Question for Bamboo experts... - General Tiki

N'' nui 'umi 'umi Tiki Socialite La Mirada Atoll Joined: Feb 21, 2011 Posts: 2718	N'' nui 'umi 'umi Posted posted on Mon, Feb 4, 2013 1:04 PM On 2013-02-04 10:54, lucas vigor wrote: Sick of the neighboors and the monstrosity of a McMansion they built. I want to blot them out forever, and am thinking very tall bamboo as a sort of wall....can anyone suggest a species or type that grows tall, fast and sturdy? LV , Google "Bamboo" ,culture and propagation.Read very thing you have time for. Sounds to me like "Alphonse Karr" is a type of bamboo that might be close to perfect for you. 12-15' tall, it's a beautiful yellow with a green stripe bamboo,spreads slowly as it's a "clumper" and is readily available at most nurseries. THe culms are about 1 1/2 " IF you wanna go crazy "Bambusa Oldhamii", common name Giant timber bamboo will grow to 40-50 ' in a few years, it's harder to find and at 75$ plus at most places it's not for everyone. the culms/canes are up to 4" and it's also a clumper.. Pretty impressive. Hi -Times liquor in Costa Mesa Has several stands growing within small restricted confines in their parking lot. Two good reasons to visit Hi-times(I dig their rum selection and if Forrest is there, he's quite knowledgeable in regard to rum, Btw, I just picked up a 5 gal. can of B. Oldhamii last weekend while visiting San Diego (yea Bali Hai,Humphrey's)I found a grower that will sell it for $35 and I'll share my source With anyone (via p m) that wants to know. Good luck,Bamboo is your friend

On 2013-02-04 10:54, lucas vigor wrote:
Sick of the neighboors and the monstrosity of a McMansion they built. I want to blot them out forever, and am thinking very tall bamboo as a sort of wall....can anyone suggest a species or type that grows tall, fast and sturdy?

LV , Google "Bamboo" ,culture and propagation.Read very thing you have time for.
Sounds to me like "Alphonse Karr" is a type of bamboo that might be close to perfect for you. 12-15' tall, it's a beautiful yellow with a green stripe bamboo,spreads slowly as it's a "clumper" and is readily available at most nurseries. THe culms are about 1 1/2 " IF you wanna go crazy "Bambusa Oldhamii", common name Giant timber bamboo will grow to 40-50 ' in a few years, it's harder to find and at 75$ plus at most places it's not for everyone. the culms/canes are up to 4" and it's also a clumper.. Pretty impressive. Hi -Times liquor in Costa Mesa Has several stands growing within small restricted confines in their parking lot. Two good reasons to visit Hi-times(I dig their rum selection and if Forrest is there, he's quite knowledgeable in regard to rum,
Btw, I just picked up a 5 gal. can of B. Oldhamii last weekend while visiting San Diego (yea Bali Hai,Humphrey's)I found a grower that will sell it for $35 and I'll share my source With anyone (via p m) that wants to know.
Good luck,Bamboo is your friend

Post #666198 by nui 'umi 'umi on Mon, Feb 4, 2013 1:04 PM