| From: Osr144
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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I have noticed those Chinese are charging quite a bit more for Tonkin arrow shafts.I found a local fellow who grows Japanese arrow bamboo which is probably better than Tonkin .He told me he can't get Tonkin to grow sucessflly for him to sell commercially.He sells live plants or harvested products.He said Japanese arrow bamboo would take about 5 years to get to the stage to harvest for arrows .He will cut and select some for me but I did like it when Chinese Tonkin was cheap.I may bite the bullet and grow some but I will be 67 before I can reap the benefits of growing my own By the way any tips on Japanese arrow bamboo building.I figure it would be similar to Tonkin. Osr
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| From: Runner
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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Tonkin is a bamboo that seems to need to grow in it mative unique environment to be at its best.
You'd probably need to have those similar conditions to achieve that.
FWIW the garden centers up here got in bamboo stakes that happen to be excellent quality Tonkin this year.
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| From: Bootaka
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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I planted some pseudosasa japonica about 3 years ago. It's been pretty easy to grow. Had some root rot in the begining but was able to cut it out now I'm got 2 clumps going. One cluster has plenty of shoots. Nothing of size yet. The other has few shoots but are useable size. 2 more years... Hopefully they'll be more than enough for myself and kids that need arrows.
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| From: Osr144
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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Garden stakes are available here too but real a hit and miss .Japanese bamboo is worth growing but waiting 5 years don't get me some now Been thinking about the future and a wood turning club in Australia is planting trees with there favourite wood for future generations to use.Me being an archer I should be planting arrow and bow building plants even if I don't get to use it.Pass it on.The guy who grows bamboo commercially in Queensland Australia will cut me some jap/boo from his plantation so that may be the way for me to go.I am prompted to buy live clumps and grow some anyway.My grand kids may get use out of it . Osr
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| From: M60gunner
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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There are many varieties of bamboo and Tokin bamboo is one of those that favors it’s environment. Cost, when I started making bamboo fly rods with Tokin cane a clum was about $15. Now the premium is about $100. That was in a space of about 17 years.
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| From: tecum-tha
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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Too expensive? I only buy from this guy because he spines his shafts. He was one of the first ones selling and I got him to spine them. Orientation spined is where the stamp is.
https://www.ebay.com/str/specialnaturalmaterialsupply? _trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2563
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| From: Onehair
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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I planted Japonica last year and I have runners galore. Some good looking stuff shooting up. I think 5 years is about right for cutting.
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| From: AK Pathfinder
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| Date: 13-May-22 |
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I put some in here in N. Idaho and it's struggling to take hold. Probably doesn't help that in the fall the turkeys like to eat the green off it. I fenced it in this year so I guess I just to wait it out to see if it works. I have 2 other varieties of bamboo that are doing well now.
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