Fred Hornaday is a leading voice in the bamboo industry. In 2006, he launched Bambu Batu to promote bamboo for all its many uses and to provide the world's most comprehensive online resource for information related to all things bamboo. Today, Fred works with bamboo growers and producers around the world. From species selection and plant sourcing, to manufacturing and marketing, to generating Carbon Credits and emissions offsets, Fred is determined to create more success stories in this exciting, fast-growing industry. Contact him through BambuBatu.com to learn more.
It's not uncommon with timber bamboo. Most large species of Phyllostachys (Moso, Madake, Vivax, etc). Also Guadua and some Dendrocalamus (Asper, Giganteus). Most bamboo has branches all the way down, but Oldhamii is a good one.
This episode is Hilarious 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 Fred I did not know that comedy's is your side gig. Oh yea that goes for the singing career. Definitely not your forte...... Stick with your day job and educate us on everything Bamboo.
May I have a low-budget friendly Consulting type conversation with you? But no singing & certainly at no extra charge? (This little Consultation. would be mostly about identifying what types of bamboo I have acquired & established here establi From shoots and rise on transplants since like about four or five years ago) We had some 17° weather last winter and some of it suffered a bit cuz I didn't use my maple leaves 2. Intelate the ground soon enough. Although one of the transplants, which originally had the largest shoot Of my. 5 acquisitions of what I thought she said was 5 acts or old hammy. But the deer busted it off when it was a little over. A foot high and about inch and a 1/2 diameter. Which stunted the entire progress of that transplant until just this year?It shot up one that is presently as of today just over six feet and just over inch and a half at the base
@@bambubatuThanks for your kind reply: so would a link to a Google Photos Album be allowed here / or serve to be functional here? Or should I look for a Contact email link at your website?
Hi, could you give me an idea for a species that would do well in extreme southern Illinois Zone 7ish that I could harvest periodically for plant stakes or light garden structures and double as an ornamental screening. Thanx for the vids
Hi there. Most small varieties of Phyllostachys will work just fine. (bambubatu.com/genus-phyllostachys-prolific-bamboo-for-all-climates/) eg. Aurea, Bissetii, Rubromarginata, etc. Temple bamboo (bambubatu.com/semiarundinaria-fastuosa-temple-bamboo/) and Tonkin bamboo (bambubatu.com/pseudosasa-amabilis-tonkin-bamboo-for-perfect-poles/) would also work, and have a bit less aggressive growth habit.
Hello, Fred. Thank you for all of the great content you provide. I'm curious to know what kind of bamboo is used in the making of straws. Can you tell me?
There are different ways to make bamboo straws. A popular method in China is to use the thin branches of Moso bamboo. They have the natural characteristics of a straw - thin, straight and hollow.
Phyllostachys aureosulcata (yellow groove) can grow about 1.5 times larger than Spectabilis. (1.5 inches and 25 feet, vs 2 inches and 40 feet - give or take)
I have virdigaluchens is it similar to viridis and would a 6 by 8 feet 1 feet deep with no bottom container be engh for it and how big could it get in that container i live in bergen norway
That's enough area for a nice little grove. Not sure if one foot is deep enough to contain the rhizomes though. It thrives throughout France, but in your climate, it probably won't grow more than half of its potential size. In German I saw several plots of viridiglaucescens, about 1-1.5 inch diameter and up to 10-5 feet tall. (bambubatu.com/phyllostachys-viridiglaucescens-green-wax-bamboo/)
Spectabilis can get just as big as yellow roove right? and what gets biggest of bissetio and spectabilis. Ive seen yellow goove over 40 feet soo can spectabilis do that?. This dude has a massive yellow groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L09pbgkhICw.html
I'm looking for a bamboo to grow as fodder for my sheep. Im in zone 6 ( south eastern BC ) . We do hit minus 10 c for a few days.It can be running or clumping. Im not overly concerned about it taking off, because if it gets out of hand I can send in the pigs. Any suggestions?
Any small to medium-sized Phyllostachys should do. (bambubatu.com/genus-phyllostachys-prolific-bamboo-for-all-climates/) P. aurea, bissetii, nuda, dulcis, etc. If you want something for grazing, Pleioblastus might do better; not very tall and the thin stems don't get very woody. (bambubatu.com/genus-pleioblastus-bamboo-dwarves-and-accents/). These are all runners. Quite a few options really.
Was nice to meet you at the bamboo expo Fred! Keep it up, a lot I’ve learned about bamboo comes from your videos. Portugal is definitely a country starting to get a lot of bamboo activity
very informative vid. I have successfully germinated 5 seeds. I have them in 2 in. pots, with 1 leaf each. Question: W ould it be wise to slip a sandwich bag over the pot to create a more humid atmosphere?
Congratulations. Probably not. Just shelter them from direct sunlight and sharp overnight temperature drops. What species are they? What kind of climate are you in? Are they indoors, in a bright window? So many questions...
Hello! I bought some supposedly fargesia seeds online. They did sprout and they are around 15 cm high in pots by now. What I am afraid if is that they are some other kind of non clumping bamboos as I have a small garden and do not want them to invade my garden and my neighbours garden. My question is can I already identify them if they are clumping or running from their today roots by unpotting them? Thank you
It's hard to tell until they've had more time to develop, unless you're really an expert with species ID. Leave them in the pots, or transplant to larger pots, but don't put them in the ground yet.
I'm going to try a couple different species in northern sweden this summer. Will be intresting, it can get cold as fuck during the winters, occasionally down to -40C so we'll see how they do😅
@@BrokenSofa Yes, that should be interesting indeed. Pushing the boundaries. I know of bamboo being grown successfully here up to about central Finland (to feed pandas in a zoo). Good luck!
I've seen Fargesia murieliae growing in Stockholm. But it wasn't the most vibrant specimen ever. I suggest planting close to a building or something for ambient warmth, and use a lot of mulch to insulate the rhizomes.
