Tony Ferguson on sun 11 jun 06
Bamboo affecionados,
I want to grow some bamboo for handles for brushes. Can someone recommend a list of bamboo and perhaps where to buy to grow in a pot indoors? Thank you in advance.
Tony Ferguson
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Mark Issenberg on mon 12 jun 06
Hi ya Tony, when i lived in Miami i was growing some really different
colored bamboos. It turns out my next door neighbor became bamboo crazy after i
left. Gary Rich on SW 118 st in Pinecrest .. I dont know if he has website . I
got a couple of plants from him when i was in Miami a while ago. Another friend
Roger Hammer bought a exspensive bamboo from Gary at a show at Fairchild
Gardens. Roger grows all kinds of cool plants and since the Hurricanes keep
bringing the big stuff down he is growing smaller stuff. Also he is a author of
books about the wild flowers of the Keys and the Everglades..He also has a
great refrigerator on his front porch full of only beer.. If you visit Roger
bring beer to help keep the ice box full..
When i was growing in Miami I got a Wammin. It is the most beautifull
bamboo. In Miami it stays short and grows great nodes ,and also is a clumper. I
have saved parts for handles and i use them in my displays when in selling my
work. One day ill make them into brushes.
The wammin in my green house is not making big nodes and we got some big
pots of them for the new Tenn Saltwater Aqarium. There is a area that Nona and I
helped plant and now we water on Thursdays, love that place. Any way the
Wammin at the Aqarium is also not making big nodes and its also hitting the glass
roof. I think its too happy,, I wish i can figure out how to make my Wammin
make big nodes..Maybe i need to plant it into the ground for the summer..
My $.02
Mark on a North Georgia Mountain
Lee Love on mon 12 jun 06
On 6/12/06, Mark Issenberg wrote:
> roof. I think its too happy,, I wish i can figure out how to make my Wammin
> make big nodes..Maybe i need to plant it into the ground for the summer..
Isn't the size a matter of variety and age?
In my Sensei's garden he has a variety of bamboo that has a
square body. It is the same type as what grows at Samyoji temple,
in the mountains near Mashiko. I kept my eyes open for discarded
roots after the gardeners did their work, but I think they always took
them home for their own use.
Tony, ask Bamboo Karen for brush advice. I wonder if it would
be easier for you to buy stock bamboo? I have been meaning to
make some brushes out of my Akita dog Taiko's hair. Akita hair is
better for ceramic decoration than caligraphy brushes are.
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Tom at Hutchtel.net on mon 12 jun 06
sorry Tony, Unless you're in zone 5, which Duluth is not, you're out of
luck. We tried to start some rated zone 4 down here on the 45th parallel
and it snuffed out in a year...even though it was well protected. Gotta
move over by TonyC to do it.
Tom Wirt
Cheryl Weickert6 on tue 13 jun 06
Tom, I'm in MN too, just curious, how tall did the bamboo grow before it
was killed off by our winters? Was any of the bamboo useful or didn't it
get a chance to produce anything?
Pinky... Dent, MN
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:32:51 -0500, Tom at Hutchtel.net
wrote:
>sorry Tony, Unless you're in zone 5, which Duluth is not, you're out of
>luck. We tried to start some rated zone 4 down here on the 45th parallel
>and it snuffed out in a year...even though it was well protected. Gotta
>move over by TonyC to do it.
>
>Tom Wirt
Tom at Hutchtel.net on tue 13 jun 06
Hi...
We never got any usable size out of it. Most of the few zone 4 varieties
are small to begin with. Given short seasons and cold temps, it goes
nowhere.
Sorry
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Weickert6"
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Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: bamboo...recommendations
> Tom, I'm in MN too, just curious, how tall did the bamboo grow before it
> was killed off by our winters? Was any of the bamboo useful or didn't it
> get a chance to produce anything?
>
> Pinky... Dent, MN
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:32:51 -0500, Tom at Hutchtel.net
> wrote:
>
>>sorry Tony, Unless you're in zone 5, which Duluth is not, you're out of
>>luck. We tried to start some rated zone 4 down here on the 45th parallel
>>and it snuffed out in a year...even though it was well protected. Gotta
>>move over by TonyC to do it.
>>
>>Tom Wirt
>
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Tony Ferguson on tue 13 jun 06
Hey Tom,
I thought that might be the case--but what about growing it in side?
Tony Ferguson
"Tom at Hutchtel.net" wrote:
sorry Tony, Unless you're in zone 5, which Duluth is not, you're out of
luck. We tried to start some rated zone 4 down here on the 45th parallel
and it snuffed out in a year...even though it was well protected. Gotta
move over by TonyC to do it.
Tom Wirt
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Tom at Hutchtel.net on thu 15 jun 06
Hi Cheryl,
It just kind of grew a little the first summer (maybe a foot or so) and then
disappeared the second year. It was one of the few rated as zone 4, and our
winter that year wasn't that cold. Plants need the combination of warmth
AND length of growing season. Since bamboo makes it's full height in 1
year, if the light and temp aren't right, it won't make it.
From: "Cheryl Weickert6"
Subject: Re: bamboo...recommendations
> Tom, I'm in MN too, just curious, how tall did the bamboo grow before it
> was killed off by our winters? Was any of the bamboo useful or didn't it
> get a chance to produce anything?
>
Tom at Hutchtel.net on thu 15 jun 06
Hi Tony F,
I doubt that it would do very well, although it might grow. I have a book,
"Bamboo" by Robert Austin. Excellent...he covers not only what (especially)
the Japanese do with this wondrous material, but how to grow it and how it
grows. To get anything that might be usable for, say a brush handle might
be the best you could do...and it might take several years. The culms
(stalks) do get larger from a given root.
If you really want to know about as much as you want to about bamboo,
including the techniques for working with it, this is the book. About $25
on Amazon. I already sent one to Tony & Sheila.
Tom
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