Re: was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers

I have thought about it for years Pam, but I think it requires so much
water.... that we don't have.
Patricia
zone 6b
western Ok
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers


> So you think heavy clay would keep the spreading tendency in check??  If
so, I may reconsider bamboo!
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:04:47 -0500
>
> >Right, Marge, they ain't cheap. I'm only familiar with three
> >clumpers--Buddha belly, oldhamii, and golden--all suitable for this
> >area, although I expect oldhamii [which is a timber bamboo, 50-60 feet
> >tall with 6 inch diameter culms] is hardy a couple of zones north of
> >here. It's a native of Japan and in its native habitat puts up with
> >snow.
> >
> >Anyway, the price is more than $100 [retail] for any of them in
> >7-gallon size. I think I paid about $50 for my 3-gallon Buddha belly.
> >
> >Another thing to consider with bamboo is soil. When I lived in the
> >central valley of California, which is adobe to the center of the
> >earth, I had a very nice, small stand of black bamboo, a runner. And in
> >that impervious soil, it was quite easy to keep it from running
> >anywhere. But I'd be an idiot to plant it here in this black sand. It
> >would confiscate every square inch and them some by a week from
> >Saturday.
> >
> >
> >On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 06:04 AM, EvaTEsq@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, Marge! I'll check it out!
> >>
> >> Eva
> >> Long Island, NY
> >> Zone 6/7
> >>
> >> "We don't do enough to exploit renewable energy resources."
> >> Me
> >>
> >> In a message dated 1/28/2004 12:34:44 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> >> mtalt@hort.net writes:
> >> Well, Eva, a clumping form might work for you, while they expand,
> >> they aren't invasive as the clump just gets bigger (so they say; I
> >> have no experience with clumpers - only runners). Checking through
> >> the list at New England Bamboo Co., seems there are numerous forms of
> >> Fargesia that are hardy to -25F.  Of course, they ain't cheap,
> >> but.....
> >>
> >> http://www.newengbamboo.com/index.htm
> >>
> >> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >> mtalt@hort.net
> >> Editor:  Gardening in Shade
> >>
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> >Island Jim
> >Southwest Florida
> >Zone 10
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> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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