[RP TownTalk] free bamboo runners

[Roland Walker]

Of course this type grows too high for that -- but I also have some
very cool bamboo ground cover which stays well below knee height.  I
wonder if that wouldn't soak up water very well, too.

The ground cover might be this stuff

   http://www.bamboogarden.com/Pleioblastus%20pygmaeus.html

Bamboo roots stay extremely shallow, which is one reason why it is not
really so difficult to control as I have heard.  Shallow roots might
be good around a foundation.

"Soaking up water" should occur primarily through transpiration, which
would be limited in principle by the total surface area of the leaves.
 Secondarily on growth and fruiting.  The ground cover does provide a
lot of leaf.

I also have Heavenly Bamboo for my hedge, but that isn't actually
bamboo, despite the name.  Still, the little theme is cool.

R

PS Someone took the runners.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Nancy Augustine <nya_md at verizon.net> wrote:
> Soaks up water, huh? Wonder if it would make a good foundation planting, to keep the water from seeping into the basement. Has anybody ever tried that?
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>  From: JayRite at aol.com
>  Date: 2008/05/06 Tue PM 07:57:42 CDT
>  To: TownTalk at riverdale-park.org
>  Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] free bamboo runners
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>  Roland you are absoluty nuts! LOL Don't do it!!!Anyone!!!! :-) Jay  In a message dated 5/6/2008 3:45:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, walker at pobox.com writes:Many   people hate bamboo, but I love it.  I'm certain this is the   most
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> controversial thing I have ever said on TownTalk.
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>  My bamboo   makes a nice privacy curtain in the back yard and it really
>  soaks up water   when the ground gets saturated, which is often.
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>  If anyone wants some   runners, I have several feet worth.
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>  R
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