cane water tolerance

[Micropterus salmoides]

Need some advice please.
I reaaaally really want to build some structure for a place that I know would work and I can make it for next to nothing having access to all the cane I could want. Some of it is close to three inches in diameter at the base and well over 15' tall. Now I know this stuff won't last as long as boo but I'm wondering if it would basically be moot to even try. If its not gonna last a year, there's no purpose in purchasing the crete.
also, if I were to use it, it's gonna be cut in sections b/c I only want 10 ft (I think) of it, cut for base up use or top down use?

thanks for any suggestions,
adam

[NIMROD]

Should last several years, but if you use butt end of cane it takes more weight to sink as it hold air in each section of the cane.

[blairarnold]

Cane is bamboo. It is our native bamboo, and I understand that there are 2 native varieties. Some people may have some ornamental foreign bamboo in their yards, but the cane growing around creeks, the bottoms, etc. is one of 2 varieties of native bamboo. Actually even though I knew it was bamboo, I never heard any one around this part of Arkansas call it anything other than cane.

[CRAPPIEHUNTER68]

I use cane to make stake beds and they last for years. I cut them in 9ft sections and use a PVC driver to drive them into the bottom about 2 foot. A nice trick is take a piece of re-bar and punch out the center of the canes so they do not hold air. Also cut one end of the cane at a 45 degree angle so they drive better.