I fought this same battle 3 years ago. My resolution was a paint brush and a can full of Round-UP. As soon as I cut it a few inches from the ground, I painted a nice coat of full strength roundup. 3 years later, not a single new sprout.
Trying to control bamboo.
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You can get rid of bamboo, but it is a long task. In my opinion, the only way to kill bamboo is to chemically treat the area to prevent sprouting. I don't know what chemical they use now, but years ago, they had some stuff that would kill every spore, root, seed, anything that tried to grow.
Many years ago, I turned over an ice cream bucket that had rock salt/ice in it. I could never get anything to grow in that spot.
Another option would be to cut everything, and dig all the bamboo out out about 2 ft deep of dirt and replace it with some more soil. If anything should start growing, treat it as it starts.
Many years ago, I turned over an ice cream bucket that had rock salt/ice in it. I could never get anything to grow in that spot.
Another option would be to cut everything, and dig all the bamboo out out about 2 ft deep of dirt and replace it with some more soil. If anything should start growing, treat it as it starts.
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I agree that it is very beautiful until it gets out of control. It will not be deterred by a driveway. It has already crossed an old railroad bed. It is sprouting up 75 feet away from the primary stand.
I have sprayed it with round-up, arsenal, and painted the stumps with brush-be-gon and garlon. It kills that stump, but three more sprout within a couple months.I keep mowing the new growth in the lawn, but I have had three people bush hog the primary stand and each one quit after multiple flat tires due to the splintered stumps cutting their tires to shreds.
I have also had several people want to buy it if I cut it and prepare it for them. What they are offering is not worth the effort. It is very useful, and my son has made several rails and decorative walls for people, but it doesn't seem to be something that is really in demand in this area.
As far as not liking wet feet, that is a myth. This stuff has messed up my septic tank by plugging the leech bed. I had to have it redone and relocated two years ago. the pipes were clogged solid. The primary stand also happens to be in the wettest area of my property.
It appears that someone may have had an old length of plastic running along that portion of the yard, but it has degraded totally except for a few pieces I've exposed with the subsoiler.
Thank for the responses, I guess I am doomed to spend my retirement in a battle with this stuff. Unless I can figure out a way to get government funding.
I have sprayed it with round-up, arsenal, and painted the stumps with brush-be-gon and garlon. It kills that stump, but three more sprout within a couple months.I keep mowing the new growth in the lawn, but I have had three people bush hog the primary stand and each one quit after multiple flat tires due to the splintered stumps cutting their tires to shreds.
I have also had several people want to buy it if I cut it and prepare it for them. What they are offering is not worth the effort. It is very useful, and my son has made several rails and decorative walls for people, but it doesn't seem to be something that is really in demand in this area.
As far as not liking wet feet, that is a myth. This stuff has messed up my septic tank by plugging the leech bed. I had to have it redone and relocated two years ago. the pipes were clogged solid. The primary stand also happens to be in the wettest area of my property.
It appears that someone may have had an old length of plastic running along that portion of the yard, but it has degraded totally except for a few pieces I've exposed with the subsoiler.
Thank for the responses, I guess I am doomed to spend my retirement in a battle with this stuff. Unless I can figure out a way to get government funding.
ramheadjim
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I was watching yard crashers or something similar when they planted some bambo and they cut a trench and placed some barrier cloth in the trench to keep it from spreading sideways
beppington
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How about cutting it all down as low as possible & then put a layer or 2 or 3 of weed barrier over it ... I assume it needs at least some sun?
Or maybe cut it all down & just keep driving over it, 2 or 3 times a week. Not too many plants like to be continuously driven over.
Or maybe cut it all down & just keep driving over it, 2 or 3 times a week. Not too many plants like to be continuously driven over.
In most cases, all the culms in a bamboo stand are connected by an underground rhizome. To starve any portion of it, through lack of light or continual mowing, you must separate that portion from the rest of the plant. Otherwise it just receives the nutrients it needs from the rest of the group. The rhizome is usually pretty shallow, so it is easily cut.
Once separated from the main stand, then simply keeping it mowed will kill it through starvation, just like any other plant. Alternatively, as suggested, if you desire to get rid of it entirely, just keep the entire patch mowed close for a few weeks. See ABS - Controlling Bamboo for a more thorough discussion.
DAY
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Bamboo spreads laterally, and quite close to the surface. A metal barrier generally contains it. For more information a visit to Google will yield additional advice.
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All I can say is good luck...
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Roundup.
Otherwiuse, pull out the Asian cookbooks and start cooking up the bamboo shoots (takinoko) every spring when they first break the ground. Timber bamboo has great flavor and good size for cooking.
Mf
Otherwiuse, pull out the Asian cookbooks and start cooking up the bamboo shoots (takinoko) every spring when they first break the ground. Timber bamboo has great flavor and good size for cooking.
Mf
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I see what you mean. I seem to have two varieties mixed together. One is similar to yours except it doesn't seem to clump as much. The other is up to 5 inches in diameter and that is the one that really spreads quickly. I have an area about 80 feet by 40 feet totally infested and about twice that size where it pops up constantly but I can mow it.
Another problem, is that this is right on my property line and has spread to the adjoining property. The absentee owner doesn't care about his large vacant lot and won't let me try to remove the bamboo from his land. So, even if I get mine under control I will still have to fight to keep it from spreading back into the same area in the future. Anyone have a nuke I can borrow?
