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For anyone who wants to plant bamboo in the US, but doesn't want the hassle of 'managing' it so that it doesn't become invasive, please get the Arundinaria gigantea (Giant river cane) species. This is a NATIVE bamboo (yes, there is an American native bamboo!) - and actually a quickly-disappearing biome needed by several species of birds and butterflies.
Good suggestion. It spreads also, but not as aggressively as some I have mentioned. The shoots aren't much to bother with for eating and the wood quality is poor, but you can still have the look of bamboo, create some biodiversity and habitat, and, yes, help save our disappearing river cane.
I agree, there are 3 native species of bamboo, or river cane, the one where I live in northern California is about 15 to 18 feet maximum jhas long leaves but is not very sturdy,,it's not suitable for crafts .
I'm lucky enough to have a large amount of it growing wild on my land, I'm doing work next spring to spread it and encourage it to fill in. A little sad that the only native species is so thin, but I'll take it over the invasive mess that I've seen with other varieties
Thank you, Conrad. Now that we've got you hooked, you could probably handle a lot more than 40 minutes of bamboo talk. I can go on forever about gourds too. Maybe we'll do that someday. It'll hook you just like the bamboo did.
@@darrellluck7230 My wife is addicted to gourds! I hope your time and energy allow you to share with us. Thank you very much for your wisdom and knowledge.
@@keeponcoding816 I have done numerous videos on Kaye Kittrell's channel (Late Bloomer Show), many with gourd talk. You can find me in her playlists under Bamboo Oasis.
I planted several varieties of bamboo on my off grid property 20 years ago. It has endless uses and in many cases is stronger and cheaper than regular wood. I have used it for many different things including building some of my outbuildings. More people need to get educated about bamboo and use it. Once tou plant a stand, you have an unlimited, free resource
My uncle has bamboo growing all the way around his home. When the hurricane came through. His house was the only one left standing. The bamboo shielded his home from the dangerous winds.
Two suburban gardeners; you can have lots of beautiful bamboo! The plastic liner you sink into the ground as a barrier absolutely works. But you gotta dig deep- 24 to 28 inches. Worth it! Bamboo does have its own special spirit. Birds love it.
I dug a hole big enough to hold my plastic trash can where the top rim is level with the ground. 12 years now and the yellow bamboo didn't get out. Also, I cut most of the bottom out of the trash can so it could get some ground water.
I attended a military jungle survival school in the Philippines. Bamboo is very versatile and can be used to start a fire without matches or a lighter, fashioned into cooking vessels and water storage. It can be carved into eating utinsels and tools. And be used to construct a strong shelter. Using nothing more than a larger knife or machete.
Yes they actually used it for weapons they would dig holes and then they would cut the bamboo off and they would leave it sharpened and kinda long and when they fell into the hole it would impale them and caused serious damage immediately or would set up a infection and so it can be very dangerous when cut down and sharpened it turns hard and is something nobody wants to mess with honestly!!
You remind me a lot of a good friend and neighbor that passed away not long ago. He planted pines and oak over several acres. It was dense beautiful vegetation. My new neighbors have spent the past year and a half demolishing the trees it's now almost completely flat. I've been growing a small bamboo farm of Albo, Moso, Fishing pole, and black running bamboo. One season has passed, but the bamboo is showing small progress. Too many people want a concrete jungle. Keep up the good work man, you are a legend.
I live in Southern California and the man behind our lot meticulously kept a while backyard with fruit trees and other things that he never touched. He taught people to appreciate Gardens in the local America college. He passed away last year. The property since empty but whoever is holding it has completely flattened the entire backyard. I assume they’re holding onto it for the land value as it’s 2 miles from the ocean. It’s a loss for the world.
Excellent show. I am the fortunate recipient of my neighbor’s bamboo gone wild. Consequently I’ve a bamboo grove with fairies for my grandchildren to try catching. The silence inside my bamboo grove is unique and calming. The bed of leaves it creates is soft and light. Ive had it now since 25 years. I’ve lived in my home for 36 years. My neighbor is since deceased. I’m so grateful it was planted and an amazed of the various varieties that mysteriously appear around my property including the clumping variety. This only seven years ago. Keep up the great work. I learned so much today. That’s the thing about bamboo; it’s always a mystery just when you think you know it all! Darell is knowledgeable, humble and has a lovable spirit. Thank you for teaching me more than I already knew.
When I was a kid, my friend and I found a decent bamboo growth by our elementary school. It was a 10 year olds Lincoln logs for sure. Between making all kinds of crafts and epic weaponry, we kept busy for hours. Nature's STEM class for sure.
Sumac trees for My friends & Me in the Great white North some almost 10 feet tall and easy to carve cool designs on the stalks. Still enjoyed the Coastal Redwoods north of Santa Rosa CA the best ...very quiet and relaxing under their cool summer shelter.
@@johnzx14rk94 I read some bamboo species can survive -20 degrees F, and most thrive between 60 to 70 F. It's related to grass and one species of bamboo, Arundinaria, is native to part of Texas but is usually called “river cane.”
I live in Australia and have planted 13 species of clumping bamboo, none are native BUT they supply an amazing amount of protection to birds and native mammals. They certainly don't hinder the local wildlife, though it must be added I still maintain plenty of locals. The bamboo has been a rapid and protective plant for a much larger range of native birds, possums and gliders. My property has benefited from their planting.
Whereabouts? I'm in QLD in South Burnett i have clay soil and zero shade - would i be able to grow some? If so which do you recommend - which is the easiest?? thanks
@@rotyabraingames672contact 'Bamboo Down Under' on the Gold Coast. Large variety of both clumping and running bamboo, good knowledge. If you get a chance to visit they also have an awesome grove onsite that is an excellent walk.
You solved the problem of runaway bamboo for me. Control maintenance is the key! While living in Japan I saw commercial buildings being built with the aid of bamboo scaffolding. My drapes are hanging from bamboo I cut down on my property 5 yrs ago. It is a wonderful resource. Thanks for sharing with us.
Ok, Darrell made a convert out of me. I have a small grove on a piece of property I co-own with my siblings and we have been discussing how to kill it. I'm completely rethinking that idea now. This was an Excellent video, Thanks!
Love, love bamboo. As a kid we lived in Japan and I played in the bamboo forest. I still remember how magical it felt just sitting in the forest. Thank you for bringing back that memory. I love all things made of bamboo.
