O/T Bamboo

notjustair · Jun 1, 2011

At some point someone (in their infinite wisdom) planted bamboo next to the milkhouse. As you can imagine, it is slowly taking over. The patch is about 20 feet long and 6 feet deep now - and 10-12 feet tall. Anyone know what to do to kill it? I thought about cutting it down now when it is green and brushing stump killer on it. I would use diesel fuel, but I don't want to sterilize the ground for years.

old · Jun 1, 2011

Wish I could find a few starts for Bamboo but in this area all you find it the stuff that dies off in the winter. I have a couple places it would be real good to have it there to stop a problem with a creek

notjustair · Jun 1, 2011

Come and get it ALL, Old! I'll even fill up yer tank for the return trip home. I'm sure it would be good to hold the ground, but near the house it's just unsightly. When the wind blows it rubs the tin on the building and nearly makes me jump out of my boots if I'm not ready for it.

Russ from MN · Jun 1, 2011

I would think if you cut it short and spray it with strong roundup it would kill the roots, and there is not supposed to be long term effect.

old · Jun 1, 2011

Big problem is your probably half way across the country from me. I'm here in the great state of Misery at the great septic system called the Lake of the Ozarks also known as Missouri

Mike (WA) · Jun 1, 2011

Saw a really good kill on a humongous blackberry patch at the neighbors- stopped in and talked to the 85 year old lady who owned it, to ask who she had got, so I could call him.

Turns out she did it herself! She cut the canes, then dipped them in a jar of straight Roundup. She said she was too weak to do any physical removal, but someone told her this would work. She even demonstrated: Hand clipper in right hand, little jar of Roundup in left. Clip cane, then grasp cane (gently) with clipper, dip it into Roundup, then on to the next. She smiled and said, "If you're careful, you don't even have to wear gloves!"

I tried it. It works.

With that in mind, I tried painting stumps of cut shrubs with 50/50 mix of Roundup and diesel. So far, none has grown back. Even holly, which is notoriously bad for sprouting everywhere.

John M · Jun 1, 2011

Better be careful, in some palces its illegal to get rid of the stuff, bird sactuary. Also, I dont recall exatly what it is now, cutting it back can make you sick. My brother had about a half acre of it, the guy who pushed it up was sick in the hospital for 3 or 4 weeks. Brother had to get a permit to push it up. He still gets shoots here and there, but for the most part, keeping it cut down will kill it eventually.

Tony in Mass. · Jun 1, 2011

You got any Asians around you? In a takeaway, whatever? Chinese people will be happy to get rid of this for you. They make everything from construction staging to lunch with the stuff. Tell them to come and dig it up- for free- it will be gone.

keh · Jun 1, 2011

Old, trust me, you don't want bamboo. Many years ago neighbor who was a great fisherman planted some bamboo. It spread like crazy there and across the road at his mother's house. He got rid of his by cutting it down and burning stalks after they dried. He then took his ax and kept shoots knocked off, eventually starving the roots. A later purchaser of the house across the road did the same thing, except I think he use a riding mower on it.

Yeah, its a bird sanctuary all right, the starlings and others roost in there and make a huge noise and a big mess. I wouldn't ask any government representative what to do about it, just kill it. I don't know if cows will kill a big patch or not, but they will eat any small shoots.

KEH

jm. · Jun 1, 2011

That is strange .. Here in Tennessee it is advertised on craig,s list and other places
for like 10 dollars and up for sprouts to get the stuff going. Lager tall like 6 ft plants will bring good money.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 1, 2011

Best way, is to knock it down with a bulldozer, then mow it regularly, and if any shoots pop up, hit them with roundup, painted on the cut root, with a brush or sponge, at a 50 % dilution, from the 41% A.I. of original roundup liquid.

Ken Macfarlane · Jun 1, 2011

We've got enough invasive species as it is! Nasty stuff to get rid of.

504 · Jun 1, 2011

Old, plant willow sprouts, they will hold the bank better than anything else, and all you have to do to plant them is shove them in the bank and they will grow.

old · Jun 1, 2011

Yes I do want it. The way this creek is I loose an acre a year or more in land and there is no help form any place. Shoot I have a guy get gravel out of the creek to help and the stat wants us to pay them for a permit to do so at $300 plus a year but they will not pay me for the land I loose each year so I need to do something to stop it yesterday

jose bagge · Jun 2, 2011

Had a similar sized patch in Mom's yard for a good 30 years when she finally decided it was time to do something different. Fought it for another 3 years by various means until I finally dug the area out with a backhoe. Tenacious stuff!

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