bamboo trench -- dug --

[woodlandfarms]

I never thought of the open trench Idea. how deep did you go? You sure this is going to work?

Also, love the PB rescue work you do. Great dogs. And the pix you took (or whoever took) are A+

 

[J_J]

I never thought of the open trench Idea. how deep did you go? You sure this is going to work?

Also, love the PB rescue work you do. Great dogs. And the pix you took (or whoever took) are A+

The principle of digging the trench is sound, because it allows one to see the shoots as they try to spread horizontal. They also usually stay about 4 to 6 in below the surface. The plastic barrier is designed to deflect the shoots somewhere else.

 

[Unregistered2013]

hi all --

thanks for your compliments on the dogs and pics -- i photograph them myself --

also, as for the trench, it's the suggested barrier, so you can stop the rhizomes as they try to cross the trench (with a spade) -- with a physical barrier, they just get re-routed -- so they're always trying to get through!

i planted 120 bamboo along the back 500' property line -- those i will stop by lawnmower -- these ones were too close to driveway, etc., so i went with the trench. also, i need the trench for drainage.

eric

 

[J_J]

Whoa, that is downright mean looking. Is that bob-wire he is chewing on? Just kidding.

I had a dog way back that was Pitt bull, and blood hound. I would tell folks that if he wanted to, he could hunt you down and kill you. So don't make him mad.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Thanks for the info on the trench. Do you then just cut the ryzomes as they appear or spray them or?

As for the pix, they are great. Exactly the kind of photos that helps a very difficult cause as yours. Makes a great dog look like what they are, great dogs. LA is the land of pits... and a lot of bad pit owners... We are boxer rescue people ourselves.

Carl

 

[newbury]

2 things - Routine application of napalm controls bamboo
That dog pic looks more to me like he was caught in the act with whatever he is carrying, is sorry, and will put it back.

 

[have_blue]

Bamboo makes the best ever privacy fence. It's almost impenetrable, and I may plant it around my fishing pond. Simply mowing the new shoots will keep it from spreading. Don't know about bamboo, but most plant roots will not change soil types. If the roots run into a different soil type, they change direction. So maybe you could just pour a little aluminum sulfate or lime into the trench, depending on your soil type, and fill it up with soil.

That pitty is 9 kinds of cute!

 

[J_J]

post pictures of your bamboo -- i'd love to see it!!

Look above the Power-Trac in the upper part of the picture. There is a wall of bamboo there. Or do you mean a close up?

 

[workinallthetime]

OFF BUT ON TOPIC:
Has anyone been sucessful at obtaining strats from an existing plant? I tried cutting a shoot off and using some of my ever so fetile mud technique i have used on so many other things but the bamboo just dies. I tried cutting a fresh runner and it did not take.

 

[ManAtArms]

Eric,

Are you going to fill the trench with sand?

-Mark