Harvesting Bamboo/ Have questions

[Roxt]

I planted three varieties of bamboo last year and was surprise how much new growth they put on this spring. WOW! I never realized how fast bamboo grew. I will contained the growth now that I see what it can do.

I have a question regarding the harvest of bamboo. A family has offer to let me cut all the bamboo from their yard. I believe the "forest" to be around 60 years old. Much of the bamboo is 3-3.5 inch caliber. Is there any value in a truckload of bamboo. Who might want it or of what use could it be put to. Does it need to be treated or cut and stack in a shed? I am not a crafter but they plan to push it out and burn it. It seems a waste to let so much good bamboo go.

Thanks for any and all input!

[CaroleMeckes]

What part of Texas is it in!

[Mark Meckes]

That's an impressive diameter for Texas!
Do you know the species name or have any pics?

How much space does a 60 year old grove cover?

Does this bamboo have two branches growing from each node, or more than 2?

Mark

[Roxt]

Thanks for moving the thread to a more appropriate forum. Leave it to the new kid to get off on the wrong foot.

The bamboo is probably call Calcutta although I swear they told me it was Cow Cutter. Must have been the East Texas draw. Don't know anything about bamboo.

I will take and post a picture before it is pushed and cut down.

[Mark Meckes]

Hi! How did it go? Did you do harvest the bamboo?
Take any pics?
Was the whole grove cut down?
When this happens you end up with a lot of bamboo that was `harvested' before it's time, so the value of bamboo is relative to grading and sorting it out, the drying/curing procedure, and then finding uses ...and also a market for it.

Let us know how it went, and if you need any more info.
This is quite an involved subject though not necessarily overcomplicated.
There's just a lot of different ways to go about it, each having it's own merit or application.

Mark