Tuesday, February 14, 2012

What can i use to kill bamboo plants?

My neighbor has bamboo plants that are like 30 foot tall. They are wild and out of control. Every year they spread out more and more and now they are on myside of the property line fence. They are in my way and destroying my yard. They are litterally taking over.please help!

What can i use to kill bamboo plants?
you have a major issue and you might want to think about making your neighbor take responsibility. This stuff is so bad is website devoted to fighting it lol they call it DAMNboo and have all the ways there to fight it http://www.killingbamboo.org/how-to-kill...



that said basically you can contain with barrier or fight. you can add weed killers but i think that mainly just makes fight take longer.

1 contain

If bamboo has been planted without root barrier and is now growing where you don’t want it, you have several choices. The choices all start out with digging a trench about 3 feet deep around the area where you want the bamboo to grow. You can then install root barrier, pour concrete at least three inches thick or fill the trench with loose gravel. You can rent trench digging machines at equipment rental stores. Root barrier is available from larger nurseries. It comes in very long rolls, should be at least 0.040 inch thick and about three feet high. Expect it to cost between $1 and $2 per foot. If you choose root barrier or concrete, you should leave an inch or two above ground level to make it easier to find the roots that try to escape over the top of the barrier. If you choose the loose rock fill, you will have to use a sharp spade at the beginning of every growing season to cut down into the trench and sever any new roots that try to cross the trench.





2 fight

Rhizomes that have already extended outside their area can be dug up. If that isn’t practical, continue to knock over all new shoots you see for the next few seasons, once the rhizomes are severed from the main plant, and the rhizomes will eventually die.



1. Cut it off. All of the culms (stalks) of bamboo in a clump or grove are interconnected underground by rhizomes (underground stems) unless you have cut them by digging a ditch or cutting a line with a spade. A bamboo grove is usually one single plant, not a group of plants. Many people have the impression that every bamboo culm is a separate “tree.”



If the bamboo in your yard has come across from your neighbor’s yard, separate your grove from his by cutting the connecting rhizomes, which are usually quite shallow. If you don’t, and his part is healthy and vigorous, the rhizomes in your part will still be supported by the photosynthesis in the leaves of his part, and your efforts will be in vain. On the other hand, if you do manage to kill your part with a herbicide you may also kill his part. Lawsuits or at least hard feelings can result.



Therefore, be sure to isolate the portion you want to keep from the portion you want to kill. Cutting rhizomes with a spade or a saw will do the trick if you do it every year. If the growth is old, you may need to use a mattock or a digging bar the first time. Digging a ditch and putting in a barrier* is a more permanent solution.



2. Cut it down



Cut the grove to the ground. All of it. If there is any part you want to keep, see (1).



3. Water and fertilize the area, to cause new growth.



4. Cut it down again. And again.



New shoots will come up from the rhizomes. Break them off or cut them off with pruning shears. Keep doing this until no more shoots come up. This will exhaust the energy stored in the rhizomes underground. Without green leaves to photosynthesize and produce new energy, they will no longer be able to send up new shoots. The rhizomes will be left behind, but will rot away.



That’s all you need to do. You need a saw, a pair of pruning shears, and patience, and maybe a spade and/or mattock. The widely advertised herbicides don’t work well on bamboo, probably because so much of the plant is underground. Since cutting the bamboo down will do the trick, and you have to cut the bamboo down anyway to remove it from your yard, herbicides are a waste of time and money in this case.
Reply:You can Roundup what sprouts in your yard, but bamboo is one of the toughest plants in the world. The methods of eradicating it wouldn't work, if the bamboo has a home base in your neighbor's yard. It will just keep coming back.



The bamboo in our yard in Hawaii died, but that was because the whole yard was denied water for a year. It was kind of a desert area, so reverted to bare dirt.
Reply:Round-up will most definetly kill it if you get all the sprouts. It will kill what ever it touches so be aware of what it touches. There are different strengths available as well. If Round up doesn't kill it then you have martian bamboo...:)) In addition Roundup dissipates in a day or two so you can replant quickly if needed.
Reply:Yup Roundup



But not ALL bamboo is invasive!!!!!!!! There are hundreds of non invasive clumping bamboo that are well behaved, even in cold climates (Fragesia sp.)



The other answerers should not tell everybody its bad and will ruin your yard, you just dont know there are differnt kinds of bamboo that will not do that
Reply:fire. Bamboo is a pest and so are your neighboors. Bamboo should be planted in containers. You may have grounds to make them take responsiblity for the bamboo in your yard. Bleach may work, give it a try, otherwise you will have to dig the bamboo out, constantly
Reply:machine gun. or mortar. flamethrower. hand grenade. all of these will pretty much demolish bamboo. if those products are inaccessible try digging the bamboo up at the roots.
Reply:Just have a word with your neighbour. If you can't do that cut the plants short and cover them with plastic bags. Bamboos love water so if they can't get it they'll die.
Reply:Maybe if you have me over I can kill them. I never have any luck with bamboo. (btw who the heck ever said they were easy to care for... they lied :( )



Sorry, I didn't help much.
Reply:round-up kills most anything--grass---weeds--small trees--brush.--it's worth a try
Reply:bleach or EXTRA streagth weed killer.. I had the same problem last summer and it was so bad that we put a drive way over it ..and it still went throught..but this worked :)
Reply:i'd say using either a chainsaw,a panda,or just talk to your negihbor,and or dig it up.
Reply:http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/ba...
Reply:hard little plants, napalm
Reply:pandas!!
Reply:DO WORK and use fire.or some bamboo killing thing...
Reply:bleach


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