With the buzz growing for change in the clothing industry, having the public demanding for a new sustainable fabric, Statik Mountain answered the call with a number of bamboo t-shirts and polos in 2006. When hearing of bamboo used instead of cotton you might think of a rough fabric that wouldn’t be too comfortable. However, our customers who have eagerly already made the switch to our bamboo tops haven’t stopped singing the praises of this amazing fabric. Not resting on our laurels and... Read Full Story
by Aurelia M. Fleur
The Chinese practice of Feng Shui gives great importance in placing lucky charms around specific areas in your home or workplace to harmonize your life with that of the natural elements. By doing so, it is believed that you would be able to make the best use of your talents without any hindrance.
The Feng Shui lucky bamboo plants are used as a lucky charm by the believers of this discipline. These plants are similar to bonsai trees as they are the miniaturized versions... Read Full Story
by Aurelia M. Fleur
The Chinese practice of Feng Shui gives great importance in placing lucky charms around specific areas in your home or workplace to harmonize your life with that of the natural elements. By doing so, it is believed that you would be able to make the best use of your talents without any hindrance.
The Feng Shui lucky bamboo plants are used as a lucky charm by the believers of this discipline. These plants are similar to bonsai trees as they are the miniaturized versions... Read Full Story
How Do You Grow Bamboo? Bamboo is basically a grass, and with most grasses the usual method of growing is with seeds. Bamboo seeds, however, are not commonly available. In fact, some bamboo species do not seed at all. Other bamboo species have extremely long flowering cycles making procuring the seeds difficult. Another method used with bamboo is tissue culture. Tissue culture is a quick method of producing large quantities of bamboo. This involves placing a piece of the plant (a nod, stem... Read Full Story
Bamboo has become a boom product during the past few years after it was once given scant regard in the western world. While most wouldn’t consider decorating an entire room with bamboo products, it’s appeal lays in it’s ability to lighten up a room or give it a touch of the exotics.
While bamboo furniture is often referred to as sturdy and indestructible not much attention is paid on how to clean and maintain it.
In this article, we’ll give you some handy tips on how to care for bamboo... Read Full Story
Bamboo is one of those plants that people both desire and fear. They desire it, because it’s lush, jungly and instantly architectural in a way few other plants are, but it can also be invasive, so it’s unwise to head off to the garden centre without doing a bit of research beforehand. If you’re going to plant an invasive type, you need to surround it with root barriers. So which bamboos are invasive and which not? There are two main types, depending on how their rhizomes grow: runners and... Read Full Story
I have a couple of indoor lucky bamboos, but they seem to all be growing sideways. The leaves seem to grow out to the sides. Since the base of the bamboo isn't growing (only the leaves)...it eventually flops over.
Anyone have advice about how to train lucky bamboos to grow straight? Read Full Story
Bamboo is one of my favorite things! I love to wear it, see it out in nature, eat it , I use it to deodorize my home, build a fence with it, you name it, I love it! It is an amazing plant. Bamboo produces more oxygen and eats more co2 than trees. How can we lose by planting more bamboo. Of course I do hear that some are cutting down trees to plant bamboo, not a good idea. What if we planted Bamboo on the sides of highways in city parks, areas where trees are not able to grow. What if we... Read Full Story
How Do You Grow Bamboo? Bamboo is basically a grass, and with most grasses the usual method of growing is with seeds. Bamboo seeds, however, are not commonly available. In fact, some bamboo species do not seed at all. Other bamboo species have extremely long flowering cycles making procuring the seeds difficult. Another method used with bamboo is tissue culture. Tissue culture is a quick method of producing large quantities of bamboo. This involves placing a piece of the plant (a nod, stem... Read Full Story
These bamboo shoots are growing so quickly. They are located near the Southwest corner of our property, and I've been watching them grow. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the earth I once read, and it's amazing to witness this growth on a daily basis.
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