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Alan_L · Post by **Alan_L** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:01 pm

Got about 10" of heavy snow here. Bamboo? What bamboo?

jpluddite · Post by **jpluddite** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:13 pm

Alan,

Do the culms ever stand straight again after being bent like that for several days?

Alan_L · Post by **Alan_L** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:23 pm

I don't know -- I've never had this situation on this large a scale before. I think so, but others have more experience with this.

I'll probably try to shake some of the snow off later.

Tarzanus · Post by **Tarzanus** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:40 pm

jpluddite wrote:Alan,

Do the culms ever stand straight again after being bent like that for several days?

They do get straight again. I had to tie leaned culms to make them stand straight and after a week, they were OK. I'm not sure if they could do the same thing by themselves. After they lean the first time, you can be 99% sure that they will lean in the same direction the next time snow or heavy rain falls.

JWH · Post by **JWH** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:18 pm

After 20+ inches of heavy wet snow back in december that took around 6 weeks to melt, pretty much everything sprang back up. Not as straight as before the snow, alot of my culms have a slight arch now, but not too bad.

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