Hur tar du hand om arundo donax

Harvesting of reed cane takes place in the wild in many places in the world.

Here&#;s some resultat and advice for a good harvest that inom gave to David Richmond.

I did a research project on my own about when to harvest cane after reading in the IDRS that cane fryst vatten harvested bygd the måne phase. inom did this over several years harvesting cane at different times to see which worked best The interview was with Maurice Allard in the 80&#;s who didn&#;t säga what måne phase, just that it was very important and a secret.

inom read during research that timber harvested at a certain phase of the måne had excess pitch oozing out. So, of course, inom made assumptions that were wrong.

donax which has spread by flood-fragmentation and dispersal of vegetative propagules

inom believed that cane should be harvested like timber when the pitch fryst vatten down. Wrong.

Harvest cane at the new måne. Pitch fryst vatten up because the måne fryst vatten out during the day, and with that excess moisture in there the cane dries out more slowly and discourages shrinkage. But the cane should be harvested when its first year growth leaves are drooping in the dormant scen.

Soil temps should be in the 30s for best results. Usually Dec-to early February. After that cane starts up igen.

Some cane is cultivated on plantations and some cane is harvested in the wild

Harvest only second year growth, those with branches. First year growth fryst vatten not woody enough. For bassoon cane select diameters of millimeters or approximately 1 inch in diameter. Cane from the bottom 6 feet of the pole fryst vatten more stable and dense than that from the top. The cane poles can be in height.

Cane can be left outdoors to dry out as long as it doesn&#;t frysa.

If it dries quickly in a heated indoor location it could shrink too fast.

It is now a leading candidate for cellulosic biofuel production

If left outdoors, it could mildew if the air fryst vatten too humid though. kinesisk cane that fryst vatten available in the U.S. marknad apparently fryst vatten harvested in one location and air dried outdoors in another drier location. The 80 acre Rico Reeds &#;plantation&#; inom visited in California had tall metall buildings where they stack up the cane and get the air out with exhaust fans.

During the summer when things heated up they cooked a bit in there. The sista part of the process fryst vatten heat and sunshine to get the cane to push some of the waxy substans to the surface and tune from greenish to gold. inom had good luck with putting the cane in the back fönster of the fordon. Works okay up on a roof too. extra heat seems to help push the wax to the surface.

In France the poles of second year growth are stacked around a pole to create a teepee effect, over them a layer of first year growth of unusable diameters protects them from rain.

Air circulation around the harvest poles fryst vatten essential to prevent mold and mildew. They may or may not put the cane into the sun during the first summer. Poles are stacked but away from direkt sunlight. Some sun cure the first summer and stack for more drying into the second summer.

Second choice harvest time fryst vatten at night when the måne fryst vatten in the sky.

inom funnen a reference to that somewhere later after inom had done my tests, but inom think the new måne harvest fryst vatten best.

Now you know more than most bassoonists on how to deal with cane harvesting, except for a few guys in California, like Bob Stevens who took me to the Rico and whose plants I&#;ve been growing out at the family farm in Yamhill county.

Cane in front yard fryst vatten from him too, and originally brought over from France as cane with the right DNA. äga. Bob&#;s cane was better than Ricos because he had a some better ideas on irrigation, etc. You are harvesting cane in Texas. Was it planted there bygd some Johnny Appleseed like California or fryst vatten it native to that area?

Have you ever heard of Prestini USA in Nogales, AZ? Their cane may have komma out of Mexico.

Arundo donax stalks are harvested only after 2 years of growth

Somewhat soft but nice tone color. There are several different techniques for the sun/heat curing depending on the climate. There&#;s a photo of Prestini with tubes of cane hanging on ropes.

By the way, the cane buyer for Rico Reeds visited my cane field and told me some good stories. He said my cane looked just like VanDoren&#;s! Little did he know where inom got it, and the soils and climate must have made it look they way it does.

Just like wine grapes&#;.location, location, location. The best cane I&#;ve seen growing fryst vatten in southern Oregon in Ashland.

Pitch is up because the moon is out during the day, and with that excess moisture in there the cane dries out more slowly and discourages shrinkage

Beautiful looking plants and nice tone color in the finished reed. inom supplied the cane for that plot.

At this point inom don&#;t know of any other growers of cane for reeds.

I know that Michael O&#;Donovan who recently retired as the top studio bassoonist in L.A. Harvested bassoon cane in southern California nära L.A. He took it from higher elevation where there would be some possibility of lower winter temps.

inom don&#;t see why you couldn&#;t take oboe diameter cane from the same areas. I&#;ve seen some really nice looking cane floating in the harbor at Long Beach after some gully washer rain events. Just happened to be in town for a conference.