Right there with you. My house in Florida had a 26-year-old stand of timber bamboo when we bought it, and I absolutely loved the stuff, and so did ALL the birds, especially woodpeckers! I really loved listening to it in the wind, reminiscent of listening to the rigging on a sailboat; and my Cambodian neighbor used to ask to come dig the sprouts, and then gifted us with some of the delicious soup she made from them. Now that I'm in Tennessee, we do have a clump of one of the smaller river canes by the river, but I really miss the larger bamboos, and would love to have several varieties. Wonderful stuff.
We have 20 acres in Arkansas and planted several varieties of bamboo. Love the beauty and vibe it gives. We see how the little birds make their nests in them. Planted the Chinese variety and have eaten the shoots.
Good video. I covet bamboo, when I find it on job sites. It’s like duct tape, has 1000 uses. A few miles away from me, is a huge (tree size) bamboo grove. In the 1930’s, the school would cut canes, for pole vaulting.
I am delighted to have chanced upon this video. I didn't know You could grow bamboo in Tennessee so well. Incidentally, I have been watching a very interesting video series where a Vietnamese woman named Ly Thi Ca works creating a farm and home mainly using bamboo. Her dexterity, talent and skills with bamboo are amazing. Her series is a treasure trove of knowledge for anyone wanting to learn skills in the use of bamboo to build homes and even farm sheds etc. A must-watch for all. Just google her name with bamboo and it will bring up her videos numbering nearly a hundred if not more. The woman is just amazing. And yes, bamboo is one of the most useful trees ever.
Bamboo is truly an amazing resource capable of lifting the most downtrodden people out of poverty, by providing housing, dignity, income, and food. There is a reason people respect bamboo that is impossible to ignore.
You know that anyone who gets uncomfortable when someone calls them an expert does actually know quite a lot. The more you learn, the more you know you don’t know.
Im all about the clumping bamboo, i have probably 20 types. This guy is a real gentlemen, good vibes, encouraging… and when hes talkin about bamboo u can tell its his passion. I use all the leafy branches around my fruit trees and they love it, plus it’s long lasting
@@heterodox3487 yup I take a reciprocating saw out with me and I thin out around the outer clumps, and cut the into 2’ pieces. The lower half of the cane is mostly woody and so I set that aside and put on top after the green leaves are down first. One thing is that once you cut down a cane, it’s best to get it cut and placed around the fruit tree as fast as possible, the leaves start to fall off fast . The county mulch system here is a nightmare, and so when I gave up on it I started mulching with my bamboo and it’s better than banana leaves.
I love this guy's energy. Basically, the takeaway is if you wanna grow the stuff, have a ton of property out in the middle of nowhere away from a main road or neighbors. Sounds like my dream home.
I had no idea bamboo was native to the Americas. I had only heard it described as invasive, but it makes sense now...canebreak rattlesnakes, Tom Sawyer's cane fishing pole...I can't believe I didn't know this. Super cool dude and very educational video.
Some bamboo is native, some isn't. Some clump, some run. Some REALLY run. If you want to never have to worry about a source of bamboo again, plant some running timber bamboo. You will never get rid of it once it gets established. That kind of bamboo is what people think of when someone mentions bamboo.
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Housing from bamboo is something wonderful. There is a technology by which the cut bamboo is kept solid and does not dissolve. In Jamaica houses by bamboo are standard and can have several levels.
In all of my world travels the most awesome, beautiful, and even kind of spooky was the grove of clumping bamboo’s at the research center in Fiji some 40 years ago. Hundreds of acres, the clumps were a big as 8 vans parked together all in even rows , 100 (or so) feet tall. The canopy blocked out all sunlight. I’ll never forget that place.
This man is a national treasure… Thank you very much for interviewing him on this subject. My poor neighbor doesn’t realize how much he is missing out on by simply cutting his bamboo patch down every couple years. He told me I can have as much as I want so I need to get to harvesting! I feel like this is one of the most underutilized plants in America. I pray that God will help us all understand the potential of this marvelous crop and through humility and love for the people of the far east I am sure we can learn lots. Peace to you.
Lived in the tropics for four years and my favorite haunt was a spring by a pig trail by the shade of a bamboo grove. When a typhoon approached, the branches would sway and click-clack, I don't know how to explain it, but beautiful and haunting different tones, like Tall Beards warning of soon disaster. Winds woo-woo, and hiss-hiss, then crashing fall of giant breadfruit trees.
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Love my bamboo! My back yard is nothing but bamboo & I have deep respect for it! I had my ankle sliced open from dried bamboo that was laying flat on the ground & the pain & damage it did to my ankle not even speaking of what that ended up costing me in medical bills… I now have total respect for it! I keep mine growing for water control, flooding in my yard. My basement use to flood. Once I let the bamboo grow & take over my back yard, it absorbs so much water it’s unbelievable the difference it made! My basement has not flooded once since I let it grow back! And it truly is like a zen zone back there in the bamboo! I love it. As well as have so much respect for it. ☮️
That's a really awesome thing to hear, that the bamboo ended your basement flooding issues. I knew its rhizome system was good for erosion control, by firmly holding the soil in place. But, yeah, all those leaves in the grove need a supply of water and it gets transpired into the air. Bamboo - the solution to many of life's problems.
Not sure how this video got recommended to me but bamboo is one of my favorite materials. It grows like crazy and looks beautiful no matter if its a bamboo forest outside or bamboo furniture and decorations.
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we are creating swales and plant them with bamboo. Thanks for sharing this video
The deer love the grove I have down by the spring. It's always cool in the summer, the deer will slip out one end as any potential predator comes in from the other. The bucks even rub their antlers on the stalks, sometimes enough to wear through and the stalk falls over. Good stuff.
Years ago I bought some bamboo from a local nursery and planted it in the middle of my back yard. I mowed all around it and didn't let it spread too far but by the 4th year it was sending up shoots about 15 feet from the original clump and it kind of scared me because I didn't want it to spread to my neighbors yards because they don't take care of their yards and it would quickly get out of control. Then some of the local towns started passing laws that if you plant bamboo and it spreads to your neighbors and they want it gone you have to pay to have it removed. I started researching how to get rid of it and came across the same advice Darrell gives here about how it grows and how to get rid of it. I did that and it tried to regrow for 3 years but I haven't seen any since. I really like it though and one day I'll have a place to plant some again.
In north Georgia I climbed atop a waterfall and on a ledge was bamboo growing and it was just a magical spot. The moss was on the rocks and it was just soft and quiet and cool.
