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Bambu Batu
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Fred Hornaday is a leading voice in the bamboo industry. In 2006, he launched Bambu Batu to promote bamboo for all its many uses and to provide the world's most comprehensive online resource for information related to all things bamboo. Today, Fred works with bamboo growers and producers around the world. From species selection and plant sourcing, to manufacturing and marketing, to generating Carbon Credits and emissions offsets, Fred is determined to create more success stories in this exciting, fast-growing industry. Contact him through BambuBatu.com to learn more.
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Discovering bamboo in Colombia: Guadua angustifolia
On location in southern Colombia, where the presence of Guadua, sometimes called Iron Bamboo, is astonishing. And it could be one of the most fascinating bamboo species of all.
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How to intercrop with bamboo and why
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Bamboo farming lends itself very well to intercropping, but what are the best crops to mix with bamboo, and why? The answers might surprise you. Visit BambuBatu.com to learn more. bambubatu.com/companion-planting-with-bamboo/ #bamboofarming #intercropping #companionplanting
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 24): World Bamboo Day 2024 in Chiangmai, Thailand
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Many consider bamboo a miracle plant, and so surely it deserves its own holiday. Kamesh Salam and the World Bamboo Organization founded World Bamboo Day in 2009, and this year they'll host an international celebration in Chiangmai, Thailand. The event is open to the public, with bamboo construction workshops, live music, fun and learning. Register for the event: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ...
Bamboo and Carbon Credits in 2024
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Carbon Credits are a huge deal at the moment. Potentially, they can provide an effective financing mechanism to bring more eco-friendly projects to life. And when it comes to removing atmospheric carbon, few things can surpass the proven technology of bamboo and photosynthesis. Learn more at BambuBatu.com bambubatu.com/bamboo-farming-in-the-us/ bambubatu.com/growing-bamboo-for-carbon-credits/ O...
Searching for bamboo at the Grand Canyon of the Philippines
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The Philippines is one of the best places on earth to enjoy massive clumps of tropical timber bamboo. And who can say no to a trip to the Grand Canyon? Recently, I was lucky enough to do both of these things. Visit BambuBatu.com to learn more bambubatu.com/bamboo-in-the-philippines/ #Bambooforest #giantbamboo #bamboophilippines
The Sustainability of Bamboo: Fact or Fiction?
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How sustainable is bamboo? Is it just an urban legend, or is it the real thing? Let's find out. Learn more at BambuBatu.com
The Bamboo Gardener's Parable
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After all the comments about my previous video, I decided to write this song. It's called "The Gardener" and it's based on "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers. I hope you all enjoy it. It's my first live performance to be captured on camera. Find more lessons about bamboo at BambuBatu.com #bamboogarden #bamboomusic #bamboosong On a warm summer evening, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a ga...
The Bamboo Apocalypse is coming
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Never mind the Zombies, invasive bamboo threatens to bring an end to life as we know it. How will we survive? Is there hope for our species? Learn more at BambuBatu.com bambubatu.com/is-bamboo-invasive-or-just-expansive/ bambubatu.com/the-most-invasive-varieties-of-bamboo/ #bamboogarden #invasivebamboo #apocalypse
In search of bamboo in central Manila, Philippines
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To escape the concrete jungle in the bustling metropolis of Manila, I stepped into Arroceros Urban Forest, where I discovered a lush tropical jungle of palm trees and more. Visit BambuBau.com to learn more bambubatu.com/bamboo-in-the-philippines/ #bamboogarden #bamboojungle #manilaphilippines
Bamboo Myth Busters: Can bamboo grow among toxic trees?
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Bamboo and eucalyptus go head-to-head. Who will prevail? This is Phyllostachys vivax ‘Aureocaulis’, by the way. Sorry I forgot how to pronounce it during the video! Visit BambuBatu.com to learn more bambubatu.com/genus-phyllostachys-prolific-bamboo-for-all-climates/ bambubatu.com/phyllostachys-vivax-running-timber-bamboo/ #bamboogarden #timberbamboo #bamboofarming
Bamboo factory in the Philippines
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Small-scale and large-scale bamboo processors team up for a win-win in the Philippines, where the bamboo value chain is gradually coming together. Learn more at BambuBatu.com bambubatu.com/bamboo-in-the-philippines/ bambubatu.com/the-future-of-bamboo-construction-is-here-engineered-bamboo/ bambubatu.com/bamboo-processing-equipment-for-farmers-big-and-small/ #bamboofarming #bamboobusiness #bambo...
