I let old man Flatts cane patch run onto my place and its a good thing that I did beacause when he died it was all cut out by the new owners. Im currently trying to get it to run up the side of my property for privacy year round. Im gonna try to transplant some that is growing too far in the yard next time it rains.
A very informative piece. Thank you! I have learned to appreciate Rivercane for its excellent properties in making atl atl dart shafts. I had no idea about its other historical significance. I appreciate it even more now. It’s virtually unknown here on the Delmarva peninsula where I live, But I managed to stumble on to a small patch near my home near my home near Easton Maryland. You have inspired me to try and propagate some to help protect it here on the Delmarva Peninsula. Do you have any advice for propagating it from cuttings or other means? .
My eye once caught a patch of green in the winter and I had to check it out. I was surprised to find it was bamboo, and I asked the property owner for some roots when I returned there in the early spring. It transplanted well and has spread quite nice over the last 7 years. I've noticed it in the NYC area from videos I have seen.
Good info! Thanks Al. I never new that much about it. Theres a variety here in central Texas Ive been told is called Phragmites which sucks for arrows and darts so I dont pay it much attention. I want to grow some of the good stuff all over my property if it will grow in sand? I use the heck out it for atlatl darts and arrows.
Though it's not apparently known to grow this far north, I found a patch of what an app on my phone calls bamboo on the side of a railway in northeast Ohio. Very thin stalks, grew in extremely thick & only about 8 ft high. Not really sure if it's invasive or not, though there isn't much of it & it isn't really spreading all too far. Animals are eating it, that's probably why.
@@ScottTangents I use leafsnap. It has its drawbacks, though. I'd definitely suggest only using it as part of a tool set to learn how to do this sort of thing, but it should definitely be able to tell you that any species of bamboo is, indeed, a type of bamboo. It knows individual species, but it's not always very good at telling them apart.
@@ScottTangentstry picture this also most cane in Florida will be sugar cane due to the monocrop fields made by the sugar industry but it may be possible
While true that there are only one to three species of native Arundinaria bamboo found within the US, it is not true that there are no other kinds of cane or bamboo in the entire hemisphere. There are many genera and species of native bamboo from central Mexico south through much of South America.
I planted some river cane in my back yard that a farmer gave me I need tips to get it to grow better I planted it next to a wet spot but it's spreading away from it and only getting waist hi
I would warn anybody that this cane proliferates at an unbelievable rate. Try to have a small patch on your property, and you will spend your time trying to keep it in check. It must be cut completely flush with the ground. Its stobs become as hard as steel and take years to rot.
The question is, where do I buy it so I can spread it across my lands? It appears there are few online sources and even then aren't reputable as often people mistake cane with that yellow striped bamboo.
I planted some river cane in my back yard that a farmer gave me I need tips to get it to grow better I planted it next to a wet spot but it's spreading away from it and only getting waist hi
