Bamboo Experts Advice Please!! Moso! - Tiki Carving

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Mon, Jun 12, 2017 11:45 AM Follow-up to my last post -- just found this interesting message on forums.gardenweb.com: Posted by kudzu9(Zone 8a - PNW) Sam- Just some friendly advice. Bamboo on eBay are often sold by people who know very little about digging, stabilizing and proper shipping of bamboo. The prices may look good, but you may end up with only non-viable rhizomes or with a plant that dies on you. Other people sell bamboo seeds that are improperly identified, and are, in any case, illegal to bring into the country without a quarantine permit. Further, if they are not confiscated, they will still take years to produce decent size bamboo...and that's if they are viable and you can get them to sprout. Don't mean to sound too negative, but I've seen too many paople get bad deals on eBay with the bamboo sellers. They're not all bad...just a lot of them! Good luck, and be cautious. ø Like ø‘ Bookmark October 1, 2009 at 12:36AM So, sounds like a crapshoot for 5 bucks. As to the legality of the material I received, I'll have to give that some thought. I'm still searching for more info before I do anything.

Follow-up to my last post -- just found this interesting message on forums.gardenweb.com:

Posted by kudzu9(Zone 8a - PNW)
Sam-
Just some friendly advice. Bamboo on eBay are often sold by people who know very little about digging, stabilizing and proper shipping of bamboo. The prices may look good, but you may end up with only non-viable rhizomes or with a plant that dies on you. Other people sell bamboo seeds that are improperly identified, and are, in any case, illegal to bring into the country without a quarantine permit. Further, if they are not confiscated, they will still take years to produce decent size bamboo...and that's if they are viable and you can get them to sprout. Don't mean to sound too negative, but I've seen too many paople get bad deals on eBay with the bamboo sellers. They're not all bad...just a lot of them! Good luck, and be cautious.
ø Like ø‘ Bookmark October 1, 2009 at 12:36AM

So, sounds like a crapshoot for 5 bucks. As to the legality of the material I received, I'll have to give that some thought. I'm still searching for more info before I do anything.

Post #776910 by AceExplorer on Mon, Jun 12, 2017 11:45 AM