I love bamboo and brought it with me over the past 40 years and two moves. It took 15 years to get a good stand. It is invasive if left untended. Mow it, spray it to keep it in check. The native bamboo in the Mid South is tiny compared to mine and those on this video.
I really enjoyed this and the exuberance of Darrell Luck. A great place to live, surrounded by the work of your hands and the work of nature just being what it was designed to be. Thank you so much for this video.
Thank you so much! I have done numerous videos on Kaye Kittrell's channel (Late Bloomer Show) where you can see more of my gardens. You'll find in her playlists under "Bamboo Oasis".
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Thank you SO much. Just bought 2+ acres of raw land, partially wetland with TONS of bamboo inundated pockets. This will help lead me to utilize the natural resource for fencing & privacy from a total A-hole neighbor. Universe Bless you
I just told my husband a couple weeks ago I wanted to grow bamboo. We have 7 acres, 4 in the back, where I would love to have bamboo on. I didn't know where to get them. And I was so glad you said about Lewis in Jasper Alabama, I live 15 miles from Jasper. Thank you so much! This was the BEST video, learn so much, and make me want bamboo more.
Fascinating! The way he describes how to kill off Bamboo is exactly how I describe getting rid of Thistle infestation. Keep taking out the solar panels!
WOW! What a GREAT interview. I've been tripping out on bamboo lately as I moved to Oregon and so many people seem to use the skinny kind around here where as in Cali it was the fear of the invasive bamboo, but I always loved it and clip canes when I can. Just today I was telling my wife I need to learn about the different kinds of timber bamboo vs etc. etc. The synchronicities these days are getting wild.
As an Oregonian I’d like to say people like you are destroying our forests a little at a time. Talk to a wildlife biologist at ODF and see what they say and go back where you came from .
Wow was this just an incredible treasure chest of knowledge! I love how he even gave us this great history of bamboo and talked about the squirrels. I love his bamboo shirt and his honesty about blocking county roads! I am hopefully going to go out and make a better and more green world/Earth now that I have this knowledge. Thank you so much for this!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. Great to know of yet another bamboo-lover. I've done a few other bamboo videos with Steven and some with Kaye Kittrell if you want to see more.
While visiting my Brother in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. . It rained a lot and his front door was uncovered. So I set out to build him a little roof over the front steps. He had a forest of bamboo around his home. I cut down what I needed and proceeded to make a little two sided roof. I learned very fast that you can not nail bamboo. It splits every time. So I had to drill a hole for the nails. More work for me. But it turned out nice. No more wet clothes when fumbling for keys !
While living in Austin, Texas, one of my brothers would harvest bamboo in vacant lots. It grew like a weed. So he would dry the bamboo naturally and make flutes, tobacco pipes, and once made a dig-a re do to support himself. Anyways love this excellent information in this video as an option for homesteader's. TY 🙂
I think you mean didgeridoo. Musical instrument of Australian first people. Usually made of an Australian eucalyptus hardwood In general, there are a few types of woods that are used most often in traditional didgeridoo making. Those wood types are: Bloodwood Eucalyptus didgeridoos Mallee Wood Eucalyptus didgeridoos Boxwood Eucalyptus didgeridoos Stringy Bark Eucalyptus didgeridoos Pink Bloodwood - WoolyButt Eucalyptus didgeridoos Yellow Box Eucalyptus didgeridoos Iron Bark Eucalyptus didgeridoos Remember, traditionally only men can play the didgeridoo.
Enjoyed this post! I’ve planted 7 or more CLUMPING ! varieties, from the delicate Mexican b to massive Black Asper b. ,which is now 7 stories tall. Our Hamakua, Big Island weather is ideal… almost daily showers, sunny, sub-tropical. Management is needed to keep the canes off of your gutters and roof, for example. No one here plants running bamboo anymore; nurseries here specialize in the sale of clumping b only. What may not have been mentioned in the post is the BEAUTY of b , its gently bending form, rustling leaves… the subject of poetry and philosophy for thousands of years. A hui hou.
After spending a year in Vietnam , I observed how strong and versatile the plant could be even in a survival situation noting how much water each node contains. Many uses including a strong building material…. Thanks for the knowledgeable vid..
Thanks for all of your wonderful information Darrell.You've just made me a bamboo convert.I would never have thought that I would have stayed here watching a 40 minute video! Tyvm 😇😇😇😇
He really knows his stuff, he is really knowledgeable. I've been visiting Colombia South America for the last 15 years. They have tons of it, I've always like bamboo. Unless you've been to South America the people use bamboo extensively, I've seen houses on stilts 40 feet up, it's dirt cheap. It's amazing, and it environmentally favorable.
Bamboo is easy to control. Pour lime on the ground where you want it to stop growing. Water the lime so it soaks into the ground. Repeat twice annually. The roots will not pass.
Interesting. Do you think it could also work to just dump wood ash out around the bamboo? That could be an awfully convenient solution for people interested in a self-sufficiency/homesteading lifestyle, if it works.
@@eyesofthecervino3366 I'm not sure about that. I just know that when I lived in Hawaii that lime is what my Gardner used to contain the bamboo perimeters. It would be worth experimenting with to find out. If it did not work one could always turn to lime.
I was listening to Christopher Gardener and he said the best time to harvest bamboo is on the last quarter of the moon as the water within the plant is the least and will resist rot the best. You could also char the bamboo where it will be in the ground to help with rot resistance.
I grew up in the south, we would cut down the long cane sticks and let them dry by hanging them in a tree. When they dried we would varnish them they made great fishing poles and they were strong as well.
Could hang all day with this dude. Fascinating and helpful. We just planted 8 bisetti bamboo from Lewis Bamboo. It is great he gave them a shout out as they are one of the few places I trust.
I really love bamboo because it's different but now I learned a few new interesting things. I planted 3 types of bamboo 2 years ago, going into third, but my space is very limited and it's only started to spread. I have deep concrete barrier on 3 sides and one left to spread and collect sprouts. Some people fear the bamboo but in my opinion you can never have enough since you can do something with it at any time.
What a great interview. Thank you, Darrell, for sharing your knowledge. I never knew bamboo could be managed so well and be so useful. I learned that it's nothing to be afraid of planting.
Sadly yes it is something you should be afraid to plant. Although there is a native bamboo it is only native to several coastal and river inlet areas of the south. People plant bamboo and then forget about it and it destroys huge amounts of habitat in the northeast and Midwest. Bamboo has destroyed native stream and river and meadow ecosystems all around the Appalachian mountains and Hudson river valley and people keep planting it then letting it escape to destroy more plant and wildlife habitat.
