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[Rick Valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

> How and when do you harvest bamboo? I have a nice stash of, I believe it was
> called, green bamboo (20 below type).
Phyllostachys nuda, common name "green" from Ivan Arnodtson via Sam Benowitz
of Raintree Nursery.
When the shoots first break the surface, dig with a few swipes of a hoe or
mattock blade next to the shoot, then turn your swing and sever the shoot
just above the rhizome. Chill asap.
Diagrams make it more comprehensible if you're not familiar with bamboo
anatomy.
-Rick