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But, alas, all the good eating ones are invasive, unless you are 
diligent about control.  There are clumping types that take less 
maintenance to keep in line (and have good cold-hardiness, to boot), 
but no one recommends eating them.  I'm sure they are edible, in the 
way grass stalks are edible, but I doubt they are very good.

Ginda

On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:43  PM, Rick Valley wrote:

> > From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> > Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:17:07 -0800
> > To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Subject: [NAFEX] bamboo for shoots
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> > Topic #1.  I have been reading about growing bamboo, but so far I 
> > haven't
> > met anyone that harvests shoots and eats them from their garden.  
> > Let's hear
> > from somebody that does.  What kind of bamboo is especially tasty and
> > productive.
> Mark; It Depends! Flavor differs very little among the Phyllostachys 
> genus
> bamboos. That's the major hardy genus. More important is what will 
> match
> your climate & soil. You could easily grow P. nuda, which is one of 
> the best
> for flavor & quite quick in your climate. If it's a wetter spot, try P.
> atrovaginata (P. congesta)
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> > Topic #2.  I know that bamboo can be invasive, but I also have read 
> > that
> > they are easy to control.  If you grow bamboo for shoots, how do you 
> > keep it
> > from growning where you don't want it to?
> You eat it, of course! The rhizome tips are just as tasty as the 
> shoots, so
> perimeter patrol with a pick to intercept the runners (rhizomes) is not
> without reward. Once a year on that task, doesn't take long. And any 
> shoot
> that does not fit your management plan gets eaten. Just don't plant it 
> slap
> up against the house or boundary fence- you need a free-fire 
> interdiction
> zone that you can walk thru.
>
> Rick in Oregon, founding member & ex-prez & ex minister of intormation 
> for
> the Pacific NW Chapter of the American Bamboo Society.
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