@@TwoKnowingRavens I am not familiar with any native bamboo that is considered "invasive"....are you talking about Japanese Knotweed which is sometimes refered to as "bamboo"?
I live in Japan and that green white bush bamboo behind you is called Kumazasa. It is great to flirt and make teas from, extremely nutritious. It’s also a great vitamin to add to dog food. My Japanese Kai Ken and Shikoku Ken eat it raw on our property and we add it to their dog food very healthy.
This guy is just lovely. And inspiring. I’ve always felt a similar connection to bamboo. There’s a grace and sense of peacefulness to it. Looking forward to growing some new types on my next property for needs aside from the purely aesthetic.
I brought Bamboo back from Jamacia 40 years ago and still are doing great. They have a huge Bamboo Forest. I also use growth regulators soak around the base to control the spread and height. You have to put it down every 4 weeks. I also put them in 20 gallon buckets then bury them with an inch sticking out. Just put mulch around the bucket to hide the tops.
What a great wealth of information and knowledge is your friend Darrell. Thanks for sharing! I've got a couple of serious (30 yr) bamboo patches that I have been feeling burdened with... Now I have a more optimistic appreciation for it.
Had to do a search " Bamboo Shoots: As strange as it may sound, bamboo shoots bolster your immunity levels to an impressive extent. They also help with cholesterol and blood sugar" Not all people can tolerate eatable bamboo, however
bamboo is one of those plants that will die whenever you try to grow it, but becomes immortal whenever you want to get rid of it. Buying and planting bamboo never seems to yield results, but I do landscaping for a guy every year, and every single year we have to clear bamboo off his property because at some point in the past someone planted some and it took, and now it will never go away.
@@ScreamingEagle228 one of the problems with it is that it's growing around the other plants; the desirable plants. The flowers, the decorative grasses, and the rhododendrons. Also we prefer not to have some random johnnyboy flick a ciggy out of his car window and catch the entire slope on fire lol
I do Event Lighting in the Hamptons.. I often use 20'-25' bamboo to hang Chinese paper lanterns from..we attach the lantern(with a bulb) and run a wire down and stick it in the ground around the party area. they look awesome. I know all the secret spots in the Hamptons to get nice long pieces to cut when we need them. I charge $700 each due to the difficulty of transporting them on top my box truck. Love Bamboo! this was a great video.
I got Budda Belly Bamboo in Orlando Florida ... My brother who passed away was a huge grower in Hawaii but actually had more variety while still in Miami Florida.
I rented a house in the south of France once with a bamboo grove that had fireflies living in it. Beautiful pathway from the car to the house , lovely to see at night.
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Pretty sure it is illegal to plant bamboo.
@@coffee7521 Pretty sure it's not.
@@coffee7521 they want you to think that so they can charge you $80 for a ladder you can grow in your yard
Guy, your hair is costing you $ for food and cleaning. You should get all of that cut down.
@@coffee7521 it’s possible it could be illegal to plant it in a National Forest not sure though
For anyone who wants to plant bamboo in the US, but doesn't want the hassle of 'managing' it so that it doesn't become invasive, please get the Arundinaria gigantea (Giant river cane) species. This is a NATIVE bamboo (yes, there is an American native bamboo!) - and actually a quickly-disappearing biome needed by several species of birds and butterflies.
Good suggestion. It spreads also, but not as aggressively as some I have mentioned. The shoots aren't much to bother with for eating and the wood quality is poor, but you can still have the look of bamboo, create some biodiversity and habitat, and, yes, help save our disappearing river cane.
I agree, there are 3 native species of bamboo, or river cane, the one where I live in northern California is about 15 to 18 feet maximum jhas long leaves but is not very sturdy,,it's not suitable for crafts
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There are Bamboo Native to America like Guadua that can grow fron Northern Mexico to South America and can be of Commercial importance.
@@carlosmante Cool! Thank you!
I'm lucky enough to have a large amount of it growing wild on my land, I'm doing work next spring to spread it and encourage it to fill in. A little sad that the only native species is so thin, but I'll take it over the invasive mess that I've seen with other varieties
I did not plan to watch 40 minutes of content of bamboo. But I don’t regret it! Great work!
Thanks Conrad such a compliment!
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Thank you, Conrad. Now that we've got you hooked, you could probably handle a lot more than 40 minutes of bamboo talk. I can go on forever about gourds too. Maybe we'll do that someday. It'll hook you just like the bamboo did.
@@darrellluck7230 My wife is addicted to gourds! I hope your time and energy allow you to share with us. Thank you very much for your wisdom and knowledge.
@@keeponcoding816 I have done numerous videos on Kaye Kittrell's channel (Late Bloomer Show), many with gourd talk. You can find me in her playlists under Bamboo Oasis.
I planted several varieties of bamboo on my off grid property 20 years ago. It has endless uses and in many cases is stronger and cheaper than regular wood. I have used it for many different things including building some of my outbuildings. More people need to get educated about bamboo and use it. Once tou plant a stand, you have an unlimited, free resource
What zone are you and what I'd the best variety?
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My uncle has bamboo growing all the way around his home. When the hurricane came through. His house was the only one left standing. The bamboo shielded his home from the dangerous winds.
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Praise the lord 🙌🏽
@@Laurel-Crowned Praise the bamboo, not the lord. And the owner who planted the bamboo. Your so called Lord probably made the hurricane.
There you go. Glad they pulled through
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Two suburban gardeners; you can have lots of beautiful bamboo! The plastic liner you sink into the ground as a barrier absolutely works. But you gotta dig deep- 24 to 28 inches. Worth it! Bamboo does have its own special spirit. Birds love it.
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I dug a hole big enough to hold my plastic trash can where the top rim is level with the ground.
12 years now and the yellow bamboo didn't get out.
Also, I cut most of the bottom out of the trash can so it could get some ground water.
I attended a military jungle survival school in the Philippines. Bamboo is very versatile and can be used to start a fire without matches or a lighter, fashioned into cooking vessels and water storage. It can be carved into eating utinsels and tools. And be used to construct a strong shelter. Using nothing more than a larger knife or machete.
yep. theyre finding out that some of the first wars were with sharpened bamboo.
also they can be used to make boats/ water structures.
