4 inch. The BIG SHOOTS will open up and won't be as big
as they are now, but every year the shoots get bigger. None of it is over
six foot tall yet.


Your neighbor will love you --- until.

That's right. It can attack houses damaging walls. I've seen stands of
bamboo just about nuked and grow back.

Frank"frank wrote:
On 4/20/2017 5:19 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:11:29 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:

Japanese Timber Bamboo is what mine is. It's the running kind. It's 100 feet
from the house so there's plenty of room for it to grow. It's supposed to be
able to get six inches around, and 60 feet tall. Right now the biggest
diameter is about 1/4 inch. The BIG SHOOTS will open up and won't be as big
as they are now, but every year the shoots get bigger. None of it is over
six foot tall yet.


Your neighbor will love you --- until.

That's right. It can attack houses damaging walls. I've seen stands of
bamboo just about nuked and grow back.

That sounds like Johnson grass. It's against the law to transplant Johnson grass in Texas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_grass

This stand of Bamboo was planted eight years ago. Last year it doubled in
size. This year the bamboo are already jumping out of the ground. BIG BAMBOO
shoots are coming up. These shoots weren't there last night and now they've
already grown over a foot tall. I've been watching and waiting. They make a
pretty good privacy screen. It increases property value to have trees,
schrubs, and other plants, especially out here in the desert.

I plan to have a forest by the time I'm done.

On 4/21/2017 3:36 PM, Tekkie� wrote:
On 20-Apr-2017, "Windows ME" wrote:

This stand of Bamboo was planted eight years ago. Last year it doubled in
size. This year the bamboo are already jumping out of the ground. BIG
BAMBOO
shoots are coming up. These shoots weren't there last night and now
they've
already grown over a foot tall. I've been watching and waiting. They make
a
pretty good privacy screen. It increases property value to have trees,
schrubs, and other plants, especially out here in the desert.

I plan to have a forest by the time I'm done.
Around here the municipalities are banning it because it becomes so
invasive. I don't know how to get rid of it but find out and then do it.
NOW.


You have to saw/chop/cut the bamboo off at the ground and then mow the area whenever the new shoots are 3" high. Eventually it will stop growing back.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:36:16 GMT, "Tekkie®"
wrote:

Around here the municipalities are banning it because it becomes so
invasive. I don't know how to get rid of it but find out and then do it.
NOW.

IIRC, the invasive type has tubers under ground; unlike the clumping
type. Until you get every tuber out of the ground you are SOL.

On 4/21/2017 5:04 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:36:16 GMT, "Tekkie®"
wrote:

Around here the municipalities are banning it because it becomes so
invasive. I don't know how to get rid of it but find out and then do it.
NOW.

IIRC, the invasive type has tubers under ground; unlike the clumping
type. Until you get every tuber out of the ground you are SOL.


Our neighbor behind us has the invasive bamboo growing in the back
corner of their yard. I fight it every year so it won't spread into my
gardens raised beds. I've got lots of bamboo canes cut down and dried
laying in the back of the yard. They're ok to use for garden posts only
after they've completely dried. If you try to use them before that,
they'll root and start growing. The stand of bamboo grows as tall as
the telephone pole that's right next to it. It's beautiful in it's own
right, but a PITA!

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Maggie

On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 4:25:22 PM UTC-4, Windows ME wrote:
This stand of Bamboo was planted eight years ago. Last year it doubled in
size. This year the bamboo are already jumping out of the ground. BIG BAMBOO
shoots are coming up. These shoots weren't there last night and now they've
already grown over a foot tall. I've been watching and waiting. They make a
pretty good privacy screen. It increases property value to have trees,
schrubs, and other plants, especially out here in the desert.

I plan to have a forest by the time I'm done.

Oh...wow...man. I thought you were talking about Big Bambu.

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Bambu-Rol.../dp/B004VSMCSA

On 4/20/2017 7:19 PM, mysterious traveler wrote:


Frank"frank wrote:
On 4/20/2017 5:19 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:11:29 -0500, "Windows ME"
wrote:
Japanese Timber Bamboo is what mine is. It's the running kind.
It's 100 feet
from the house so there's plenty of room for it to grow. It's
supposed to be
able to get six inches around, and 60 feet tall. Right now the biggest
diameter is about 1/4 inch. The BIG SHOOTS will open up and won't
be as big
as they are now, but every year the shoots get bigger. None of it
is over
six foot tall yet.

Your neighbor will love you --- until.
That's right. It can attack houses damaging walls. I've seen
stands of bamboo just about nuked and grow back.

