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This Agriculture Note provides information on the commercial production of culinary bamboo. Product Most bamboo species will produce shoots that may be eaten. The shoots are the young culms, which are harvested just as they appear through the soil. Shoots vary in quality, size and taste.
Bamboo is one of the fastest growing, most versatile, 'woody' plants with highest productivity in the world, and is annually renewable and harvestable if managed appropriately.
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Bamboo is best known for its hard stems (culms) that are used in place of wood for a variety of applications, including furniture, scaffolding, flutes, fence posts, flooring, and even bicycle frames. Bamboos also serve as decorative plants, the source of tender shoots used in Chinese cuisine, and a
I am now growing 40 varieties of temperate bamboos chosen for their functionality, beauty and hardiness. Each season builds on the excitement towards mature groves. Varieties included are for timber, craft, food, hedge rows and landscaping.