Need help starting a Bamboo grove enterprise in Dixie County FL
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Tundra
Aug 8, 2006, 11:07:16 PM8/8/06
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G'day Folks, I am interested in dedicating a large portion of my 22
acres to bamboo growing for fun and profit. Haven't been able to get
help from Florida Agriculture folks. My property is west of
Gainesville FL near the Suwannee River about 20 miles from the coast.
16 acres are seasonal hammock - sandy loam with plenty of water
(fresh). The clumping bamboo I have established is thriving (not sure
the name but common variety used for cane fishing poles about 12-15 ft
high, 1-2 inch diameters. I would like to diversify species adding
larger commerically useful varieties.
If anyone is interested in helping me, perhaps sharing plantings,
co-op, etc, please contact me //ar...@aol.com//. Anyone who can
recommend links in the central/north FL and southern GA/AL areas would
be a great help too.
acres to bamboo growing for fun and profit. Haven't been able to get
help from Florida Agriculture folks. My property is west of
Gainesville FL near the Suwannee River about 20 miles from the coast.
16 acres are seasonal hammock - sandy loam with plenty of water
(fresh). The clumping bamboo I have established is thriving (not sure
the name but common variety used for cane fishing poles about 12-15 ft
high, 1-2 inch diameters. I would like to diversify species adding
larger commerically useful varieties.
If anyone is interested in helping me, perhaps sharing plantings,
co-op, etc, please contact me //ar...@aol.com//. Anyone who can
recommend links in the central/north FL and southern GA/AL areas would
be a great help too.
David Harvey
Jan 28, 2016, 4:45:55 PM1/28/16
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Doug Perry
Feb 8, 2016, 2:26:20 PM2/8/16
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The bamboo business is not for the faint of heart in my opinion, and I believe it involves a fair bit of installation services to really be profitable.
I would suggest making this a fun, side business and giving up your day job if it is wildly successful. I grow for fun and have made some great bamboo friends, but it's time consuming and the general public can eat you alive. :)
If you are in the Sarasota are, I'd be happy to give you stuff from my yard that would survive in that area.
I can't recommend growing anything but clumping bamboo in Florida.
Best wishes
-Doug
bamboodoug at gmail dot com
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Ivan Hartley
Mar 12, 2017, 7:05:16 AM3/12/17
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Hello all
Anyone know the true lows for the new Dendrocalamus tibeticus and does it flourish in west central Florida?
Also what is the real Low for Parkers giant ?
I live in West Central Florida and would like to add to my collection species of Bamboo especially large timber Bamboo's
anything that can take 26 degrees should have no problem except in a bad year Most years only down to 30 degrees a few days/hours a year
This year is the first year in my knowledge (40 years) where i live that we did not have a Frost! and I can only remember 4 years (this is the 4 year)
that we did not drop below 32 degrees for more than an hour
please refer me to other list if this is a "dead" list ...thank you
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David Harvey
Mar 12, 2017, 8:32:15 AM3/12/17
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I sell bamboo for farming.timber bamboo nursery Monticello fl.
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Doug Perry
Mar 12, 2017, 8:52:48 AM3/12/17
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Ivan,
Not sure about the tibeticus, but I know of a healthy Parker's Giant in the Jacksonville area, but coastal areas tend to be a bit more buffered from swinging temps than inland.
However, in my limited opinion, it's the drying effect on tropical/subtropical bamboos from wind and lack of moisture that seems to decide their fate when we're talking about those around the high-low limits. If the conditions are right (wind-protected, good water availability, etc) a bamboo known to grow in a defined temp zone might do well outside that zone (not 2-3 zones in most cases).
I don't know if this list is dead...doesn't seem to be much activity, but many probably receive it but don't post.
Take care,
-Doug
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Roy Rogers
Mar 12, 2017, 12:57:26 PM3/12/17
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Ivan Hartley! Now that “blast from the past” name I remember! Hope you’re doing well. I’m 3 years past a major heart attack, but I’m still hanging on. As far as the Parker’s low temp range, I’m not sure about it, as I only get a freeze about every dozen years. But here’s what’s significant about Parker’s Giant! All of my Parker is flowering profusely. Thousands of flowers and all leaves off of the plants. No seed yet and no spiklets sticking out for pollination. It started flowering late Summer/early Fall 2016. If I can get some actual spiklets sticking out of the flowers bracts, then I’m going to take some closeup pics and see if Dr. Chris Stapleton of Kew Gardens (England) can get a better identification of the true identity of the Parker. I’ve got some links, but not sure if they will work via this forum.
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Ivan Hartley
Mar 12, 2017, 4:23:51 PM3/12/17
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well hello Roy! my bamboo mentor! how many years has it been ?
I am sorry about your health problems but glad to see you are still kicking , I hope you and your wife are well
I would like to go up to Loxahachee and buy some more Boo before I retire , my last .....I might even rent a Uhaul truck
I just want make sure I get stuff that will live and flourish
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Roy Rogers <jrog...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
Ivan Hartley! Now that “blast from the past” name I remember! Hope you’re doing well. I’m 3 years past a major heart attack, but I’m still hanging on. As far as the Parker’s low temp range, I’m not sure about it, as I only get a freeze about every dozen years. But here’s what’s significant about Parker’s Giant! All of my Parker is flowering profusely. Thousands of flowers and all leaves off of the plants. No seed yet and no spiklets sticking out for pollination. It started flowering late Summer/early Fall 2016. If I can get some actual spiklets sticking out of the flowers bracts, then I’m going to take some closeup pics and see if Dr. Chris Stapleton of Kew Gardens (England) can get a better identification of the true identity of the Parker. I’ve got some links, but not sure if they will work via this forum.
