Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

These Runners are a good 12' from the bunch.. I hope Glysophate works on this stuff.. :^)



Is there an easier solution? :^)

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

Only have a minute - what bamboo people do is dig a foot deep trench all the way around the clump - apparently when the stolons hit an air gap they stop, unlike most things that would go up or down.
Glyphosate - yes, I have had fair luck with chopping down the offending shoot and dripping straight stuff on the remains. Good luck.

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

catch them earlier and eat them"bamboo shoots"..or feed them to the deer to keep them off the nanners

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

Make pond around them
File:Bamboo island in pond system - geograph.org.uk - 1530683.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

Grow clumpers instead of runners.

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

I have a problem with some bamboo that a neighbor planted that has invaded my property and that of another neighbor. I have other issues to deal with and will maybe next return to eradicating that bamboo in the fall. Currently I am cutting it down when ever I see it.
Hydroid graciously gave me some clumping bamboo which I have planted. It survived last winter and but is not growing rapidly.

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

Hi Carl,

The clumpers take a little time to start sending up a lot of culms but they will. Mine are starting to grow some. In a few years they will look like Arachnotron's.

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

Well I have time and time will tell.

Thanks

Re: Why I don't like Bamboo..
 

Well since I dug the moat I have had no new shoots come up.. Thanks.. :^)