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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2008-10-05 8:55 pm Permalink
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I think that Giant Rhubarb is particularly cool looking..
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Can you use it to make a giant rhubarb pie? 
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pablus
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From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2008-12-19 6:18 pm Permalink
Just in front of the Rusty Key entrance.
This is a Ti plant I started from a cutting from Kauai a few years ago.
It must be pretty happy here.
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SizzlePixels
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Joined: Feb 08, 2007
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From: Cypress, Texas
| Posted: 2008-12-20 07:47 am Permalink
Our backyard get-a-way.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-05-05 5:06 pm Permalink
I picked up a bamboo shoot at a local Asian market, it was in the produce section but I'm not sure exactly how you would eat it  It was actually one of the smallest ones! It has some little dots/bumps around the base that look they would sprout into roots - will it grow if I plant it?
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RevBambooBen
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From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2011-05-05 6:15 pm Permalink
Very interesting MDM. Wish I knew but I only play with dead Bamboo.
The lil' roots remind me of what you see when you plant a Pineapple
Crown.
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Bruddah Bear
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Joined: Apr 07, 2011
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From: Los Angeles Basin, Westside
| Posted: 2011-05-05 6:58 pm Permalink
Mike,
These guys (Bamboo Plantation) seem to know an awful lot about bamboo, you might try giving them a call to hear what they have to say.
Bear
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
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From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2011-05-05 7:06 pm Permalink
Mike, I would say plant it. What is the worst scenario? I have several banana plants and they are pretty hardy. I have transplanted a few I thought were dying but they bounced back and are doing just fine. I live in the valley and the weather is hot and dry. Make sure you start it first in a pot in a semi shady spot and with good rich potting soil and keep it moist evenly until the roots form. Keep us posted.
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DejaVoodoo
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Joined: Feb 07, 2008
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From: Woodbridge, NJ
| Posted: 2011-05-05 7:45 pm Permalink
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On 2008-09-29 21:44, fatuhiva wrote:
and a little visitor.. er, resident..
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Is that snake real?! If I had something like that living in my backyard, you can bet I wouldn't be enjoying the outdoors much! Even if it's fake, perched in the tree like that, I'm sure it's frightened plenty of visitors to your jungle.
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bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2011-05-05 9:43 pm Permalink
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On 2008-12-20 07:47, SizzlePixels wrote:
Our backyard get-a-way.
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Can I be your Pool guy?
wink wink.
Jeff(btd)
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-05-06 06:54 am Permalink
Thanks for the advice tiki peeps. My plan is to plant it and see what happens - I only paid a buck for it 
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capheind
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From: Bakersfield, CA
| Posted: 2011-05-06 11:56 am Permalink
Within the next few months here my Girlfriend and I are likely to be moving closer to the coast, and like many of you I'll be stuck with the prospect of gardening on a patio. Still, its not a death sentence, potted cycad here, ornamental grass there, some shade cloth, some epiphytes. working my existing succulent collection into a tiki patio will be a challenge, but nobody said it had to be perfect, and rum covers many sins.
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crazy al
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Joined: Jun 25, 2002
Posts: 1870
From: CA
| Posted: 2011-05-07 10:44 am Permalink
somewhere in n San Diego County CA... this guy planted all the landscape him self... and had me carve a Canary Isl. palm after it passed away... pretty cool when it was all done.
so i did some "Photo-shoot" shooting
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-05-07 11:10 am Permalink
I love this thread, some amazing gardens shown here. I wish I would have the drive to create something like this, I just don't have that green thumb. But I am constantly amazed what grows "wild" around my house, and very appreciative of it. To someone hailing from cold Northern Germany, this IS like living in a tropical jungle:
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crazy al
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From: CA
| Posted: 2011-05-07 12:03 pm Permalink
LUV IT!!!!
power-lines and all... they always get in every shot.
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GROG
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From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2011-05-07 12:13 pm Permalink
You left out this photo from your backyard bigbro:
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