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Post by kasim18 on Nov 19, 2011 21:58:29 GMT
i am planning to acquire a sword capable of cutting bamboo, and i am planning to grow it myself. However, i have no knowledge of the best types of bamboo. I am looking for some that will not risk leaking scratches on the blade of a katana and is not incredibly hard to cut, as my form makes Paul Southeren look like Musashi, i honestly cannot see the flaws he refers to in his form. Also, I live in northern Florida, winter is setting is, and the summers are hell, so i need bamboo that is fairly resilient to 80+ degrees F and will not die during a chilly night. Ideally the bamboo would grow relatively quickly, but if there is one factor that needs to be sacrificed, i will not be buying the sword until next summer, so it will have a few months to grow. I apologize if this is too much for one query, but i doubt i would be able to do this in installments without forgetting anything. Thanks in advance, sorry if i sound a little nerdy with the number of factors :geek:
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Post by Hiroshi on Nov 19, 2011 22:48:05 GMT
hmm... dont worry... bamboo will grow... like a weed! lol even in fl, I live in Tampa and where you can find it it groes like crazy!
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Post by kasim18 on Nov 20, 2011 4:50:29 GMT
Thank you my friend, that was one of my biggest concerns, that i would gett the seeds, plant it, and watch it die the first day of bad weather. I live a few miles from Jacksonville, so if it thrives in tampa, it should thrive here. now for the other important part, any suggestions as to the type that is the most fun to cut? i plan to order the seeds online, so i can probably get about any type, also, again, i hope to get my katana sometime next summer, so something that could grow a few feet by then would be ideal. but that is secondary, i have bottles if i need to wait for it, what types are best for cutting? thanks again
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Post by shoboshi on Nov 20, 2011 5:47:48 GMT
Florida actually sounds like a very bamboo friendly climate. I'm growing some here in west texas. Needs plenty of water, but it's all still alive. It's not going to take you a few months years to get it to proper size though. It's going to take years.
Check out lewis bamboo, bamboo garden and shweeash bamboo. All of those sites have some pretty useful information. The biggest one being about how to contain your grove.
Keep in mind that bamboo is a hard target. It's going to leave some scratches. But you may also want to drop a PM to Marc Ridgeway, he cuts bamboo regularly and can tell you more about it.
Good luck.
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Post by kasim18 on Nov 20, 2011 13:07:48 GMT
thanks, i'll ask him
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Post by Hiroshi on Nov 20, 2011 23:29:29 GMT
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Post by kasim18 on Dec 2, 2011 0:46:36 GMT
i think i'm gonnatry growing some giant timber bamboo, see how that works out
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