Bamboo Bike Tour of Barcelona
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There are few better cities to visit than Barcelona, and there's no better way to see the city than from the seat of a locally crafted bamboo bicycle. Visit BambooBikeTour.com for details. Visit BambuBatu.com to learn more about bamboo. #bamboobikes #bamboobicycles #barcelona
Bamboo Pro-Tip: How to remove bamboo and do away with it for good
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I love to promote and propagate bamboo, but some people have the opposite goal in mind. When bamboo is well-established and poorly maintained, it can become a real menace. People write to me all the time asking how they can get rid of it. Here's a simple technique I just learned about. Visit BambuBatu.com for more inside info on bamboo cultivation and utilization. bambubatu.com/3-ways-of-propag...
FAQs: What is the market for bamboo? Is now the right time to plant and invest?
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FAQs: What is the market for bamboo? Is now the right time to plant and invest?
Bamboo Cuisine (vol.4): Spontaneous Stir Fry with Bamboo Shoots
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Bamboo Cuisine (vol.4): Spontaneous Stir Fry with Bamboo Shoots
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 23): Lihua Jiang discusses bamboo seed collection and germination
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Bamboo Dialogues (no. 23): Lihua Jiang discusses bamboo seed collection and germination
Flowering bamboo with Akash Thapaliya, Part 1
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Flowering bamboo with Akash Thapaliya, Part 1
Bamboo Dialogue (no. 22): Jon Irizarry in Puerto Rico on bamboo and biochar and more
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Bamboo Dialogue (no. 22): Jon Irizarry in Puerto Rico on bamboo and biochar and more
Bamboo Cuisine (vol.3): Crunchy tapenade with bamboo shoots
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Bamboo Cuisine (vol.3): Crunchy tapenade with bamboo shoots
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 21): Bamboo specialist Ximena Londoño dispenses her unsurpassed wisdom
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Bamboo Dialogues (no. 21): Bamboo specialist Ximena Londoño dispenses her unsurpassed wisdom
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 20): Eva Samalea discusses bamboo and humanitarian relief
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Bamboo Dialogues (no. 20): Eva Samalea discusses bamboo and humanitarian relief
Adventures with Monastery Bamboo in Kuala Lumpur
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Adventures with Monastery Bamboo in Kuala Lumpur
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 19): Exploring the Phyllostachys with Akash Thapaliya at Bambu Parque
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Bamboo Dialogues (no. 19): Exploring the Phyllostachys with Akash Thapaliya at Bambu Parque
Bamboo Cuisine (vol.2): Panang curry with bamboo shoots and veggies
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Bamboo Cuisine (vol.2): Panang curry with bamboo shoots and veggies
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 18): Bamboo Greenhouses in Senegal with Daniel Halman
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Bamboo Dialogues (no. 18): Bamboo Greenhouses in Senegal with Daniel Halman
ASSAMBA Bamboo Workshop in Mozambique (October 2023)
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ASSAMBA Bamboo Workshop in Mozambique (October 2023)
Bamboo Dialogues (no. 17): Walking with Mr Lai at Tadom Hill Resort in Malaysia
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Bamboo Dialogues (no. 17): Walking with Mr Lai at Tadom Hill Resort in Malaysia
hope your boss doesn't look at your videos 😅
they thought I was just on a coffee break
🎥🎬⭐️💫✨🙌😉
You said it, my friend!
We have bamboo shoots chopped and sliced mixed with veggies but not bamboo flour.
Sounds good. The shoots are more palatable. Bon appetit!
Thanks for the info Fred,met be nice to travel the world
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How do you spell the European one.. After gold standard and Verra you've listed.? Caption can't follow that..
ONCRA
GREAT MAHALOS AND ALOHA FROM HAWAII 😎
how long does the viability last in seeds?
how long does the seed stay viable>?
Long time if you put them in the freezer, otherwise try to plant them within 6 months.
this is a young clump?
No, this is pretty well established
I’m hoping to go!
Where can I get bamboo seeds?
Message me through the website and I'll email you an introduction.
We can plant thousand of hectares of bamboo if there really a market for bamboo pellet...
The market for biomass and biofuels will definitely be growing over the next 5 to 10 years
Thank you for this, it's exactly what I needed.
Glad it was helpful!
thank you for your video, can you please explain what we can do with these carbon credits once we create them?
They are sold on the Voluntary Carbon Market, primarily to corporate buyers seeking to offset emissions and achieve carbon neutrality goals.
What kind of bamboos that dont have lower branches.
It's not uncommon with timber bamboo. Most large species of Phyllostachys (Moso, Madake, Vivax, etc). Also Guadua and some Dendrocalamus (Asper, Giganteus). Most bamboo has branches all the way down, but Oldhamii is a good one.
Welcome to Kenya... When the time is right
Where in Africa? Zambia?
I was heading to Nigeria and Mozambique. Hopefully Zimbabwe and Kenya next year.
Ông nói ít thôi. Quay rừng trúc cho họ xem.
