Jay is right about the black (Nigra) bamboo...it grows slower, not so big and slowly spreads. I planted my Nigra at the same time as the Moso...it is just now reaching 1 - 1.5 inches diameter, none over 20 feet tall. It makes beautiful canes.
Justin....here you go...these folks list a lot of...
Yes...when they first sprout you can kick the culms over if you don't want them in a certain area but unless you stay on top of it you can have a big patch in a few years.
Alex is a good thinker...a good one to have around when difficult things need to get done.
Burnham, our Moso bamboo is amazing. I planted it about 1998, it was about the diameter of a pencil. Today they canes are 60-70 feet tall and up to 8 inches in diameter. They will grow from 0 - 60 feet...
And here is a bit of video of the process:
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You can see the timbers he made by the pool...a 20' and a 16' notched and overlapped 4 feet, through bolted and screwed with some kind of fancy coated screw. They are BAD heavy...he and I moved the one we raised...WAY easier to climb and top a tree. I told him to call all his firefighter...
This could really be part of this thread:
https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?18858-Monkey-Slide-building-a-water-slide
but it is different enough I figured to put it in the rigging section. When you need an anchor point in open space you gotta do something. At first we thought...
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