[Terrapreta] bamboo biochar?

[Greg and April]

I wonder if black walnut would corral bamboo to the juglone in it's roots?


Greg H.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Yarrow 
  To: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org 
  Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:42
  Subject: [Terrapreta] bamboo biochar?


  personally, around here, i find bamboo to be an invasive, unruly, impossible to restrain pest.  i've got three small clumps that are racing around my 1.3 acre jungle.  they grow in one spot a few years, then send out 20 to 40 foot long cable-size and equally tough runners to sprout in beds and pathways, smothering everything.  however, it is a useful plant -- expecially its hard hollow stems make nice pipes and tubes, and strong lattices.  and i hear it makes a very fine charcoal, preferred by artists.

  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2004360712_pacificpbamboo20.html

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