I've just got a place and want to plant bamboo on my property line i love how it looks and it's a good for private fence
Yes they actually used it for weapons they would dig holes and then they would cut the bamboo off and they would leave it sharpened and kinda long and when they fell into the hole it would impale them and caused serious damage immediately or would set up a infection and so it can be very dangerous when cut down and sharpened it turns hard and is something nobody wants to mess with honestly!!
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They're called punji sticks, the VC would coat them with human waste and other stuff to promote infection. Nasty trap.
You remind me a lot of a good friend and neighbor that passed away not long ago. He planted pines and oak over several acres. It was dense beautiful vegetation. My new neighbors have spent the past year and a half demolishing the trees it's now almost completely flat. I've been growing a small bamboo farm of Albo, Moso, Fishing pole, and black running bamboo. One season has passed, but the bamboo is showing small progress. Too many people want a concrete jungle. Keep up the good work man, you are a legend.
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I live in Southern California and the man behind our lot meticulously kept a while backyard with fruit trees and other things that he never touched. He taught people to appreciate Gardens in the local America college. He passed away last year.
The property since empty but whoever is holding it has completely flattened the entire backyard. I assume they’re holding onto it for the land value as it’s 2 miles from the ocean.
It’s a loss for the world.
I very much appreciate being "Bamboozled" by this Vlog!!
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Haha I use to think I made that word up because it sounded ridonkulous 😂 haha but love this comment
I'm quite Bamboozled over this comment haha
Excellent show. I am the fortunate recipient of my neighbor’s bamboo gone wild. Consequently I’ve a bamboo grove with fairies for my grandchildren to try catching. The silence inside my bamboo grove is unique and calming. The bed of leaves it creates is soft and light. Ive had it now since 25 years. I’ve lived in my home for 36 years. My neighbor is since deceased. I’m so grateful it was planted and an amazed of the various varieties that mysteriously appear around my property including the clumping variety. This only seven years ago. Keep up the great work. I learned so much today. That’s the thing about bamboo; it’s always a mystery just when you think you know it all! Darell is knowledgeable, humble and has a lovable spirit. Thank you for teaching me more than I already knew.
I loved and appreciate hearing Daryl describe how he built the bridge!
When I was a kid, my friend and I found a decent bamboo growth by our elementary school. It was a 10 year olds Lincoln logs for sure. Between making all kinds of crafts and epic weaponry, we kept busy for hours. Nature's STEM class for sure.
Sumac trees for My friends & Me in the Great white North some almost 10 feet tall and easy to carve cool designs on the stalks. Still enjoyed the Coastal Redwoods north of Santa Rosa CA the best ...very quiet and relaxing under their cool summer shelter.
+1 on the weapons story, we turned everything into a weapon as a kid :)
Can bambo handle the Texas heat?
@@johnzx14rk94 I read some bamboo species can survive -20 degrees F, and most thrive between 60 to 70 F. It's related to grass and one species of bamboo, Arundinaria, is native to part of Texas but is usually called “river cane.”
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 nope that’s a dog
Darrell could his his own TH-cam channel .What a great guy. Lots of free flowing information .
I was wondering if he had one? I think he is to busy enjoying his life to mess with running a channel 😊
I live in Australia and have planted 13 species of clumping bamboo, none are native BUT they supply an amazing amount of protection to birds and native mammals. They certainly don't hinder the local wildlife, though it must be added I still maintain plenty of locals. The bamboo has been a rapid and protective plant for a much larger range of native birds, possums and gliders. My property has benefited from their planting.
Whereabouts? I'm in QLD in South Burnett i have clay soil and zero shade - would i be able to grow some? If so which do you recommend - which is the easiest?? thanks
@@rotyabraingames672contact 'Bamboo Down Under' on the Gold Coast. Large variety of both clumping and running bamboo, good knowledge. If you get a chance to visit they also have an awesome grove onsite that is an excellent walk.
Bamboo is probably the most fun word to say.
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I like this man because he talks with his whole body like I do.
I wouldnt care what people say those bamboo groves look dope ...they def have a vibe to them
You solved the problem of runaway bamboo for me. Control maintenance is the key! While living in Japan I saw commercial buildings being built with the aid of bamboo scaffolding. My drapes are hanging from bamboo I cut down on my property 5 yrs ago. It is a wonderful resource. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you, fellow bamboo-lover. If you eat the shoots and make use of the canes, you'll always wish your grove was even bigger.
Where is the best place to source bamboo
Take a look at Bamboo U Bali.
@@darrellluck7230 hey there. I’m in Baxter, TN too and was just wondering if you could show me how you make different crafts?
@@SHARONKEEF_FkR_justice4john it's mentioned in the video where he likes to source his bamboo and said they ship as well
Ok, Darrell made a convert out of me. I have a small grove on a piece of property I co-own with my siblings and we have been discussing how to kill it. I'm completely rethinking that idea now. This was an Excellent video, Thanks!
Glad to hear that! Well if you do decide to kill, Darrell gave a great example of how to kill with no chemicals/machines. Here, 18:14
Alright! A convert! Welcome to the club. Bamboo is awesome!
I was shocked you didn’t mention rhizome pruning the running species, Darrell. I’m in zone 6a, and trying Phyllostachys atrovaginata.
@@darrellluck7230 Do you still have your shepherd dog?
@@kudryavkalaika875 Oh yeah. Petey is sitting right here beside me, as usual. Amazingly smart dog!!!
Now that's one very wise man.
A pity more like him do not dominate the media.
Your garden is a reminder of the beauty and wonder of nature! 🌿🌈
Love, love bamboo. As a kid we lived in Japan and I played in the bamboo forest. I still remember how magical it felt just sitting in the forest. Thank you for bringing back that memory. I love all things made of bamboo.
Right there with you.
My house in Florida had a 26-year-old stand of timber bamboo when we bought it, and I absolutely loved the stuff, and so did ALL the birds, especially woodpeckers!
I really loved listening to it in the wind, reminiscent of listening to the rigging on a sailboat; and my Cambodian neighbor used to ask to come dig the sprouts, and then gifted us with some of the delicious soup she made from them.
Now that I'm in Tennessee, we do have a clump of one of the smaller river canes by the river, but I really miss the larger bamboos, and would love to have several varieties. Wonderful stuff.
Me too in a dream
@@Keyspoet27damn that sounds amaze
Yeah right
We have 20 acres in Arkansas and planted several varieties of bamboo. Love the beauty and vibe it gives. We see how the little birds make their nests in them. Planted the Chinese variety and have eaten the shoots.
Can I join you please to be friends??
Bamboo is the future , despite the pushback by the general masses it will prevail.
