![]() ![]() Give young plants as much light as possible. Germination is very irregular, it can take two weeks, but also a few months. The soil can be covered with plastic foil or glass, and should every now and then be sprayed with water in order to keep it lightly moist. Germination at a day temperature of 20-25 degrees Celcius, and preferably a bit lower during the night. Sowing description: Soak the seeds for 24 hours in lukewarm water, and sow them superficially (the seeds should still be visible) in sowing mixture. A sunny spot would be ideal, and give the bamboo plenty of water. In most gardens the stems will not reach a height of 28 meters, but will still be a very beautiful and decorative bamboo of considerable size. Because the plant easily recovers in the spring, it is a very suitable plant to grow in the garden. The bamboo is hardy up to -20 degC, although some damage can occur during the winter. ![]() The species is originally from China and Taiwan, and is known for it’s edible shoots and the use of the fiber in the textile industry. It still sounds like it might be a lot of smoke and mirrors.The largest bamboo outside the tropics, with stems up to 25 cm in diameter and 28 meters high. Gene editing? Doubt it, but If so have they grown those plants out? Not likely in either case in the 8 to 9 years they have been in the US. Anything coming from anything other than seed (sexual reproduction) is just a clone of a plant that already exists. Who is doing the harvesting in the two to three week window you have to harvest shoots? How many man-hours would be required to harvest the shoots? How many lbs/kg of shoots would you need to harvest in the first few years of production to start to pay off your initial cost outlay? Do they contractually agree to a guaranteed price per lb/kg of harvest? If so how many years do they guarantee buyback? Are there minimum requirements for the amount of shoots you have to produce per season? Who is responsible and paying for transporting the shoots to the processor? Who is processing the shoots? Is there infrastructure in place to process all these shoots? Crop insurance? Plant replacement? There are so many questions you should be asking yourself and them before committing to anything.Īs for their patented strain, unless they have selected a new cultivar that they grew from seed, and grew it out to maturity in the environment they are promoting too, I would be extremely skeptical of any claims they make about that. There are others in Florida that are bringing bamboo at scale to market that have existing established relationships within the citrus community to help farmers who have been affected by citrus greening. ![]() Also know they are not the only players in this market. I think there is potential for better short-term turnaround with asper than there is for Moso in general. Many bamboo species can be used for pulp production because almost all bamboo species provide fibers that are ideal for pulp production. I think they did well in pivoting to Dendrocalamus asper as an option for Florida growers. Moso bamboo is mainly cultivated in plains and mountainous areas located in the southern parts of China, approximately 800 to 1,200 m above sea level. It is a risk, as any small farm venture is where you are laying out your capital and committing your land. ![]() I think so far it is too early to tell how it all plays out. Over the ensuing years, I have kept up tangentially with OnlyMoso, talking to individuals who have either signed up or others that know people that have signed up. The bamboo is hardy and can be grown in the garden. There was a consensus in the ABS bamboo community at that time, that they were selling a set of unrealistic expectations that had the potential to put people at risk of serious financial harm, and also set back any progress made thus far in promoting bamboo as a viable agricultural product in the US. The biggest bamboo outside the tropics, which can grow up to a height of 28 meters. The takeaway from that meeting was that they were naive at best at what they were promoting. One of our members, who has written a few books and articles on growing and farming bamboo, met with them when they first set up shop in Florida. When they first were reaching out to growers, there was a lot of interest in American Bamboo Society circles because their goals appeared to align with ABS goals. Realistically, in my opinion, an optimistic turnaround time for Moso is a minimum of 10-12 years under near-perfect production conditions using well-established, rhizome dense stock. Back in 2014 or 15 when I and several other bamboo nurseries/people were approached by them, they were promoting a turnaround time of 3-5 years on harvestable Moso. I do not know what their current timeline is for Moso. Moso Scientific Name: Phyllostachys Edulis 'Moso' Sunlight: Sun to Shade Maximum Height: 75 feet Maximum Diameter: 7 inch Minimum Temperature: 5 F 85.00 USD Sold out Pay in 4 interest-free installments of 21. ![]()
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