permaculture

[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

Hi Georg,

I'm in the Alentejo in the South of Portugal.  There is the Bambouseraie, 
which you might have heard about, only a few miles from my place.  It was 
first started in the South of France and they expanded here to take advantage 
of the milder winters. But they have a lot more water than I do.  They also 
have sandy soil, while mine is heavy clay.  Still I manage to grow about 7 
species at the bottom of our valley where the soil stays moist when all else 
has gone dry.  So I usually get them through the dry season without too much 
irrigation.  But water obviously is the most limiting factor I have.

Dieter 

--- On Sun, 10/24/10, georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at> wrote:

> From: georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] when to harvest bamboo
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010, 4:24 PM
> hi dieter:
> 
> i am growing phylostachis bissetii, which is edible and
> very hardy. a friend of mine - who gave me the Ph. bissetii
> grows 60 or 70 species just outside vienna, e.g. Ph. nigra
> var. henon, Ph. aureosculata, Ph. aurea, Ph.
> viridiglaucescens, also several Sasa, Pseudosasas, Fargesia
> etc. (see his whole list on 
> http://www.tillandsia.at/bambusbestandsliste.htm - but
> there he also list a few that he tried and that didn't make
> the winters)
> 
> he is interested in expandind his collection and i
> swapping. if you have anything that is not on his list feel
> free to contact helmut directly, mentioning my name. he had
> 2 or 3 bamboos before, but when i borrowed him david
> faarrelly's 'book of bamboo' he turned into an enthusiast.
> 
> where about in portugal are you situated, dieter? do you
> have a website?
> 
> best,
> georg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 24.10.2010 um 00:37 schrieb Dieter Brand:
> 
> > You are most welcome George.  Can you grow bamboo
> in Vienna?  There are some that are quite cold hardy,
> but continental winters can be a challenge.
> > 
> > Dieter
> > 
> > --- On Sat, 10/23/10, georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>
> >> Subject: Re: [permaculture] when to harvest
> bamboo
> >> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >> Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 11:03 AM
> >> 
> >> Am 15.10.2010 um 22:35 schrieb Dieter Brand:
> >> 
> >>>> Which bamboo varieties produce edible
> culms?
> >>> 
> >>> My bamboo book lists the following as being
> edible
> >> (the shoots not the culms):
> >> 
> >> ROFLOL
> >> 
> >> 
> >> thanks dieter, your remark 'the shoots, not the
> culms' made
> >> my day LOL
> >> 
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> 
> Georg Parlow
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> +43-650-8899345
> 
> 
> 
> 
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