That sounds like Johnson grass. It's against the law to transplant
Johnson grass in Texas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_grass


Stands I've seen where much taller than Johnson grass. The wall damage
was mentioned in the paper by a county councilman as apparently it had
happened to her.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:31:22 -0500, Muggles
wrote:

On 4/21/2017 5:04 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:36:16 GMT, "Tekkie®"
wrote:

Around here the municipalities are banning it because it becomes so
invasive. I don't know how to get rid of it but find out and then do it.
NOW.

IIRC, the invasive type has tubers under ground; unlike the clumping
type. Until you get every tuber out of the ground you are SOL.


Our neighbor behind us has the invasive bamboo growing in the back
corner of their yard. I fight it every year so it won't spread into my
gardens raised beds. I've got lots of bamboo canes cut down and dried
laying in the back of the yard. They're ok to use for garden posts only
after they've completely dried. If you try to use them before that,
they'll root and start growing. The stand of bamboo grows as tall as
the telephone pole that's right next to it. It's beautiful in it's own
right, but a PITA!

The advantage of having bamboo is you have an unending supply of
building material
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20bar.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20install.jpg
Just be sure it is a clumping variety

On 4/21/2017 7:23 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:31:22 -0500, Muggles
wrote:

On 4/21/2017 5:04 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:36:16 GMT, "Tekkie®"
wrote:

Around here the municipalities are banning it because it becomes so
invasive. I don't know how to get rid of it but find out and then do it.
NOW.

IIRC, the invasive type has tubers under ground; unlike the clumping
type. Until you get every tuber out of the ground you are SOL.


Our neighbor behind us has the invasive bamboo growing in the back
corner of their yard. I fight it every year so it won't spread into my
gardens raised beds. I've got lots of bamboo canes cut down and dried
laying in the back of the yard. They're ok to use for garden posts only
after they've completely dried. If you try to use them before that,
they'll root and start growing. The stand of bamboo grows as tall as
the telephone pole that's right next to it. It's beautiful in it's own
right, but a PITA!


The advantage of having bamboo is you have an unending supply of
building material
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20bar.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20install.jpg
Just be sure it is a clumping variety


I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last fall!

--
Maggie

On 04/22/2017 02:44 PM, Muggles wrote:
I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last fall!

http://www.shakuhachi.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make...utes-for-free/

The pan flutes are the easiest...

On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:44:44 -0500, Muggles
wrote:

I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last fall!


Make a fishing pole, aka cane pole.

On 4/22/2017 4:05 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 04/22/2017 02:44 PM, Muggles wrote:
I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last
fall!

http://www.shakuhachi.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make...utes-for-free/

The pan flutes are the easiest...

Do you want some bamboo?

--
Maggie

On 4/22/2017 5:38 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:44:44 -0500, Muggles
wrote:

I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last fall!


Make a fishing pole, aka cane pole.


All I'd need is some place to go fishing and the time to do it!

--
Maggie

On 04/22/2017 04:44 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 4/22/2017 4:05 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 04/22/2017 02:44 PM, Muggles wrote:
I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last
fall!

http://www.shakuhachi.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make...utes-for-free/

The pan flutes are the easiest...

Do you want some bamboo?


No, I'm still struggling with my Somehow I don't sound like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_uSji7Azz4

On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:44:44 -0500, Muggles
wrote:


The advantage of having bamboo is you have an unending supply of
building material
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20bar.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20install.jpg
Just be sure it is a clumping variety


I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last fall!

The only trick is splitting it. I used a machete and a maul I made
from a 3" Live Oak log with a whittled down handle. (few minutes with
a hatchet and buffed it up with a wire cup wheel).
Just get the machete started and whack it down with the maul.
If I was really doing a lot I would make a machine.

On 4/22/2017 7:28 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 04/22/2017 04:44 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 4/22/2017 4:05 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 04/22/2017 02:44 PM, Muggles wrote:
I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last
fall!

http://www.shakuhachi.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make...utes-for-free/

The pan flutes are the easiest...

Do you want some bamboo?


No, I'm still struggling with my Somehow I don't sound like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_uSji7Azz4

Nice. I need to practice more on my Recorder.

--
Maggie

On 4/22/2017 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:44:44 -0500, Muggles
wrote:


The advantage of having bamboo is you have an unending supply of
building material
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20bar.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/bamboo%20install.jpg
Just be sure it is a clumping variety


I'm going to have to figure out how to use the bamboo I cut down last fall!

The only trick is splitting it. I used a machete and a maul I made
from a 3" Live Oak log with a whittled down handle. (few minutes with
a hatchet and buffed it up with a wire cup wheel).
Just get the machete started and whack it down with the maul.
If I was really doing a lot I would make a machine.


hmm These canes I cut down are almost as tall as a telephone poll. I
did have to cut them in half after I cut them down, though, and then
just laid them out to dry.

--
Maggie