killing bamboo?????

[MarkV]

I heard if you cut the bamboo and pour some straight Round Up concentrate into the hollow of the stem it will kill it. The stuff is hard to get rid of though and will take several treatments as new shoots come up.

MarkV

 

[BB_TX]

Neil Sperry is a highly regarded local botanist. Here is <font color="blue"> his answer </font> to the problem.

 

[forgeblast]

I have a pretty big area to spray, i hope i can keep it in check. It seems like its going to be an expensive spray job.
The bamboo, really isnt good for anything. Its not the kind you can make fishing poles from. You cant use it for plant stakes. It gets pretty high, but very hollow and weak when dried. Probably about a quarter (25cents) in size round. And the strange thing is that it has seeds in the fall, but it must also spread by rizomes. Its just a pain overall.
Ill check on the spike and others thanks for the info.
I heard that the bamboo doesnt like long needled pines. but that could just be an old wifes tale.
later all and thanks.

 

[forgeblast]

Did a google search and came up with the following.

The easiest way of erradicating bamboo is to use sodium clorate.
It's the only (and i mean only) chemical that kills it effectively.
Just spread the chemical (looks like sugar or salt) evenly around the growing area, so that it can be absorbed by the roots.
Like fertilizer.
Depending on the size of the area covered, between 100-300 gram is neccessary for one
"bamboo bunch".
Another way which uses less off the chemical, is to clearcut the bamboo first.
Then when it re-sprouts (and has a few leaves), mix sodium clorate at the rate of 100 gram per liter and spray all the green parts, including the leaf and stem of the new shots.
It might be neccessary to repeat this treatment once if it re-sprouts, but I have never had to have done this more than two times.
I have experience with these things as i'm an oil palm plantation owner in southern thailand.
In here, bamboo is mostly considered an unwanted plant.
Bye bye bamboo

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[MMM]

I give about $15/100 for 1/2" X 6' stakes. Maybe you're trying to eradicate a goldmine. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[forgeblast]

Lol I wish i could use the bamboo for someting, this bamboo is very weak, and cracks and splinters easy. If i could use it for something i would harvest it each year, but it just dries out to a brown, cracked mess. Here its just a pain.
later

 

[gws]

Have you checked with a local zoo? They will often buy bamboo for there critters.

 

[RalphVa]

Supposedly, Roundup will kill it. Use it in double normal concentration and use a grass whip to rough the bamboo leaves a bit before applying. Do it a couple times if it doesn't seem to have worked after a week or so. Be sure and apply it when there's at least about a half day of sunshine.

Ralph

 

[kkesler]

I clear cut mine with the bush hog, now it gets cut with the grass. After a while it starts to thin out, and the area I cut first it has just about stopped trying to grow.