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Get first-hand information and updates on bamboo offered from this blog! — รับข้อมูลและอัพเดทเกี่ยวกับไม้ไผ่โดยตรงได้จากบล็อกนี้

• In English: — ภาษาอังกฤษ
  https://thai-bamboo-plants.blogspot.com/
• In Thai (automatically translated by Google Translate): — ภาษาไทย (แปลโดยอัตโนมัติโดย Google Translate)
  

Bamboo offered can be 

• bamboo culms (stems), either pre-cut or to be harvested, 
• living field-grown bamboo plants to be dug up (usually small propagules to dug up by plant division), 
• culm cuttings and branch cuttings (propagules, seasonally available), 
• potted bamboo plants (saplings, occasionally available), 
• seedlings (from the ground or potted, rarely available), 
• seeds and flowering branches containing seeds (rarely available), and 
• palatable, young bamboo shoots for food (seasonally available).

Overview of pre-cut bamboo stems that will soon be offered FREE during this dry season

About 15 stems of an artificial intergeneric hybrid, Bambusa × Dendrocalamus, made in China, lengths 5–10 m, straight, diameter 4–7 cm, thick-walled to moderately thick-walled.

About 10 stems of Bambusa oldhamii US clone from China, lengths ca. 5–12 m, straight, diameter 4–7 cm, thick-walled.

About 10 stems of Schizostachyum pergracile from northern Thailand, lengths ca. 5 m, straight or slightly bent, diameter 3–4 cm, moderately thick-walled to thin-walled.

About 20 stems of Bambusa cf. duriuscula from Hainan, China, lengths 4–6 m, straight, diameter 2–3 cm, moderately thick-walled to thin-walled.

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #80)

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025, 10:00 a.m.: All bamboo poles have been reserved for someone and cannot be offered to anyone else. —

All tall stems of Dendrocalamus brandisii, ไผ่บงใหญ่ (phai bong yai), Velvet Leaf Bamboo, are due for harvest on 6 April. All stems are offered FREE of charge. 

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #79)

— UPDATE 2 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #78)

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #77)

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #76)

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #75)

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #74)

 — UPDATED 4 APR. 2025: 70% of the culms were harvested on 4th April. —

 — UPDATE 27 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles have been reserved for someone and cannot be offered to anyone else. —

All tall stems of Dendrocalamus asper, ไผ่ตง (phai tong), Rough Giant Bamboo, are due for harvest in early April. All stems are offered FREE of charge.

Cut on 4th April 2025

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #73)

 — UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #72)

 — UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #71)

 — UPDATE 25 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; hence, they are no longer available. However, bamboo poles of another plant of the same species will be cut in one to two weeks and offered in a new post. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #70)

 — UPDATE 25 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up on 24 March; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #69)

— UPDATE 23 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles have been reserved for someone two weeks ago and cannot be offered to anyone else. The poles were picked up on 22 and 23 March. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #68)

 — UPDATE 25 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #67)

 — UPDATE 15 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; hence, no longer available. However, further stems of the same species will be cut during the next few weeks and offered as a single new pile (Pile #68) in a new post. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #66)

 — UPDATE 13 MARCH 2025: One-third of the bamboo poles were picked up today, and the remaining two-thirds will be picked up in about two weeks. However, more stems of this species are still available for harvesting in the next two to three weeks. When available, the poles will be offered as a new pile in a new post. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #65)

 — UPDATE 18 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #64)

— UPDATE 18 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #63)

— UPDATE 6 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #62)

 — UPDATE 6 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today, no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #61)

— UPDATE 3 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; further similar strong and long bamboo poles, but of different species, will be available soon. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #60)

 — UPDATE 3 MARCH 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up today; further similar strong and long bamboo poles will be available soon. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #59)

 — UPDATE 17 FEB. 2025: All stems were picked up today. Additional bamboo stems of the same Gigantochloa species will be made available soon. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #58)

 — UPDATE 24 FEB. 2025: All bamboo stems were picked up; additional bamboo stems of similar species will be made available soon. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #57)

— UPDATE 16 FEB. 2025: All bamboo poles of this offer were picked up today; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #56)

— UPDATE 8 FEB. 2025, 5 PM: All bamboo poles of this offer were picked up today; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #55)

