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allen lumley wrote: John Elliott : I grew up listening to the tall tales spun by local raconteurs, who all swore to have born in the time before the extinction of the passenger pigeon,
and they all speak of a species of local bamboo
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wayne stephen wrote: It's native range extends from Texas to New York . Apparently buffalo and then cattle thrived on it . I have it growing closeby and have used it for bean poles . Could be useful for many things
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John Elliott wrote:Some bamboos are more palatable than others. They contain differing amounts of cyanogenic (meaning it produces cyanide) glycosides that can be a problem for species that do not have the gut chemistry to process the cyanides. We humans don't have that gut chemistry, but we have learned how to cook, and boiling bamboo shoots is how we take care of that.
If you want to locate a species of bamboo that (a) is a palatable fodder and (b) grows in the the cold climate of Ohio, the first place for you to start would be the Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden where they have a collection of over 150 species of bamboo. I would say "from all over the world", but bamboo is not from all over the world, it is a plant that is endemic to Eastern Asia. Bamboo that you find in other places has been brought there by man. But as far as a permaculture, it is an excellent plant to consider, since it will propagate from the roots and keep a continuous stand growing for years and years.
allen lumley wrote: John Elliott : I grew up listening to the tall tales spun by local raconteurs, who all swore to have born in the time before the extinction of the passenger pigeon,
and they all speak of a species of local bamboo like growth in the river bottoms
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