From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] when to harvest bamboo
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:04:25 -0400
On 10/6/2010 2:29 PM, loren luyendyk wrote:
Which bamboo varieties produce edible culms?
I have the medium-sized spreading (by underground rhizomes?) bamboo
courtesy of my neighbor and he has the giant timber bamboo on another
part of his property. Both produce useful wood but I am not sure whether
the shoots can be eaten or not. I assume not.