Check out the other videos on my channel or visit my website to learn more.
We had a long conversation some time back and now I've planted about 4 acres of bamboo in Kenya.. Kitale - I left the island 🎉
Great to hear from you. Keep me posted!
That's the first And greatest bamboo song I've ever heard.
Thank you my friend
Can any species handle being completely buried in snow? My place has had up to 10 feet of snowfall in a day.
It could survive, but definitely expect some leaf damage at the least. And it depends how long the snow sticks around.
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A humble offering to the singing circle.
DO YOU HAVE A CATALOG I CAN GET FOR FREE ?
You can peruse my library of bamboo articles: bambubatu.com/ And my books are available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BR4XG63/
This episode is Hilarious 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 Fred I did not know that comedy's is your side gig. Oh yea that goes for the singing career. Definitely not your forte...... Stick with your day job and educate us on everything Bamboo.
Noted. I'll stick with what I know best.
May I have a low-budget friendly Consulting type conversation with you? But no singing & certainly at no extra charge? (This little Consultation. would be mostly about identifying what types of bamboo I have acquired & established here establi From shoots and rise on transplants since like about four or five years ago) We had some 17° weather last winter and some of it suffered a bit cuz I didn't use my maple leaves 2. Intelate the ground soon enough. Although one of the transplants, which originally had the largest shoot Of my. 5 acquisitions of what I thought she said was 5 acts or old hammy. But the deer busted it off when it was a little over. A foot high and about inch and a 1/2 diameter. Which stunted the entire progress of that transplant until just this year?It shot up one that is presently as of today just over six feet and just over inch and a half at the base
You can send me some photos. I promise not to sing.
What should I do about all the bamboo leaf and fiber in my kitchen? It’s making its way into my tea and snacks. I need help.😮
@@HB-yk4ut If you can't beat it, eat it!
@@bambubatuThanks for your kind reply: so would a link to a Google Photos Album be allowed here / or serve to be functional here? Or should I look for a Contact email link at your website?
Hi, could you give me an idea for a species that would do well in extreme southern Illinois Zone 7ish that I could harvest periodically for plant stakes or light garden structures and double as an ornamental screening. Thanx for the vids
Hi there. Most small varieties of Phyllostachys will work just fine. (bambubatu.com/genus-phyllostachys-prolific-bamboo-for-all-climates/) eg. Aurea, Bissetii, Rubromarginata, etc. Temple bamboo (bambubatu.com/semiarundinaria-fastuosa-temple-bamboo/) and Tonkin bamboo (bambubatu.com/pseudosasa-amabilis-tonkin-bamboo-for-perfect-poles/) would also work, and have a bit less aggressive growth habit.
Vegan bamboo powder recipes please
Hello, Fred. Thank you for all of the great content you provide. I'm curious to know what kind of bamboo is used in the making of straws. Can you tell me?
There are different ways to make bamboo straws. A popular method in China is to use the thin branches of Moso bamboo. They have the natural characteristics of a straw - thin, straight and hollow.
Can spectabilis get ass big as the normal yellow groove?
Phyllostachys aureosulcata (yellow groove) can grow about 1.5 times larger than Spectabilis. (1.5 inches and 25 feet, vs 2 inches and 40 feet - give or take)
@@bambubatu ok ive seen spectabilis get over 30 foot but i think that is quite rare
I have virdigaluchens is it similar to viridis and would a 6 by 8 feet 1 feet deep with no bottom container be engh for it and how big could it get in that container i live in bergen norway
That's enough area for a nice little grove. Not sure if one foot is deep enough to contain the rhizomes though. It thrives throughout France, but in your climate, it probably won't grow more than half of its potential size. In German I saw several plots of viridiglaucescens, about 1-1.5 inch diameter and up to 10-5 feet tall. (bambubatu.com/phyllostachys-viridiglaucescens-green-wax-bamboo/)
@@bambubatu Im alsoo thinking about vivax. incense, and parvafolia. would any of them get bigger and do beter?
Spectabilis can get just as big as yellow roove right? and what gets biggest of bissetio and spectabilis. Ive seen yellow goove over 40 feet soo can spectabilis do that?. This dude has a massive yellow groove ua-cam.com/video/L09pbgkhICw/v-deo.html
Hi Fred, are you able to share the name of the company in Florida that advised the 400 tons per acre stat? Cheers, Justin
Sorry, but I'd rather not tarnish their good name.
I'm looking for a bamboo to grow as fodder for my sheep. Im in zone 6 ( south eastern BC ) . We do hit minus 10 c for a few days.It can be running or clumping. Im not overly concerned about it taking off, because if it gets out of hand I can send in the pigs. Any suggestions?
