The prolific bamboo at Toucheng Farm

Inside Toucheng Farm's vast land of more than 100 hectares, is a bamboo forest. The most numerous of its species is the Phyllostacys makinoi hayata, (named after the Japanese botanist Dr. Makinoi).

During springtime around April to May, these bamboo grows abundant edible shoots, and it is the perfect time for harvesting them. Every year, visitors flock the bamboo forest to get the first taste of these nutritious and delicious shoots in the Farm and bring home their bountiful harvest to share with relatives and friends.

Are bamboos trees or grass? It is the fastest growing woody plants in the world! It can grow as high as 121 cm. in 24 hours! Bamboo is one of nature's miracle, an extremely useful grass. Take a look around your house, surely you'll find an object made of bamboo. It can also check erosion and conserve soil. That's why it is prolific!

Even poets are inspired to write about bamboos. One famous poet of the Sung Dynasty wrote: "There are bamboos ten thousand feet high, if you view their shadows by the moonlight"

China or Japan's rich artistic articles of the ancient times has only one ingredient: the paper, the brush, and the subject - the bamboo!

There are many other information about bamboos, come to Toucheng Farm, to find answers to your questions about it. Other species also grow in the Farm, but not as numerous as this specie.

What are you waiting for? call Toucheng Farm at 886 39 772222 or visit www.tcfarm.com.tw/en/news/news.asp


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