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Re: Hope you Farmers Got a Piece of the Increases
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Posted by nballen on September 08, 2006 at 15:09:44 from (198.246.171.252):
In Reply to: Re: Hope you Farmers Got a Piece of the Increases posted by KentInKC on September 08, 2006 at 14:31:15:
BAD IDEA!! Can someone say "Kudzu, deja vu"? Bamboo is very invasive...if it will grow 4' per day (using your numbers), how do you propose to control it when it's growing wild on the ditch banks / road banks / fence rows? Bamboo can/does spread by rhyzomes. Have you had any success controlling morning glory (field bind weed) lately? How about quack grass? OK, for the technical side... How much water does bamboo require? In the Inland NW, getting enought water to the crop is the issue. To produce biodiesel, you've got to have oil in the crop. Serious question - What is the oil content of bamboo? Nice idea, but there's A LOT of questions that need to be answered before anyone tries planting bamboo! Nathaniel
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