So glad instarted my Bamboo nursery
Good video. I covet bamboo, when I find it on job sites. It’s like duct tape, has 1000 uses. A few miles away from me, is a huge (tree size) bamboo grove. In the 1930’s, the school would cut canes, for pole vaulting.
I always like to see passionate, knowledgeable, old guys dropping knowledge lol, they are always so energized to do so
That Carolina Parakeet Fun Fact really hits home…
I am delighted to have chanced upon this video. I didn't know You could grow bamboo in Tennessee so well. Incidentally, I have been watching a very interesting video series where a Vietnamese woman named Ly Thi Ca works creating a farm and home mainly using bamboo. Her dexterity, talent and skills with bamboo are amazing. Her series is a treasure trove of knowledge for anyone wanting to learn skills in the use of bamboo to build homes and even farm sheds etc. A must-watch for all. Just google her name with bamboo and it will bring up her videos numbering nearly a hundred if not more. The woman is just amazing. And yes, bamboo is one of the most useful trees ever.
‘You can solve a lot of problems with bamboo’ 100% agree, it’s an amazing resource.
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Bamboo is truly an amazing resource capable of lifting the most downtrodden people out of poverty, by providing housing, dignity, income, and food. There is a reason people respect bamboo that is impossible to ignore.
What an absolute WEALTH of info Darrell Luck just shared with us... Thank you both! ⚛🙏🏽⚛
You know that anyone who gets uncomfortable when someone calls them an expert does actually know quite a lot. The more you learn, the more you know you don’t know.
Im all about the clumping bamboo, i have probably 20 types. This guy is a real gentlemen, good vibes, encouraging… and when hes talkin about bamboo u can tell its his passion. I use all the leafy branches around my fruit trees and they love it, plus it’s long lasting
I'm curious how you do this, like chop and drop?
@@heterodox3487 yup I take a reciprocating saw out with me and I thin out around the outer clumps, and cut the into 2’ pieces. The lower half of the cane is mostly woody and so I set that aside and put on top after the green leaves are down first. One thing is that once you cut down a cane, it’s best to get it cut and placed around the fruit tree as fast as possible, the leaves start to fall off fast . The county mulch system here is a nightmare, and so when I gave up on it I started mulching with my bamboo and it’s better than banana leaves.
Do you know of a clumping variety for zone 5 ,full sun?
I love this guy's energy. Basically, the takeaway is if you wanna grow the stuff, have a ton of property out in the middle of nowhere away from a main road or neighbors. Sounds like my dream home.
He's right it does feel different in a bamboo patch!!
I had no idea bamboo was native to the Americas. I had only heard it described as invasive, but it makes sense now...canebreak rattlesnakes, Tom Sawyer's cane fishing pole...I can't believe I didn't know this. Super cool dude and very educational video.
Only one type is native to America. The rest are very invasive.
Some bamboo is native, some isn't. Some clump, some run. Some REALLY run. If you want to never have to worry about a source of bamboo again, plant some running timber bamboo. You will never get rid of it once it gets established. That kind of bamboo is what people think of when someone mentions bamboo.
I live in Tennessee and there was a patch of bamboo by the river that we used to take and make fishing polls out of.
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A native American once taught me how to make a whistle from river cane.
Darrell is the kinda guy i would love to just sit and talk with. Good video!
I planted some Yellow Groove around 25 years ago. This guy knows his stuff.
Housing from bamboo is something wonderful. There is a technology by which the cut bamboo is kept solid and does not dissolve. In Jamaica houses by bamboo are standard and can have several levels.
I Love this guy.
You ever notice, people who garden or
“grow stuff”, are some of the best human beings? This I’m noticing. Let us all garden!
Lettuce all garden
@@TXBamBam A friend told me all I needed to do to solve a problem I had, was "Grow a pear." I've planted 3 pear trees. We'll see.
At 63, growing up in south Ga, we probably fished once or twice a week. Most often, we cut bamboo poles and off to the lake or stream or river.
In all of my world travels the most awesome, beautiful, and even kind of spooky was the grove of clumping bamboo’s at the research center in Fiji some 40 years ago. Hundreds of acres, the clumps were a big as 8 vans parked together all in even rows , 100 (or so) feet tall. The canopy blocked out all sunlight. I’ll never forget that place.
This man is a national treasure…
Thank you very much for interviewing him on this subject.
My poor neighbor doesn’t realize how much he is missing out on by simply cutting his bamboo patch down every couple years. He told me I can have as much as I want so I need to get to harvesting!
I feel like this is one of the most underutilized plants in America.
I pray that God will help us all understand the potential of this marvelous crop and through humility and love for the people of the far east I am sure we can learn lots.
Peace to you.
Lived in the tropics for four years and my favorite haunt was a spring by a pig trail by the shade of a bamboo grove. When a typhoon approached, the branches would sway and click-clack, I don't know how to explain it, but beautiful and haunting different tones, like Tall Beards warning of soon disaster. Winds woo-woo, and hiss-hiss, then crashing fall of giant breadfruit trees.
Wind gushing thru bamboo sometimes makes howling sound, gets pretty scary on no moon nights.
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such a good tip at 6:55 re: fencing a core persistent patch and using the outward spring growth for human and animal feed
I planted mine to combat erosion in my back yard, I love it.
I love listening to Darrell talk about bamboo….someone that nerds out about bamboo more than I do. Awesome information!
Love my bamboo! My back yard is nothing but bamboo & I have deep respect for it! I had my ankle sliced open from dried bamboo that was laying flat on the ground & the pain & damage it did to my ankle not even speaking of what that ended up costing me in medical bills… I now have total respect for it! I keep mine growing for water control, flooding in my yard. My basement use to flood. Once I let the bamboo grow & take over my back yard, it absorbs so much water it’s unbelievable the difference it made! My basement has not flooded once since I let it grow back! And it truly is like a zen zone back there in the bamboo! I love it. As well as have so much respect for it. ☮️
That's a really awesome thing to hear, that the bamboo ended your basement flooding issues. I knew its rhizome system was good for erosion control, by firmly holding the soil in place. But, yeah, all those leaves in the grove need a supply of water and it gets transpired into the air. Bamboo - the solution to many of life's problems.
I am sure your neighbors too
Not sure how this video got recommended to me but bamboo is one of my favorite materials. It grows like crazy and looks beautiful no matter if its a bamboo forest outside or bamboo furniture and decorations.
TH-cam knows you much better than you think haha
There is definitely a feel to a bamboo grove.
