Culm used in a sentence

Culm in a sentence as a noun

This brief life means culms are ready for harvest and suitable for use in construction from 3 - 7 years.

Over the following year the culm hardens still further shedding its juvenile sheaths and commencing its life as a fully mature culm.

Over the next year the pulpy wall of each culm slowly dries and hardens, sprouting branches and leaves during the second year from juvenile sheathes that form from each node.

Over the next 2-5 years depending on species, fungus and mould begin to form on the outside of the culm, eventually penetrating and overcoming the culm so that by around 5 - 8 years depending on species and climate the culms begin to collapse and decay.