http://suburbanecology.com/bamboo-flooring_193 Trying To Live Green In The Suburbs Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:19:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://suburbanecology.com/bamboo-flooring_193/comment-page-1#comment-57 Pring Maju Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:55:33 +0000 http://suburbanecology.com/?p=193#comment-57 The most common form of commercial bamboo used for flooring is "moso", or phyllostachys pubescens bamboo, which has Janka rating of 1380 a hardness desirable for timber flooring There are more than 4 million hectare of bamboo plantation- in China alone. Globally there is more than 10 million managed forest and millions uncounted growng wild Moso bamboo attains a height of approx 50 ft (19 metres) within 3 years. Harvest process: bamboo is cut at the base, root clump left intact- the bamboo as a grass sprouts new shoots. residual factory wastage from leaves and stalks are as a rule, composted and spread about the forest- thus 90% of plant extracted nutrient is returned to the soil (seeds, fruits leaves and bark consume and contain 90% of tree plant nutrients- timber is low in nutrient. Wonder why Panas only eat the shoots and leaves?) Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines have the finest quality of bamboo. India, Vietnam and China dominate the low-cost BULK sector industry not the quality sector. Indonesia's Java island alone has more than 500 varieties of bamboo. Forest stewardshiup is rigidly enforced in Indonesia, Thailand and Phillippines. In Indonesia, Departemen Perhutanan (Foresty Department) haslong standing ecological training and assistance to bamboo farmers- who typically grow bamboo on the marginal or ununsed plots of their farmland. All main bamboo producing nations have long-established governmental programs to reclaim desertified, arid, marginal and depleted lands via bamboo forestry. Furthermore as a low cost timber, premium price forest land is never cleared to make way for this cheap niche segment timber/cellulose source. The most common form of commercial bamboo used for flooring is “moso”, or phyllostachys pubescens bamboo, which has Janka rating of 1380 a hardness desirable for timber flooring
There are more than 4 million hectare of bamboo plantation- in China alone.
Globally there is more than 10 million managed forest and millions uncounted growng wild
Moso bamboo attains a height of approx 50 ft (19 metres) within 3 years.
Harvest process: bamboo is cut at the base, root clump left intact- the bamboo as a grass sprouts new shoots. residual factory wastage from leaves and stalks are as a rule, composted and spread about the forest- thus 90% of plant extracted nutrient is returned to the soil (seeds, fruits leaves and bark consume and contain 90% of tree plant nutrients- timber is low in nutrient. Wonder why Panas only eat the shoots and leaves?)
Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines have the finest quality of bamboo. India, Vietnam and China dominate the low-cost BULK sector industry not the quality sector.
Indonesia’s Java island alone has more than 500 varieties of bamboo.
Forest stewardshiup is rigidly enforced in Indonesia, Thailand and Phillippines.
In Indonesia, Departemen Perhutanan (Foresty Department) haslong standing ecological training and assistance to bamboo farmers- who typically grow bamboo on the marginal or ununsed plots of their farmland.
All main bamboo producing nations have long-established governmental programs to reclaim desertified, arid, marginal and depleted lands via bamboo forestry. Furthermore as a low cost timber, premium price forest land is never cleared to make way for this cheap niche segment timber/cellulose source.

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