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I spent 3 years combating bamboo in a similar fashion and it certainly didn't work for me. I've never experienced a more frustratingly invasive plant in my life
by devmor 3y ago
I spent 3 years combating bamboo in a similar fashion and it certainly didn't work for me. I've never experienced a more frustratingly invasive plant in my life. Even wild blackberries are easier to deal with.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoAround here, the best way to deal with a bamboo infestation is with a backhoe. Bamboo is big grass. It spreads via seeds and roots. It all needs to be ripped out. When I lived in Africa, we'd have bamboo forests, with trunks up to about a two-foot diameter (and about six inches apart). Completely impassable. Great place for small critters to escape big predators.
- devmor 3y agoUnfortunately for me, my neighbor had about a half acre of thick bamboo forest, and thus my yard was set upon by the plant endlessly.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoIn my area, you can rat these folks out to the DEC. I suspect they can make life difficult for folks that want to keep their weedlots. I watched them take out a backyard full of kudzu.
- pvaldes 3y agoYou may appreciate the fact that Bamboo sprouting is edible. I add rings of fresh bamboo to my pasta dishes and is a nice touch for a summer salad. Just use only the new stems, the parts that can be sliced with a sharp kitchen knife using your hand and reasonable force, and discard everything else. Best advice is not planting it unless you have a lot of space and something to do with it or build --strong-- concrete root barriers. Alcatraz jail level.