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Bamboo Removal
Help!
I have a real problem with Bamboo!
Does anybody know of any ways I can eradicate this invasive beast?
It was planted by the previous homeowner and is now ruining my garden. I do not have access to any Pandas, so any ideas would be gratefuly recieved.
Thanks in advance!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd on -
A mattock and lots of elbow grease!
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Premium SupplierPermalink Reply by Ofer El-hashahar on -
Some may promise you that it ls a legend- or perhaps true only in very far countries.
look at threads that I tried to warn my designers friends and suggest for them using rhizome barrier.
( I was nearly blamed that I am just trying to flog something)
O.k. Emma, Listen please I spent hours trying to learn about it. I am afraid the news are not so good, sorry.
What actually spread are the rhizomes and not the roots. the rhizomes really reminds the canes- they are thick and got same sections and structure like the canes. they can grow and stay ' a sleep' for a while and one day hit something that will cause it to grow.
Fairly amazing they can grow under roads/ through cracks /long distance etc.
Because of that structure it takes a long time to herbicides to travel in it and normally by that time they will not work anymore.
What to do dig / by hands or digger - make sure that you do not leave any part of it in the ground.
Sorry.
you can send these rhizomes as planting material to someone that wants it.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
I'd agree, the only way is to remove it is by manual means, at least the first go. You're bound to miss some, but smaller areas of re-growth could be hoed off weekly until dead. A mini-digger is the obvious way to start if it's a large amount of bamboo.
Even with barriers in place it's hard to contain; it comes up through tarmac or weak concrete so most barriers won't hold it back, and the smallest gap is enough to allow it through. I've seen them go through an air brick any come up through the floorboards in an empty property!
I always plant it in the pot, with the bottom removed, a little bit above the surface. Any shoots that grow over the edge of the pot can be dealt with immediately.
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Premium SupplierPermalink Reply by Ofer El-hashahar on -
Paul ,
Somehow around the world only 2mm hdpe (high density polypropylene) vertical barriers seemed to be working on all bamboo rhizomes.
Yet in the UK many firms sell barriers that do not work.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by David Cox on -
bamboo can push through a 2mm HDPE barrier as much as a brick wall - the shoots are pointed and grow from the "joint" on the stem - allowing the bamboo to focus a great amount of pressure on a small point - hence it pushing through brickwork, concrete slab (I've seen a 3 inch slab pushed up and crack).
The hdpe may last longer as it will stretch and give a little but ultimatley it will tear and the plant will spread.
Ofer - you do mention that barriers seem to work abroad - maybe they are a different structure (woven maybe?) but I cannot see how any barrier will work for more than a few years with this plant.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
How do the barriers stop the plant spreading by going "over the top", as it does if you plant them in their pots? So long as you're vigilant it's not a problem, but bamboo will find a route through somewhere!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening on -
The point is that Emma wants to remove the bamboo, not surround it or try to restrict it.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
That's been answered, Dan. It's now an expanded discussion about whether any barrier methods help if you're planting new bamboos. Which, IMO, you shouldn't be doing as it ends up with people being recommended to use a mini-digger to get it out!
Dan Frazer Gardening said:The point is that Emma wants to remove the bamboo, not surround it or try to restrict it.
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Permalink Reply by John on -
I have heard that you can cut off the bamboo at ground level and allow it to regrow
to 8", and then spray with a systemic weedkiller, and repeat after a few weeks.
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Permalink Reply by Emma Dutton on -
Thank you for all of your advice, seems to me a lot of digging and hard work is required!
I'm sure I will start it one day!
Thanks all
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Permalink Reply by Jane Heath on -
We have just taken on a new garden where it is starting to creep in from outside the perimeter. I am going to try that. Thanks!
John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:I have heard that you can cut off the bamboo at ground level and allow it to regrow
to 8", and then spray with a systemic weedkiller, and repeat after a few weeks.
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Permalink Reply by John on
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Apparently it is what they do in China, so I have been told, but he
also told me that pebbles grow into rocks.... :)
Jane Heath said:We have just taken on a new garden where it is starting to creep in from outside the perimeter. I am going to try that. Thanks!
John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:I have heard that you can cut off the bamboo at ground level and allow it to regrow
to 8", and then spray with a systemic weedkiller, and repeat after a few weeks.
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