Is planting Bamboo a good idea?
Seems like it could be a good source of wood and maybe food as well
Is planting Bamboo a good idea? Seems like it could be a good source of wood and maybe food as well
Is planting Bamboo a good idea?
Seems like it could be a good source of wood and maybe food as well
>Bamboo
>Wood
Depends where you live. It's considered invasive where I live. It's also a grass my lad.
Plant something native instead of introducing a potential invasive species. If you live in the right area, then Douglas Fir is a good option both in terms of fast growth and vitamins and nutrients from its needles in tea. If you live somewhere too arid then find some form of native tree that grows fast and offers a food source. Most biometric regions have a type of tree that grows fast to take advantage of post-wildfire clear areas so that might be a place to start.
I had some in my backyard as a kid. Was really good for simple projects. Super invasive though and it was a pain when we finally had to take it out. If I was going to plant some on my land I would likely do it in large, dedicated containers to prevent is spreading.
You were already told no the last time you posted this and then you deleted your thread.
>Is planting Bamboo a good idea?
Depends on the area and what your property is like, but I would lean not a good idea.
Given the right environment, it can really get out of control and to get rid of it you have to attack the roots too as if it's a weed. Just seems like a pain in the ass, tbh.
If you do try it, I would make sure to plant a small patch first and work from there.
Bamboo doesn't produce wood and there are thousands of plants you could grow that are more nutricious and tasty.
you're referring specifically to kudzu right?
>leafy greens you can eat
>fast growing, great for erosion control
it's honestly an underappreciated plant.
Is Bamboo really the equivalent of Kudzu in your country?
I've heard that Kudzu is an absolute nightmare in the USA
Literally both are absolute nightmares in the USA along with all the other invasive shit people decided to plant here.
I'm surprised native landscaping isn't a common law considering how much invasive shit it has fricked up ecosystems everywhere.
I wonder how much of it was farmers hoping to create a new market, that's been the source of most of our problems here in Australia
In Australia I think we just have incentives for native landscaping no legal enforcement, also during our droughts the government pushed native plants as being cheaper to maintain and using less water
Honestly now that I think about it that would probably very useful in the USA
I've heard that a lot of people are growing agricultural crops in very arid regions which require more water than the land can supply, I guess the first step would be banning those and replacing them with local plants
Same with gardens, golf courses and lawns
>kudzu
Yo can that grow in zone 4a?
I want a trouble free mass of plants like that.
i was kidding, don't plant kudzu.
it's invasive as all frick and can quickly take over an entire property, and is near impossible to eradicate.
>Is planting Bamboo a good idea?
yes
make sure to plant it close to driveways and interspersed with native trees. and never plant it in containers, it doesn't grow well in those.
I have bamboo planted in containers
They're alive but not as crazy as they are in the ground
Decent for getting stakes though
He’s being sarcastic and for the love of God please don’t
Plant black locust instead.
Sorry guys
Bamboo is very often planted in my country so I never considered that my thread would cause such a strong reaction from you guys
Doing some more research it seems that clumping bamboo is the one that's planted here and maybe there aren't clumping bamboo species with super useful properties
If I made you angry I'm very sorry
Bamboo is a wonderful plant. The last house I rented as a young man had a huge section of bamboo growing next to it. I used that bamboo to build and repair absolutely everything
Easily the most useful plant I've ever been blessed to be around
Ok so bamboo can basically produce a tone of free poles, and pretty good eatz.
That being said it spreads by it's roots can can be very destructive, by the time it's sprouting the damage is done. It's just always work keeping it under control.
Forgot one thing.
Different bamboos have different qualities for building. The good stuff grows slowly and the fast growing stuff is useless for structures so you won't just have magic lumber yard if you plant any kind of bamboo.
There's no need to plant invasive shit weeds for that. If you want poles just plant poplars and let them sucker.
No poplar will spread as fast and usefully as my bamboo. I know one old farmer with a 200x200 foot forest of 40 foot tall bamboo that he grew from a single cutting 30 years ago
Realistically you don't need that many sticks.
All that land could be used for something better.
There's timber cultivars that are split or woven as the equivalent of 2x4s and plywood in the regions it's native to. Would probably work well in the US south, they've even got a native species (too small to provide useful timber).
What needs do you have that a few rows of poplar can't satisfy?
Ash or willow would be the poplar where I'm from and bamboo is out of the question, but I can see it's value as a privacy screen and/or aesthetic taste. Some people feel at home in an idealized version of the tropics or far east.
The light inside of that old man's bamboo forest was green from the sun shining through tens of thousands of leaves
For building materials, aesthetics and privacy, nothing is better
Lightning fast growing property marker & privacy fence
I have bamboos cousins growing around me, you can make cool things from them