Forum Post: Benefits of Bamboo
Posted 2 months ago on Feb. 21, 2013, 9:19 a.m. EST by OTP
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from Tampa, FL
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Bamboo grows extremely fast, its very strong.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/in-africas-vanishing-forests-the-benefits-of-bamboo/
We had - may still have - a non-native invasive, informally referred to as Mexican Bamboo. It's almost impossible to eradicate. I guess that means I've almost accomplished the impossible. Hehe
Anyway, before anyone gets to thinking they want to plant some, it may be worth your while to do a little research.
The Chinese gold and tin prospectors planted it all over Australia's north. I believe it is still used as scaffold in some Asian nations when building highrise structures.
I see chopping boards made from it, as well as some very nice flooring products, and I recently bought some work clothes that are woven from bamboo fibre.
the stuff I'm thinking of probably doesn't have any redeeming value what so ever.
True. Invasive weed.
Reminds me of inclusionman. ;-)
The variety growing wild in our north is strong enough to use in mine shafts, and for housing/furniture. It grows in groves, and seems to be confined by water supply.
I know it can get away, if the conditions are right. Maybe we need to import some Panda bears?
Really? Must be it hadn't grown long enough when I got after it. I think it had been here about 15 years or so. Dense thicket it was. I think I've won, but I'm sure I'll find stragglers this summer that just haven't gotten the message.
If you have damp sandy loam, it can spread like a pandemic.
nope, we got ledge, a lot of hardpan, and a depression a brook runs through, making something of a small swamp. It was growing in three places, and spreading to a fourth.
Unlimited water supply.
Call for some Panda backup. heheheheh
The Chinese are gonna freak . . .
Palatable land-grabbing.
I was reading this NYT article and I am non-plussed about why its difficult to persuade people and governments that Bamboo has commercial uses.
I've seen a lot of bamboo products such as clothes, floor, toys, iPhone covers, computers speakers, bicycle and rickshaws. People claim that bamboo products (especially clothes) are highly absorbent, naturally hypoallergenic and anti-bacterial. But the best of all, these products are eco-friendly.
The other day I was reading that bamboo is even edible (http://blog.ettitude.com/health-benefits-bamboo-shoots-recipe/).
Makes for a low cost very good arrow.
Ya, but you need a tropical climate.
It grows fine in temperate regions of Australia.
Bit of a water hog, though.