Some bamboo photos
 

I took a walk down to the green P. vivax grove today and took some photos.

First one is an example of the damage that squirrels can do when they get a taste for fresh bamboo shoots.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/squirrel_damage_01.jpg

These next two are showing holes in the culms likely made by some sort of cavity nesting bird. However, I have never seen anything go in or come out of those holes, nor seen any sort of nesting material sticking out of them. So this is just a guess on my part.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_04242014_01.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_04242014_02.jpg

This next one is a pic of me trying to give some sort of perspective as to how big some of these new culms are by putting my foot up against one.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_04242014_03.jpg

And the next ones are just some shots I took of sections of the bamboo grove itself.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_04242014_04.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_04242014_05.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_04242014_06.jpg

This bamboo is a yellow form of Phyllostachys vivax. The shoots now are roughly 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter. The larger grove that I have of the green variety is putting out larger culms, but it is quite a bit older than this yellow form.

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_042014_01.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_042014_02.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_042014_03.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_042014_04.jpg

http://www.cornsnakes.com/pics/bamboo_042014_05.jpg

Nice photos I was interested to read that some species of Bamboo can grow even in regions of Canada .Also Bamboo is imported to blend with wood pulp to make paper with .

Do you harvest bamboo , or are you just growing ??
If you harvest, does this give you a Ag expemption ?

I'm just growing it because I like it. But I have in mind maybe one day cutting up sections and selling them to the reptile market for lizard and frog hideouts.

Our land already has the agricultural exemption because of a section of planted pines. So I'm good in that department..... :thumbsup: