Ginger,
It has been tried in Florida, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas, It will grow
but it is not the same. The bamboo used for making bamboo rods comes
from a small area in China. It is known as the Tonkin Provence if China.
The basmboo is known as Tea Stick Bamboo or Tonkin Cane. This bamboo
grows on the windy mountains and from what I understand this is what
gives it it'd strength.
Tony
Allen,Ginger M wrote:
I was wondering. Couldn't we grow our own bamboo (like down here in
florida) to make bamoo rods?
Ginger M. Allen
Senior Biological Scientist
Florida Master Naturalist Program Coordinator
www.MasterNaturalist.org <http://www.masternaturalist.org/>
University of Florida/IFAS
Southwest Florida Research & Education Center
2686 State Road 29 North
Immokalee, FL 34142
FAX 239-658-3469
PH 239-658-3400; SunCom 974-3400
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