You need a herd of pandas.
Giant panda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 30 lb) of bamboo shoots a day.
Bruce
Reclaiming fields with japanese bamboo encroaching-Can I mow it?
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You need a herd of pandas.
Giant panda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 30 lb) of bamboo shoots a day.
Bruce
CajunRider
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Bamboo is a grass species so it's not likely that the grass will choke out the bamboo. However the converse is true, bamboo can grow a thick canopy above, blocking all sun and kill the grass below. When you mow often and prevent the bamboo from sprouting leaves to collect sun, you will kill it eventually. This takes a while though. The main thing is that you can mow the bamboo and not worried at all about spreading it any where from your clipping.
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Piston
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Actually I would love to go with the goat idea, that is something I've always wanted to have, is a couple goats. That isn't a bad plan at all! I'm not sure I could get a hold of panda's though.
Would goats really be a good viable option? I wouldn't get them just for this, but since I've been thinking about it for a while, this could be a good area to fence them in on for a while.
Would goats really be a good viable option? I wouldn't get them just for this, but since I've been thinking about it for a while, this could be a good area to fence them in on for a while.
forgeblast
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Just watch using the back blade if you move the roots it will be everywhere you drag the dirt.
is it this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_knotweed
The University of Maine - Cooperative Extension Publications - Bulletin #2511, Japanese Knotweed/Mexican Bamboo
is it this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_knotweed
The University of Maine - Cooperative Extension Publications - Bulletin #2511, Japanese Knotweed/Mexican Bamboo
Dutch445
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I have the same stuff, and the research I did thru local COOP's and Cornell talked about
cutting the chutes in august, when the bamboo has flowered, and then spraying roundup
on the cut chute, supposedly that time of the year it is taking nutrients down to the rhizome
and takes the roundup with it, i never did try it though.
similar to the article above
here's another from Cornell:
https://weedecology.css.cornell.edu/pubs/Published 2005 PS 277(1-2) 53-69.pdf
cutting the chutes in august, when the bamboo has flowered, and then spraying roundup
on the cut chute, supposedly that time of the year it is taking nutrients down to the rhizome
and takes the roundup with it, i never did try it though.
similar to the article above
here's another from Cornell:
https://weedecology.css.cornell.edu/pubs/Published 2005 PS 277(1-2) 53-69.pdf
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Piston
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Yep, that looks like it!
I'll get a couple pictures to post to make sure.
I'll get a couple pictures to post to make sure.
Loadstar
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I have goats. They eat it and the nice thing is it's green year round. But goats only reach so far and you can see in my previous pictures they ain't touching that. They only get the ones that weep to the ground.
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Jap knotweed is a big problem in UK especially along river banks, but in many areas it's not too bad to deal with.
If it's in an area accessible to a tractor then it's not too difficult to eradicate. First up mow it down, dry & burn the topgrowth. For an area of 50ft X 50ft, I'd use a kybe (mattock? grubbing tool, whatever you call them over there!) to lift the woody rootballs & burn those too. Then when the underground rhizomes start to throw up new shoots, let them get a leaf or two & spray with glyphosate. You'll have to do this over at least two full growing seasons, but it will work. Just mowing, or just spraying won't work.
The best way to do it though on such a small area is to pen some weaner pigs on the patch. They'll eat all the topgrowth, root up & eat all the juicy rhizomes & leave the woody rootballs, so you can just pick them up & burn them. Once the pigs are moved, spray any regrowth, which should be minimal. I successfully got rid of a patch of Jap Knotweed in one field using this method &, without spraying at all, I've had no regrowth in twenty odd years.
If it's in an area accessible to a tractor then it's not too difficult to eradicate. First up mow it down, dry & burn the topgrowth. For an area of 50ft X 50ft, I'd use a kybe (mattock? grubbing tool, whatever you call them over there!) to lift the woody rootballs & burn those too. Then when the underground rhizomes start to throw up new shoots, let them get a leaf or two & spray with glyphosate. You'll have to do this over at least two full growing seasons, but it will work. Just mowing, or just spraying won't work.
The best way to do it though on such a small area is to pen some weaner pigs on the patch. They'll eat all the topgrowth, root up & eat all the juicy rhizomes & leave the woody rootballs, so you can just pick them up & burn them. Once the pigs are moved, spray any regrowth, which should be minimal. I successfully got rid of a patch of Jap Knotweed in one field using this method &, without spraying at all, I've had no regrowth in twenty odd years.
forgeblast
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Thanks for that info Pycoed!!