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we are creating swales and plant them with bamboo. Thanks for sharing this video
The deer love the grove I have down by the spring. It's always cool in the summer, the deer will slip out one end as any potential predator comes in from the other. The bucks even rub their antlers on the stalks, sometimes enough to wear through and the stalk falls over. Good stuff.
How lovely to have deer visiting.
Bamboo makes a good water bong also
Years ago I bought some bamboo from a local nursery and planted it in the middle of my back yard. I mowed all around it and didn't let it spread too far but by the 4th year it was sending up shoots about 15 feet from the original clump and it kind of scared me because I didn't want it to spread to my neighbors yards because they don't take care of their yards and it would quickly get out of control. Then some of the local towns started passing laws that if you plant bamboo and it spreads to your neighbors and they want it gone you have to pay to have it removed. I started researching how to get rid of it and came across the same advice Darrell gives here about how it grows and how to get rid of it. I did that and it tried to regrow for 3 years but I haven't seen any since. I really like it though and one day I'll have a place to plant some again.
Darrell is a great man. I love him with all my heart.
In the Cherokee reservation, there’s huge forest of it right next to the creek.. very dense very green
In north Georgia I climbed atop a waterfall and on a ledge was bamboo growing and it was just a magical spot. The moss was on the rocks and it was just soft and quiet and cool.
I love bamboo and brought it with me over the past 40 years and two moves. It took 15 years to get a good stand. It is invasive if left untended. Mow it, spray it to keep it in check. The native bamboo in the Mid South is tiny compared to mine and those on this video.
I really enjoyed this and the exuberance of Darrell Luck. A great place to live, surrounded by the work of your hands and the work of nature just being what it was designed to be. Thank you so much for this video.
Thank you so much! I have done numerous videos on Kaye Kittrell's channel (Late Bloomer Show) where you can see more of my gardens. You'll find in her playlists under "Bamboo Oasis".
@@darrellluck7230 Thank you Mr. Luck - I much admire your style of living.
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Any chance you live just down the road a bit? A pleasant and intriguing conversation with you would be a certainty.
Thank you SO much. Just bought 2+ acres of raw land, partially wetland with TONS of bamboo inundated pockets. This will help lead me to utilize the natural resource for fencing & privacy from a total A-hole neighbor. Universe Bless you
I just told my husband a couple weeks ago I wanted to grow bamboo. We have 7 acres, 4 in the back, where I would love to have bamboo on. I didn't know where to get them. And I was so glad you said about Lewis in Jasper Alabama, I live 15 miles from Jasper. Thank you so much! This was the BEST video, learn so much, and make me want bamboo more.
Yeah, go visit the nursery in Jasper. You'll be blown away! Happy bamboo growing. Glad you liked the video.
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Fascinating! The way he describes how to kill off Bamboo is exactly how I describe getting rid of Thistle infestation. Keep taking out the solar panels!
WOW! What a GREAT interview. I've been tripping out on bamboo lately as I moved to Oregon and so many people seem to use the skinny kind around here where as in Cali it was the fear of the invasive bamboo, but I always loved it and clip canes when I can. Just today I was telling my wife I need to learn about the different kinds of timber bamboo vs etc. etc. The synchronicities these days are getting wild.
As an Oregonian I’d like to say people like you are destroying our forests a little at a time. Talk to a wildlife biologist at ODF and see what they say and go back where you came from .
What a fantastically interesting man. I would love to hang out with him and chat. What a guy.
Wow was this just an incredible treasure chest of knowledge! I love how he even gave us this great history of bamboo and talked about the squirrels. I love his bamboo shirt and his honesty about blocking county roads! I am hopefully going to go out and make a better and more green world/Earth now that I have this knowledge. Thank you so much for this!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. Great to know of yet another bamboo-lover. I've done a few other bamboo videos with Steven and some with Kaye Kittrell if you want to see more.
While visiting my Brother in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. . It rained a lot and his front door was uncovered. So I set out to build him a little roof over the front steps. He had a forest of bamboo around his home. I cut down what I needed and proceeded to make a little two sided roof. I learned very fast that you can not nail bamboo. It splits every time. So I had to drill a hole for the nails. More work for me. But it turned out nice. No more wet clothes when fumbling for keys !
I think a lot of people basically lash it together due to the splitting.
Wow he’s a great speaker very clear
While living in Austin, Texas, one of my brothers would harvest bamboo in vacant lots. It grew like a weed. So he would dry the bamboo naturally and make flutes, tobacco pipes, and once made a dig-a re do to support himself. Anyways love this excellent information in this video as an option for homesteader's. TY 🙂
@@FanPlasmic ur a weed!
@@FanPlasmic its a grass.
@@FanPlasmic weed is a term profit driven humans use to describe typically native wild heirloom plants.
I think you mean didgeridoo. Musical instrument of Australian first people. Usually made of an Australian eucalyptus hardwood
In general, there are a few types of woods that are used most often in traditional didgeridoo making. Those wood types are:
Bloodwood Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Mallee Wood Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Boxwood Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Stringy Bark Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Pink Bloodwood - WoolyButt Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Yellow Box Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Iron Bark Eucalyptus didgeridoos
Remember, traditionally only men can play the didgeridoo.
Probably Japanese Knotweed, not true bamboo, it is an invasive weed
Enjoyed this post! I’ve planted 7 or more CLUMPING ! varieties, from the delicate Mexican b to massive Black Asper b. ,which is now 7 stories tall. Our Hamakua, Big Island weather is ideal… almost daily showers, sunny, sub-tropical. Management is needed to keep the canes off of your gutters and roof, for example. No one here plants running bamboo anymore; nurseries here specialize in the sale of clumping b only. What may not have been mentioned in the post is the BEAUTY of b , its gently bending form, rustling leaves… the subject of poetry and philosophy for thousands of years. A hui hou.
After spending a year in Vietnam , I observed how strong and versatile the plant could be even in a survival situation noting how much water each node contains. Many uses including a strong building material…. Thanks for the knowledgeable vid..
Redefining what it means to be BAMBOOZLED!!! I LOVE BAMBOO!!!! Great video! Darrell is a GREAT MAN! 😀💯💢💥👊💪🌴🌿🪴
Thanks for all of your wonderful information Darrell.You've just made me a bamboo convert.I would never have thought that I would have stayed here watching a 40 minute video! Tyvm 😇😇😇😇
Welcome to the club! Glad you enjoyed the video.
