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Re: BEE-L: Bamboo!
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:33:29 -0000
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"Aaron Morris" wrote
> Yes, bamboo.  Japanese knotweed is a northern-hardy, true bamboo.

Now if they had said Knotweed...

But surely this is not a true bamboo?  A quick search found that it is also
known as Japanese Bamboo, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo etc, but it is a
member of the Polygonacea - which are not bamboos.  I see that Buckwheat and
rhubarb are also members of the Polygonacea and that you can eat the young
shoots of Knotweed (cut at 6-8" growth).

Peter Edwards
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