Archive for December 29th, 2007

Bamboo - Propagating It As Vegetable

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Countries with tropical weather are natural homes for bamboo. It can be grown to any type of soil. However, a good stand is observed in loose sandy loam soil with pH near neutrality. Many things have said regarding the benefits and usefulness of bamboo as a versatile material. It is not only used for housing materials in the rural areas, but it is also used popularly in furnitures and handicrafts, banana plantation props, as fishing materials and in the making of the traditionally oriental trademarked chopsticks, notwithstanding, that it could also be a major source of vegetable shoot which could generate good income opportunities for both domestic and foreign markets.

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