He really knows his stuff, he is really knowledgeable. I've been visiting Colombia South America for the last 15 years. They have tons of it, I've always like bamboo. Unless you've been to South America the people use bamboo extensively, I've seen houses on stilts 40 feet up, it's dirt cheap. It's amazing, and it environmentally favorable.
Guadua is what the call it.
Love this man, passion is so beautiful when an expert is talking about his own
i liked the humility that he showed...
I've always loved bamboo but always had trouble finding good info about starting/maintaining it. This is a massive help, thank you!
I loved this!
It's an invasive weed
Maybe this guy smokes it too!
This is what fear sounds like lol
Bamboo is easy to control. Pour lime on the ground where you want it to stop growing. Water the lime so it soaks into the ground. Repeat twice annually. The roots will not pass.
Interesting. Do you think it could also work to just dump wood ash out around the bamboo? That could be an awfully convenient solution for people interested in a self-sufficiency/homesteading lifestyle, if it works.
@@eyesofthecervino3366 I'm not sure about that. I just know that when I lived in Hawaii that lime is what my Gardner used to contain the bamboo perimeters.
It would be worth experimenting with to find out. If it did not work one could always turn to lime.
@@eyesofthecervino3366 I know that low waste and no till farmers use ash as a fertilizer so I'd be worried about it boosting the bamboos growth
Having spent 30 years living with 2 species of bamboo, I find the idea of lime to control bamboo's spread VERY hard to believe.
To keep a long and positive comment short: Neat and very inspiring!
Yes Tennessee has wild bamboo or river cane, and my granddaddy made fishing poles for us from them.
I am green with envy at that awesome hat! I need one! Where do you get a hat like that!
Also bamboo is awesome. Nice video!
I was listening to Christopher Gardener and he said the best time to harvest bamboo is on the last quarter of the moon as the water within the plant is the least and will resist rot the best.
You could also char the bamboo where it will be in the ground to help with rot resistance.
I grew up in the south, we would cut down the long cane sticks and let them dry by hanging them in a tree. When they dried we would varnish them they made great fishing poles and they were strong as well.
I think that "I'll let nature do it" is my new favorite quote.
Could hang all day with this dude. Fascinating and helpful. We just planted 8 bisetti bamboo from Lewis Bamboo. It is great he gave them a shout out as they are one of the few places I trust.
I really love bamboo because it's different but now I learned a few new interesting things. I planted 3 types of bamboo 2 years ago, going into third, but my space is very limited and it's only started to spread. I have deep concrete barrier on 3 sides and one left to spread and collect sprouts.
Some people fear the bamboo but in my opinion you can never have enough since you can do something with it at any time.
What a great interview. Thank you, Darrell, for sharing your knowledge. I never knew bamboo could be managed so well and be so useful. I learned that it's nothing to be afraid of planting.
Thanks, Leah. Glad you liked it.
Sadly yes it is something you should be afraid to plant. Although there is a native bamboo it is only native to several coastal and river inlet areas of the south.
People plant bamboo and then forget about it and it destroys huge amounts of habitat in the northeast and Midwest.
Bamboo has destroyed native stream and river and meadow ecosystems all around the Appalachian mountains and Hudson river valley and people keep planting it then letting it escape to destroy more plant and wildlife habitat.
@@TwoKnowingRavens I am not familiar with any native bamboo that is considered "invasive"....are you talking about Japanese Knotweed which is sometimes refered to as "bamboo"?
I live in Japan and that green white bush bamboo behind you is called Kumazasa. It is great to flirt and make teas from, extremely nutritious. It’s also a great vitamin to add to dog food. My Japanese Kai Ken and Shikoku Ken eat it raw on our property and we add it to their dog food very healthy.
What a wealth of knowledge Darrell is! I really enjoyed this, so informative. If I had a big enough property, I'd definitely be planting some.
This guy is just lovely. And inspiring. I’ve always felt a similar connection to bamboo. There’s a grace and sense of peacefulness to it.
Looking forward to growing some new types on my next property for needs aside from the purely aesthetic.
I brought Bamboo back from Jamacia 40 years ago and still are doing great. They have a huge Bamboo Forest. I also use growth regulators soak around the base to control the spread and height. You have to put it down every 4 weeks. I also put them in 20 gallon buckets then bury them with an inch sticking out. Just put mulch around the bucket to hide the tops.
What a great wealth of information and knowledge is your friend Darrell. Thanks for sharing! I've got a couple of serious (30 yr) bamboo patches that I have been feeling burdened with... Now I have a more optimistic appreciation for it.
What a very knowledgeable guy. Nice peaceful ending too.
Had to do a search " Bamboo Shoots: As strange as it may sound, bamboo shoots bolster your immunity levels to an impressive extent. They also help with cholesterol and blood sugar" Not all people can tolerate eatable bamboo, however
bamboo is one of those plants that will die whenever you try to grow it, but becomes immortal whenever you want to get rid of it. Buying and planting bamboo never seems to yield results, but I do landscaping for a guy every year, and every single year we have to clear bamboo off his property because at some point in the past someone planted some and it took, and now it will never go away.
diesel fuel sprayed where it is will.
@@ScreamingEagle228 one of the problems with it is that it's growing around the other plants; the desirable plants. The flowers, the decorative grasses, and the rhododendrons. Also we prefer not to have some random johnnyboy flick a ciggy out of his car window and catch the entire slope on fire lol
@@redtsun67 but it would in fact kill them lol
@@ScreamingEagle228 true true lol
I do Event Lighting in the Hamptons.. I often use 20'-25' bamboo to hang Chinese paper lanterns from..we attach the lantern(with a bulb) and run a wire down and stick it in the ground around the party area. they look awesome. I know all the secret spots in the Hamptons to get nice long pieces to cut when we need them. I charge $700 each due to the difficulty of transporting them on top my box truck. Love Bamboo! this was a great video.
Sounds like they burn through the money for parties in the Hamptons. Glad you liked the video.
I got Budda Belly Bamboo in Orlando Florida ...
My brother who passed away was a huge grower in Hawaii but actually had more variety while still in Miami Florida.
I rented a house in the south of France once with a bamboo grove that had fireflies living in it. Beautiful pathway from the car to the house , lovely to see at night.
THANK YOU for this video! Please let Mr. Luck know this was wonderful knowledge!
Thank you for liking it so much. May you be blessed with a bamboo grove outside your window.
I’ve always loved bamboo growths. This video has sold me on doing a growth near my creek. If I’m in VA, I guess I’ll be able to plant soon.