How Old is Your Bamboo?

[@1andonly222]

I have a bamboo forest on my property and I love it. I’ve played in it since I was a child and I’m really wanting to start building things with it. I’m glad I found your channel

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I just did a consult at a place with a bamboo forest in their yard, I was jealous

[@flamingomtn]

I planted my Buddha Belly clumping bamboo when I first moved to Florida 10 years ago. Needless to say, it's now magnificent but it's only through watching your videos that I'm finally learning to manage and use it, instead of just letting it do its thing. My yard is rather lush and purposely overgrown because that's what the native birds and wildlife seem to like best. My bamboo is a huge part of that and I really want to expand the bamboo because I have zero privacy in the back yard and the bamboo really solves that problem. Thanks again for helping to educate me about bamboo.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

My pleasure

[@moonpi4604]

I don't live in the tropics...I live in southwest Virginia in the Appalachians and I grow 3 varieties of bamboo. Its been planted since 2015 and in the past two years has taken off. I really appreciate all of your videos. Bamboo is everything!!!!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Hope the video helps you do cool stuff with your bamboo

[@MsCherokee70]

My bamboo surives cold temperatures, here in Virginia. It's definitely being used, all around my land. I actually lable some of mine with the year it came up. Mainly when they are nice looking ones I want for future art or projects. Some I will just carve the year. "24". Best to keep, it simple. Hard enough to keep it under control! We have the invasive running type 🙄 so we look for every reason to use it. 😅 When preserved right and at the proper age, it's very strong.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Defintely, and there is so much you can do with bamboo. I wish I had running bamboo sometimes, I need more!!

[@jimhood1202]

Although it's a lot of work, start putting some kind of mark on your new culms as the appear. Do this every year and you then take the guess work out of the situation. I have clumps in different areas of the garden that have the same age of culm that look quite different. It's taken four years but now I've got an exact age for the ones that matter.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I learned that tip recently. Thank you.

[@JayBlueTape]

Share it baby! Love seeing you and your work and learning from you!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks for checking them all out

[@kimphilley621]

Thank you. I have my sailboat up on the hard in Lombok Indinesia. I needed to make shade and scaffolding. You channel showed me how.. Kim Philley of Sailboat Philiosophy

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Cool. Glad my videos can help for things like that. I was in Lombok a few years back. Loved it

[@Fjord66]

Would the way to tell age differ in a dry climate(ie socal)? Trying to figure out how to gauge age if lichen and moss aren't there

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You would probably have to mark them as new shoots comeup then, but if you look closely, you can see the age. New bamboo has sheaths, old bamboo will look older

[@jacshaariselamat9186]

Hebat! Bagus! We people from Malaysia simply ignore bamboo instead choose a plastic stuff for building

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I was in kk two summers ago and was surprised how similar to Hawaii it felt. Both our countries need to rediscover bamboo

[@Norbingel]

Guada bamboo (iron bamboo) is running and is widely considered the strongest bamboo so there's at least one exception.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Its actually running and clumping, a unique variety among bamboo

[@wildandes1185]

Great info. The entire Amazon forest needs this info. I don't know if you could get an automatic translation to Spanish and Portuguese but if you could I would love to see that simply because your channel is precios info to the Amazonian rainforest people like me.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo. I would've thought people from the Amazon would no more than me. I know youtube has subtitles. I'll see if I can get them in other languages.

[@bardiasushil]

I have bamboo installed at my home. Which are more then 80 years old. Still solid as iron. India 🇮🇳

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Bamboo is the best

[@stellaarbelaez2025]

Hello, can you share your set up for curing/ drying your bamboo? I really need to come up with something before I harvest again. Had a bunch of it ruined from poor handling. 😟

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I have a carport that I store the bamboo in to dry for 2 months. Nothing fancy. But after treating i stand them up to drain for a few days. You can check out my IG to see an image of that

[@luisenriquegaribaysimental9636]

Great job man keep it up Ty for your enthusiasm and question are you flying while you make these videos or maybe it’s me ! Anyways thanks again just propagated a shitload of timber boo time will tell Ty again

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I think because I never know where to look in the camera I look more stoned than I really am. Thanks for watching the videos!

[@luisenriquegaribaysimental9636]

@@HomesteadinHawaii hey Ty for the reply and gif stuff can’t wait o see th tree or timber boo tree house I built a regular tree house but am going to try your methods on rooting the grass and haven’t had ay luck quick question once the stalk is down a buried should it half sun or none at all

[@lannawolf1864]

So, what age would you recommend for shibari?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I don't know what shibari is, sorry

[@lannawolf1864]

@HomesteadinHawaii rope bondage. So it needs to hold about 250-300 lbs

[@Fjord66]

@@lannawolf1864 specifically you're looking for shear strength as it would be weighted w the bamboo horizontal

[@lannawolf1864]

@@Fjord66 yes

[@macariosanchez5640]

done.

[@yaysunny]

What kind of bamboo is this here?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Bambusa Oldhamii

[@michaelrouleau3966]

Hello My name is mike. Me and my spouse are moveing to fern acres in September would love to learn things from you .if this is possible let me know

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It might be. I'll be working on a bamboo treehouse this fall. Maybe I could use an extra hand.

[@wherezbaer]

@@HomesteadinHawaii I"m building in Pahoa, I'm open to trade help if you're interested. Appreciate your videos, Aloha!

[@cameronpratley4034]

Can you just varnish the bamboo to treat it, or what I’m clueless!!! Need advice ASAP Cheers Cam

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Vanishing does not treat

[@cameronpratley4034]

Hey mate, I just cut a heap of bamboo it’s about 10 years old and the average height is 20 meters at least, but I can’t treat it for another couple of days, so it will be sitting for over 48 hours. I want to use it for arts and crafts so should I be worried that I’ve already stuffed the treating process?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

First off, age of the culm matters. You want 4 yo culms from an at least 8 year old clump. Some of those culms you cut could be just a year old. Ideally you treat right away. Do you have borax and boric acid or access to saltwater? Do not leave it much longer than 48 hrs to effectively treat

[@BAMBOOM2021]

About how many new shoots do you get per clump every year? And why did that shoot die?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I get about 5-10. Sometimes they die because of fertility. More you feed the more they grow

[@doreenkatehostallero4426]

New subs here

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Glad to have ya!

[@apornstein7279]

Do you have probemos with mold?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

On the bamboo? Yes. It has to be cleaned from time to time

[@GarysBBQSupplies]

What island are you on??

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Hawaii island

[@BugYall]

Dude, if you wanna claim in 1 video that treated bamboo can last up to a 100 years then don't say "I think you can probably pull off 7 or 10 years out of it". Stay consistent pls! And keep up the (otherwise) good content! :P

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Very true. That was one of the first videos I made. I’m getting better

[@BugYall]

@@HomesteadinHawaii And tnx for the fast reply. Some channels never bother! I look forward to your ebook!

[@anonsmith8463]

Mahalo!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

No worries!

[@AfghanLand32]

Did I miss the part where he said how to actually tell how to tell the age of bamboo ?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It’s in there

[@REdem1602]

@@HomesteadinHawaii I think you did not talk about this part. That was the mean reason why I opened this video

[@ezridr1234]

Unscientific.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Yup. Just observational.