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Hermine Stover
Mar 12, 2017, 4:48:38 PM3/12/17
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At 04:05 AM 3/12/2017, Ivan Hartley wrote:
Ivan and Fellow Students, I have always heard of people growing large clumping timber bamboo at temperatures way below mine in Perris, California. I have come to the conclusion that either they lie, or I am cursed. mine got peevish at fifty degrees and straight downhill from there
now running a nursery is another form of torture with client interface, getting people to know you and all that stuff like any other biz.
hermine
Ivan and Fellow Students, I have always heard of people growing large clumping timber bamboo at temperatures way below mine in Perris, California. I have come to the conclusion that either they lie, or I am cursed. mine got peevish at fifty degrees and straight downhill from there
now running a nursery is another form of torture with client interface, getting people to know you and all that stuff like any other biz.
hermine
Anyone know the true lows for the new Dendrocalamus tibeticus and does it flourish in west central Florida?Â
Also what is the real Low for Parkers giant ?Â
I live in West Central Florida and would like to add to my collection species of Bamboo especially large timber Bamboo'sÂ
anything that can take 26 degrees should have no problem except in a bad year Most years only down to 30 degrees a few days/hours a yearÂ
This year is the first year in my knowledge (40 years) where i live that we did not have a Frost! Â and I can only remember 4 years (this is the 4 year)
that we did not drop below 32 degrees for more than an hour  Â
please refer me to other list if this is a "dead" list ...thank youÂ
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Doug Perry <dougla...@gmail.com > wrote:
- The bamboo business is not for the faint of heart in my opinion, and I believe it involves a fair bit of installation services to really be profitable.
- I would suggest making this a fun, side business and giving up your day job if it is wildly successful. I grow for fun and have made some great bamboo friends, but it's time consuming and the general public can eat you alive. :)
- If you are in the Sarasota are, I'd be happy to give you stuff from my yard that would survive in that area. Â
- I can't recommend growing anything but clumping bamboo in Florida.
- Best wishes
- -Doug
- bamboodoug at gmail dot com
- On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:45 PM, David Harvey < legendar...@gmail.com> wrote:
- www.timberbamboonursery.com
- here to help
- On Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 11:07:16 PM UTC-4, Tundra wrote:
- G'day Folks, Â I am interested in dedicating a large portion of my 22
- acres to bamboo growing for fun and profit. Haven't been able to get
- help from Florida Agriculture folks. My property is west of
- Gainesville FL near the Suwannee River about 20 miles from the coast.
- 16 acres are seasonal hammock - sandy loam with plenty of water
- (fresh). The clumping bamboo I have established is thriving (not sure
- the name but common variety used for cane fishing poles about 12-15 ft
- high, 1-2 inch diameters. I would like to diversify species adding
- larger commerically useful varieties.
- If anyone is interested in helping me, perhaps sharing plantings,
- co-op, etc, please contact me //ar...@aol.com//. Anyone who can
- recommend links in the central/north FL and southern GA/AL areas would
- be a great help too.
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Hermine Stover
Mar 12, 2017, 4:51:04 PM3/12/17
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Roy you naughty boy! I did not give you permission to have a heart attack.
hermine
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Roy Rogers
Mar 12, 2017, 5:01:44 PM3/12/17
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Hermine,
I love being naughty, but not the heart attack kind. Halloween Night,
10/31/13, was when I had my ³Widow Maker² heart attack. I thought the
phrase ³Widow Maker² was just for lay people, but even my cardiologists
use the phrase. ³Widow Maker².
Roy Rogers
Tampa, FL
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I love being naughty, but not the heart attack kind. Halloween Night,
10/31/13, was when I had my ³Widow Maker² heart attack. I thought the
phrase ³Widow Maker² was just for lay people, but even my cardiologists
use the phrase. ³Widow Maker².
Roy Rogers
Tampa, FL
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Roy Rogers
Mar 12, 2017, 5:09:52 PM3/12/17
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Ivan,
It seems like at least a couple of decades since we’ve conversed. When I had my heart attack, my cardiologists told me my bambooing days were over. So in-between stays in the hospital, I sold my stock plants of bamboo. But starting about the Summer of 2014, I started doing a little digging, and the more I dug, it seemed like the stronger I got. So now when I dig out and pot bamboos, it’s all about my health. I’ve re-landscaped my backyard, and I generally have a few hundred pots left over to sell each year. I’m down to almost nothing right now, so I’ll probably start doing some health exercising with my post hole digger pretty soon.
Roy Rogers
Tampa, FL
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Hermine Stover
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what did they do to you to keep you undead?
hermine
>I love being naughty, but not the heart attack kind. Halloween Night,
>phrase ³Widow Maker² was just for lay people, but even my cardiologists
>use the phrase. ³Widow Maker².
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