by beecrofter <bamboo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 14, 2007 at 06:49 AM
On Jul 9, 9:06 pm, "Priscilla Batongbacal" <(-: @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:-)> wrote:
> I have made some simple toys for a young child from bamboo stems
> culled from a little grove I have been growing for about 8 yrs,
>
> The biggest stems I have used are about 0.25" (12 mm) in diameter.
>
> The bamboo I have used is phyllostachis aureosulcata.
>
> Any known toxity if a child chews the bamboo?
>
> I have found none thus far.
>
> Swallowing appears impossible as I have kept my long dimmension
> of the order of 5" (15 cm).
Only thing I can think of is splinters, I eat yellowgroove shoots
every spring.