— UPDATE 8 FEB. 2025: All bamboo poles (Pile #55) of this offer were reserved for someone today; hence, these poles are no longer available. However, you can get cut bamboo poles for construction FREE of the same species (with diameters 4–5 cm) from Feb. to Apr. 2024, provided you HELP US WITH THE HARVESTING of culms from field-grown bamboo clumps. For details on how this works, please read the post of 9 Sep. 2024 in the blog, BAMBOO AVAILABLE FOR FREE (ไม้ไผ่ให้ฟรี). —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #54)

— UPDATE 8 FEB. 2025: All bamboo poles (Pile #54) of this offer were reserved for someone today; hence, these poles are no longer available. However, you can get cut bamboo poles for construction FREE of the same species in 2026, and of another species (Dendrocalamus asper) from Feb. to Apr. 2024, provided you HELP US WITH THE HARVESTING of culms from field-grown bamboo clumps. For details on how this works, please read the post of 9 Sep. 2024 in the blog, BAMBOO AVAILABLE FOR FREE (ไม้ไผ่ให้ฟรี). —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #53)

— UPDATE 8 FEB. 2025, 5 PM: All bamboo poles of this offer were picked up today; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut black bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #52)

 — UPDATE 7 FEB. 2025: All bamboo poles of this species have been reserved for someone today and are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #51)

 — UPDATE 7 FEB. 2025: All bamboo poles of this offer were picked up; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #50)

 — UPDATE 7 FEB. 2025: All bamboo poles of this offer were picked up; hence, they are no longer available. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #49)

— UPDATE 24 JAN. 2025: All bamboo poles (Pile #49) of this offer were picked up today; hence, they are no longer available. However, you can get cut bamboo poles FREE of the same species and similar species suitable for construction, provided you HELP US WITH THE HARVESTING of culms from field-grown bamboo clumps. For details on how this works, please read the post of 9 Sep. 2024 in the blog, BAMBOO AVAILABLE FOR FREE (ไม้ไผ่ให้ฟรี). —

Bambusa boniopsis, ไผ่บอนนี (phai bonni): bamboo SAPLINGS for FREE

 — UPDATE 19 DEC. 2024: All 19 saplings were taken away; this bamboo is no longer available. —

FREE field-grown bamboo PLANTS to dig up yourself

Bamboo PLANTS for free — ต้นไม้ไผ่หลายพันธุ์ ฟรี

— AVAILABILITY WAS CHECKED AND UPDATED FOR EACH POSTED SECTION ON 3 APR. 2025: For details, please click the "Read more" link below. —

Field-grown bamboo plants of various species are offered for free if you dig them up yourself. We will guide you in digging up effectively and without arduous effort.

Anyone can get these plants for free: private individuals, including gardeners and nurserymen.

Tools:

Please consider getting yourself all the tools and other materials you need to dig up, divide, and transport the bamboo plants you want to receive for free. Here's what tools and other materials you will need: Click on the link to the "Horticultural Stuff" photo album and look at the first two photos, which show several appropriate hand tools. Some of these are essential for the less strenuous digging of bamboo plants. When you click on the photo, it will enlarge, and the text "Info" will appear on the right side of the image.

● A siam (เสียม) is essential for digging, e.g., #1, #2, or #11; the heavier(!) and stronger, the better.
● A short(!) sharp handsaw #9, mainly for sawing off the underground rhizome neck, is needed, at least for necks of the thicker rhizomes.
● Alternatively, the use of tools #12 and #6 together may be suitable for cutting off the rhizome neck instead of sawing it off.
● Any handsaw, e.g., #9, #10, #13, #14, #15, for shortening bamboo culms before digging up the propagule.
● Alternatively, bamboo culms can be cut with a sharp machete (#4), provided the culm diameter is not too large or the culm is not too strong.
● Big sacks are needed to store and transport the bamboo material. Avoid letting the roots dry out.
● If you transport bamboo on the open back of a pickup truck, you may need to cover the bamboo with a large tarp to protect roots, rhizomes, and leaves from sunlight and wind.

Here is an example of the excavation of a bamboo propagule step by step:
Division of a bamboo plant with strong pachymorph rhizomes.

Availability:

Bamboo plants of the species listed below are available at the date of publication or update, respectively. After this date, some species may be temporarily or permanently unavailable. However, other species will become available in 2025 that are not yet listed here.

