We need a Panda bear! Plenty of bamboo in Love’s Creek Watershed in Siler City. There is a bountiful attack stand behind my former office building and over into Dr. Schwankle’s. Another stand over on 4th St. Sounds like another source in Pittsboro. Maybe Neha Shah can arrange help fromContinue Reading
Gracious! What on earth were they thinking? Planting invasive Bamboo within yards of a foundation. The foundation of a recently Re-located all metal house- a pittsboro landmark? If you think bamboo Is controllable and a good idea, take a look at the bamboo ‘jungles’ Behind the funeral home and theContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:35:10 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: My Love Affair with B.B. – continued . . . Dear Chatlist Readers – I was so underwhelmed by the one response to my plight yesterday, I decided to give it to the rest of you today full whollopContinue Reading
From: Kathy Zinn Sent: Thu, May 23, 2013 8:47:10 AM Subject: Bamboo, again I know the piece of land forested with bamboo in P’boro, across from Habitat. I like it. It is a spot of green between two buildings. Cut it down to “build something”? as N.A. Booko says –Continue Reading
From: N.A. Booko Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 11:03:31 AM Subject: To those who what to grow Bamboo and to those who think they can ‘control’ Bamboo Despite what has been said on the Chatlist about the horrors of growing bamboo, there are those that still feel they will beContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 09:47:10 -0400 From: Kathy Zinn Subject: Bamboo I like Bamboo! Our 1/4 acres yard has loads of bamboo in the back yard, but there is just enough space to walk, and for the grandkids’ playhouse. No need to mow the small strip between bamboo borderContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 08:17:32 -0400 From: Allen Matlins Subject: The Virtues of Bamboo The many warnings about bamboo spreading are absolutely true. Watching new shoots emerge in the spring is simply amazing because each of them looks so virile and grows so fast. There are ways to containContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 12:49:29 -0400 From: “Tom Glendinning” Subject: Bamboo There are several nurseries which sell bamboo. Two online are: http://www.jmbamboo.com/ Alabama http://www.bamboogarden.com/ Oregon Search the web for more. A nice nursery in Chapel Hill run by the wife of a former UNC botany professor, Camellia Forest, specializingContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 12:37:06 -0400 From: John R Dykers Subject: bamboo planting – Jina Southerland Be very careful. Bamboo is a very aggressive species and will not remain “outside your fence”. Feel free to visit The Dykers Bldg. at 401 N. Ivy Ave, just west of old ChathamContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:21:18 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Bamboo Wow, two inquiries about bamboo on the same day. It’s way too easy to grow bamboo. In 20 years dealing with garden problems in two counties, the question of how to get rid of bamboo came up 10Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:03:51 -0400 From: Peggy Wilson Subject: Bamboo A friendly bamboo warning… We had a small grove on our farm when we moved here in 1984, and loved it, as do the birds. However, it spreads rampantly by 1 -1½ inch woody rhizomes(?) that are onContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 08:57:38 -0400 From: Carol Mohr Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #4637 To those of you who asked about bamboo, please be sure you do not plant running bamboo, which is invasive. I understand there are clumping varieties that do not spread so prolifically. Please check withContinue Reading