Any small to medium-sized Phyllostachys should do. (bambubatu.com/genus-phyllostachys-prolific-bamboo-for-all-climates/) P. aurea, bissetii, nuda, dulcis, etc. If you want something for grazing, Pleioblastus might do better; not very tall and the thin stems don't get very woody. (bambubatu.com/genus-pleioblastus-bamboo-dwarves-and-accents/). These are all runners. Quite a few options really.
1:14 there is handreds of Phyllostachys
Yes, if you include all the cultivars and subspecies. It's a diverse genus.
Muche more please and longer!!!👍👍👍
Thank you for your support
It must have a million uses in its native home, it could be time to make toilet paper out of it to save the Aussie hardwood pulp catastrophe.
Throughout the Mediterranean, it's widely used to stake up beans and tomatoes. But whether anyone uses it for toilet paper...? Donax me!
Was nice to meet you at the bamboo expo Fred! Keep it up, a lot I’ve learned about bamboo comes from your videos. Portugal is definitely a country starting to get a lot of bamboo activity
Awesome! Thank you for watching and for joining us at the Expo!
Were are you based in zim
Chiweshe and Harare.
very informative vid. I have successfully germinated 5 seeds. I have them in 2 in. pots, with 1 leaf each. Question: W ould it be wise to slip a sandwich bag over the pot to create a more humid atmosphere?
Congratulations. Probably not. Just shelter them from direct sunlight and sharp overnight temperature drops. What species are they? What kind of climate are you in? Are they indoors, in a bright window? So many questions...
this is great news! the industry getting it together. A ton of things still need to be done though - its a cavernouos room for improvement.
That's exactly right. Colossal of room for growth.
Bamboo, seems like you could grind it up and add it to paint to make a roof coating . Wouldn’t it be a heat barrier?
Could be. Lately there's a lot of talk about transparent bamboo glass. What will they think of next??
Hello! I bought some supposedly fargesia seeds online. They did sprout and they are around 15 cm high in pots by now. What I am afraid if is that they are some other kind of non clumping bamboos as I have a small garden and do not want them to invade my garden and my neighbours garden. My question is can I already identify them if they are clumping or running from their today roots by unpotting them? Thank you
It's hard to tell until they've had more time to develop, unless you're really an expert with species ID. Leave them in the pots, or transplant to larger pots, but don't put them in the ground yet.
Do you think a fargesia murieliae can handle winters in southern Finland (zone 6a)? Very interested in growing bamboo.
I'm going to try a couple different species in northern sweden this summer. Will be intresting, it can get cold as fuck during the winters, occasionally down to -40C so we'll see how they do😅
@@BrokenSofa Yes, that should be interesting indeed. Pushing the boundaries. I know of bamboo being grown successfully here up to about central Finland (to feed pandas in a zoo). Good luck!
I've seen Fargesia murieliae growing in Stockholm. But it wasn't the most vibrant specimen ever. I suggest planting close to a building or something for ambient warmth, and use a lot of mulch to insulate the rhizomes.
@@bambubatu Got it, thanks!
Do you know where I can get bamboo seeds in Thailand? Buy and ship from China Maybe? I want to grow a privacy fence about 85 meters long from seeds
Yes. Look up WongPhai. Tell them Fred referred you!
What about southern Colorado?
For sure. Check out this article for some ideas: bambubatu.com/growing-bamboo-in-colorado/
Do moso bamboo self pollinate in case of flowering? I searched a lot and couldn't find an answer
We had a long conversation about this at a recent workshop. Bamboo plants can pollinate themselves, and this seems to be true across all bamboo species. The greater mystery is why in some cases, like Henon which is currently flowering, the pollination does not appear successful, because the flowers are not producing any seeds.
@@bambubatu thanks for answering, I understand what you mean. Here in Brazil we have a native species of running bamboo( merostachys speciosa), that flowers every 30 years or so, and the same thing you said occurred. Between 2005 and 2009 they all flowered and produced an absurd amount of seeds similar to rice, but bigger. but even with so much seeds just a small % of them germinated and produced new plants.
I had no idea this was available in Spain - fantastic find!
Yep, in Ibiza, too!
I'm sorry you are completely wrong about arduno canes ,you are illustrating the subject with a baby arduno and not a mature one ,in my country North Algeria ,my ancestors built houses using the giant arduno and even splicing it like asians do ,and it's very strong and flexible for handcrafting subjects ,in my garden i have some poles reaching 5m long and 3.8cm diameter ,and yes arduno belong to poacea species the same family with bamboos even if it's not a bamboo.
It's true, they all belong to the grass family, but the concentration of vascular bundles is very different, and therefore the structural strength. That's why it's so easy to break an Arundo cane with my bare hands or over my knee. Still, the canes can be useful. Around here, they are widely used for staking up beans and tomatoes in the garden.
This sounds very interesting