The best time to dig and transplant bamboo is during the late dry season and the early rainy season (from April to May/June), but always before the bamboo shooting season, which varies depending on the species and can be any month from March to September. The species can be viewed by appointment any day during the daytime all year round. In addition, you will find detailed information on all species in the online monograph “The Bamboos of Thailand”.

Schizostachyum brachycladum 'Bali Kuning', ไผ่ทอง (phai thong): bamboo SAPLINGS for FREE

 — UPDATE 23 JAN. 2025: The sapling has been reserved for an interested party and will therefore no longer be available in Feb./Mar. 2025. However, there are other field-grown plants of the same species that interested parties can dig up themselves. —

Bambusa textilis var. gracilis, ไผ่กราซิลิส (phai krasilit): bamboo SAPLINGS for FREE

 — UPDATE 13 FEB. 2025: 2 saplings are left and offered free of charge in Apr./May 2025. —

Bambusa textilis var. gracilis (BS-0243), a less tall variety of Bambusa texilis, was recently propagated by plant division. They are planted but easily dug out. Several two-stemmed saplings were left and are offered free of charge.

This bamboo forms a nearly dense clump with culms up to 8 m high. It is an ideal bamboo for privacy screening along property boundaries, but is also attractive and easy to grow as a solitary bamboo in the garden.

×Thyrsocalamus liang, ไผ่เลี้ย (phai liang): bamboo SAPLINGS for FREE

— UPDATE 3 APR. 2025: All saplings were picked up today, and none remained. However, there are other field-grown plants of the same species that interested parties can dig up themselves. —

Bambusa cf. variostriata from China: bamboo SAPLINGS for FREE

 — UPDATE 3 APR. 2025: The sapling was picked up today; no longer available. —

Bamboo SEEDS and SEEDLINGS of the native Schizostachyum dullooa (Phai Hia, ไผ่เฮียะ) available FREE of charge

 — UPDATE 3 APR. 2025: No longer do the flowering branches bear seeds; now, the plant is dead, and the stems will be removed soon. —

Vietnamosasa sp., bamboo PLANTS for FREE

This bamboo is a native of Thailand and neighboring countries. It has a running rhizome and thus forms thickets. If you would like to receive a living plant, we can dig up a small piece of the plant that has rhizomes and leafy culms.

Fresh palatable BAMBOO SHOOTS were available for FREE during the 2024 bamboo shooting season.

Bambusa burmanica, ไผ่บงหวาน (phai bong wan): bamboo SEEDLINGS for FREE — ต้นกล้าไม้ไผ่ให้ฟรี

— UPDATE 17 NOV. 2024: All remaining plants were picked up today and are no longer available. —

General information on bamboo culm harvesting and how to obtain these culms free of charge

Bamboo clumps of about 80 species grow on the grounds of Baan Sammi, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province.

Most species are useful bamboos with diameters of 3 to 10 cm, thick-walled or even solid on the lower culm, and lengths of 10 m and more.

To harvest the culms of these clumps, we need the help of one person: you, or another person accompanying you who will carry out the assisting work. We saw off all the culms at their bases OURSELVES, but all other work must be done by the person helping, e.g., cutting off the branches from the culms, and uploading the culms onto the person's pickup truck. This person can receive all harvested culms for free if they want them.

We cut the culms ourselves at their bases using a reciprocating saw (left).
To pull a culm out of the bamboo clump, one person (male or female) is needed (center).
You or your team must load all the desired culms (and also branches, if wanted) onto your vehicle (right).

Various medium-sized bamboo species — help harvest these culms and get them for FREE!

Culm harvesting of medium-sized bamboo is not arduous, though it requires your assistance, as described in → this post.

Culms of medium-sized bamboo are less tall, about 10 m, but the usable section of such a culm is shorter, often between 5 and 8 m long. Diameters are mostly in the range of 2 to 4 cm. Please click on 'Read more' to see a selection of suitable species.

Build your bamboo fence with FREE bamboo STEMS that you can harvest yourself!

 There are numerous bamboo fencing constructions and designs, most are of three main elements, each of which works best with poles of different bamboo species:

Examples: Phai Sang Mon, a Dendrocalamus species, is ideal for thick fence poles (left), Phai Ruak Dam, Thyrsostachys oliveri, is good for fence rails (center), and Schizostachyum zollingeri can be easily split for fence strips (right).

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