Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Piles #93 + #94) — strong, thick-walled Gigantochloa species with small diameters for supporting climbers

 — UPDATE 21 NOVEMBER 2025: All bamboo poles are still available. —

There are two bamboo clumps, each with over 100 stems, the stems 1–3 cm in diameter. The stems will be cut by us from the base of the culm. Then, the tops will be trimmed, resulting in a pole length of 4.0 to 4.5 m. The short branches remain on the stems. We will store the cut poles on the ground next to the driveway to be easily bound together and uploaded onto your pickup truck by yourself. All poles are for FREE. The poles are best suited for supporting climbers such as tomatoes, beans, passion fruit, or Malabar spinach.

🔹Pile #93: Gigantochloa sp., BS-0562, culm diameters 1.5–3.0 cm, most are 2.0–2.5 cm, thick-walled, basally solid.
🔹Pile #94: Gigantochloa sp., BS-0543, culm diameters 1.0–2.0 cm, thick-walled, basally solid.

If interested in receiving some or all of these bamboo poles, please send us a message.

Gigantochloa sp., BS-0562

Gigantochloa sp., BS-0543

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #92) — various species for supporting climbers

— UPDATE 21 NOVEMBER 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #91) — various species, mainly Phai Liang

— UPDATE 15 NOVEMBER 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up; none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

Bamboo culms offered during dry season 2025/2026

 During the past 2024/2025 dry season, an uncountable number of cut bamboo culms were offered, all for free. These offers were published on numerous Chiang Mai Facebook groups and Khun Sam's Facebook page: altogether 36 offers of piles of bamboo, starting with Pile #49 in January 2025 and ending with Pile #85 in May 2025. Furthermore, numerous free bamboo culms were offered to people for self-harvesting the bamboo clumps from September 2024 to April 2025. 

During the rainy season of 2025, a few piles of pre-cut bamboo poles were offered (Piles #86 – #89), all for free.

In the coming dry season of 2025/2026, pre-cut bamboo culms will be offered again for FREE, but in significantly smaller quantities.

We recommend contacting us in advance if anyone is interested in bamboo culms. If and when bamboo culms are available, we will offer them to you first.

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #90) — various species

— UPDATE 21 SEPTEMBER 2025: All bamboo poles have been reserved for someone and cannot be offered to anyone else. —

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

Over 300 bamboo species were cultivated on the grounds of Baan Sammi, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province, several years ago. The number of species has been reduced over the years, and as of September 2025, only approximately 50 different bamboo species remain.

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).

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #89) — various species

— UPDATE 19 AUGUST 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #88) — Schizostachyum species

— UPDATE 3 AUGUST 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #87) — various species

— UPDATE 26 JULY 2025, 5:30 p.m.: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ — 

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #86) — various species

 — UPDATE 22 JULY 2025, 11:40 a.m.: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #85) — various species

 — UPDATE 23 MAY 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up on 22 May 2025; none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #84) — various species

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

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #83) — Bambusa sp.

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

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #82) — ×Thyrsocalamus liang

— UPDATE 19 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles were harvested today and picked up; none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #81) — Bambusa duriuscula

 — UPDATE 25 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up; none remained. —

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

— UPDATE 10 APRIL 2025: All culms were harvest and picked up on 9th and 10th April, and none remained. —

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).

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

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

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #78) — Bambusa rigida and Bambusa alamii

— 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) — Dendrocalamus minor var. amoenus

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