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I read this - sounds interesting. 
Doesn’t cane have to dry out for some years before it can be used?
I noticed the phrase love to “root it up!”
I will ask my Australian friends to translate. Getting this wrong could prove painful for some viewers 
Yes.
Ted harvests all of that great cane from California. He chops away the stalks that are dead.
Going for the dead stuff is recommended. It is also a good idea to let the cane cure in the stalk for a year, then cut it into tubes and and cure it for another year. The dead stuff has already cured for roughly a year in the ground and is easily discernible from the not so dead stuff.
If you are thinking of growing your own, you will need a soil that is sandy, lots of water and geographical area that does not experience hard freezes. Beyond that, cane is pretty tough, maintenance free and very tenacious.
This is one of my transplanted Arundo beds.
Joseph, you are the expert
is cane growing in the netherlands (line london berlin)?
carel
To the best of my knowledge, no. It needs a place that doesn’t freeze over during winter… or where frost won’t reach the rhizome (root). I am not certain the Nederlands stay warm enough over the winter.