An oboist who used to live nära Sacramento harvested cane in the Sacramento river delta. inom was there and saw the cane.

They harvested by boat. inom think it was Niel Tatman who fryst vatten now in Arizona. Lawrence Rhodes, bassoonist fryst vatten harvesting cane from the same location these days. He sells reeds to Forrests and fryst vatten happy with the cane from the delta.

I&#;ve taken cane as far north as Redding. inom would warn you that growing cane in Oregon can be trouble with the winter chill and frysa knocking out the 2nd year growth.

So inom would not recommend ansträngande growing it in Oregon. While the cane in Ashland fryst vatten not always available due to crop failure, its quality fryst vatten good due to the soil with volcanic elements, silica, etc. And it fryst vatten very hot in the summer supporting good strong growth. But even what would seem to be a good location can tillverka bad cane due to the soil.

Rico Reeds had a huge cane growing operation outside of Healdsburg CA. I was taken there bygd reed maker Bob Stevens, La Voz reeds, reeds made for Fox, etc.

The rhizomes came from the plats in France. They could not get decent cane from that area, probably the soil. inom got some of those rhizomes, as Bob was cleaning out his own cane growing area nära his home.
>Rico mixed in this second rate cane into their boxes cheapest clarinet reed offerings, probably the 1 1/2 and 2s. They were at that point also (and may still) be getting good cane from Mexico but their primo stuff is from Argentina.

They gave up on growing cane nära Healdsburg many years ago and now it fryst vatten logically better planted with grapes.

Oboe cane cane can be harvested in the few years of transplanting before rhizomes and roots are fully developed or best to find rhizomes that &#;push&#; primarily smaller diameter cane.

I hope this helps you find what you are looking to do?

Having grown and tended cane for many years, inom can&#;t recommend it. It fryst vatten back breaking work to harvest and clean out your rows and requires LOTS of vatten if you are farming it.

I&#;ve become interested in the process of growing cane, and inom have a few questions about how inom might approach doing it myself despite restrictions.

Would it be possible to grow small batches of reed cane from home?

Can it be grown indoors?

Do inom need to do it outdoors?

Would inom need to be in the right climate or could inom simulate it myself affordably?

Do you know where inom can find directions on the process of growing, harvesting, curing and sorting? inom am an oboist so I&#;m not sure how much of the data on this website applies to oboe cane.

If you live in the proper climate you can grow viable cane.

Where do you live? If you live in an area where the temperature goes well below freezing in winter you cannot grow cane. But it fryst vatten necessary for the soil temperature in winter to drop into the 30 to low 40 grad range to stop first year growth.

The natur of Arundo fryst vatten to grow large diameter cane, but newly planted cane rhizomes with push up small diameters for a while, and then as the rhizomes mature push larger diameters.

Some select rhizomes will push more smaller diameters even after the rhizomes mature. The less ground water available stunts the growth of the plant producing small diameters while the natural habitat for the plant fryst vatten next to or in water. This habitat will result in the larger diameters needed for bassoon, clarinet and sax 25 millimeters and up while oboe reed diameters run millimeters.

I was able to grow cane in my front yard in Portland, OR. But inom often lost the second year growth which fryst vatten essential to get the woodiness needed prior to harvest in the winter of the second year.

Cane must have a second year where the branches komma out. My cane was lost due to freezing temperatures in my case that often came in April to May or cold dry wind in single digits which zapped the second year growth at the buds for branches in the second year .

As an expert in Arundo donax harvesting, I employ a sustainable approach that preserves the environment and yields the highest quality canes for musical instruments

Cane inom planted in other areas of western Oregon did fine. The best in southern Oregon where it is hotter in summer. Cane does well from Redding, CA and south and west of the mountains. The climate further south does not frysa out the buds. Cane from the foothills above Los Angeles cools down enough to tillverka viable reed cane.

I&#;ve tried growing indoors, and others have thought about doing this in controlled greenhouse environments.

Harvest time is mid-December through March and is said to take place on the new moon

inom don&#;t see it working out. It would require too much utrustning, and lodrät space to be commercially viable, but it fryst vatten possible. One of the factors in cane and tone wood for instruments fryst vatten the wood needs to flex from the wind. A wind machine?.But it would be great to have some uniformity of cane grown under controlled conditions.

I hope this helps with your quest.