Posted by john western on September 13, 2011, 4:04 pm
Neighbour has just taken over house with small garden with over three years
of rampant *all over the garden* Bamboo growth to deal with. Has had the
garden cleared and the Bamboo all strimmed down.
He needs to create a garden with *minimum* maintenance. Obviously the
strimmed bamboo will just shoot up again. Will regular ongoing strimming
discourage it enough to kill it?
What would you recommend for an ongoing 'Minimum Maintenance' design of
garden in these circumstances? Thanks.
Posted by Jake on September 13, 2011, 4:22 pm
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:04:00 +0100, "john western"
>Neighbour has just taken over house with small garden with over three years
>of rampant *all over the garden* Bamboo growth to deal with. Has had the
>garden cleared and the Bamboo all strimmed down.
>He needs to create a garden with *minimum* maintenance. Obviously the
>strimmed bamboo will just shoot up again. Will regular ongoing strimming
>discourage it enough to kill it?
>What would you recommend for an ongoing 'Minimum Maintenance' design of
>garden in these circumstances? Thanks.
Sounds like your neighbour has an invasive type of bamboo (some are
easily contained, others are not!). Chopping them down was a mistake
but we have to deal with that.
Digging out the roots will be difficult to say the least and the
regular trimming approach will be partially successful at best.
You neighbour needs some herbicide (oh, if only Roundup were still
around but I'd suggest Tumbleweed) and a brush.
Allow the bamboo to regrow a bit and form leaves. When dry weather is
forecast for a couple of days, paint the leaves with Tumbleweed and
leave for a week or so to allow it to start attacking the top growth.
Then get the tumbleweed and brush handy again and chop off a stem a
couple of inches above ground and immediately (that's important) paint
the cut end liberally with Tumbleweed. The bamboo sap is drawn down
quickly after the stem is cut and the idea is that the Tumbleweed will
be sucked down with it. Repeat this with all stems. Then be prepared
to repeat the treatment as new stems emerge. It may take a while but
eventually your neighbour will manage to kill it off.
Others may offer differing solutions but that's my suggestion - take
your pick of any alternatives offered and have fun.
Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.
www.rivendell.org.uk
Posted by Martin Brown on September 13, 2011, 6:10 pm
On 13/09/2011 21:22, Jake wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:04:00 +0100, "john western"
>> Neighbour has just taken over house with small garden with over three years
>> of rampant *all over the garden* Bamboo growth to deal with. Has had the
>> garden cleared and the Bamboo all strimmed down.
>>
>> He needs to create a garden with *minimum* maintenance. Obviously the
>> strimmed bamboo will just shoot up again. Will regular ongoing strimming
>> discourage it enough to kill it?
>>
>> What would you recommend for an ongoing 'Minimum Maintenance' design of
>> garden in these circumstances? Thanks.
>>
> Sounds like your neighbour has an invasive type of bamboo (some are
> easily contained, others are not!). Chopping them down was a mistake
> but we have to deal with that.
Wasn't there a thread on almost exactly this topic under a month ago?
> Digging out the roots will be difficult to say the least and the
> regular trimming approach will be partially successful at best.
Worth establishing which species and cultivar it is first. Some people
will pay good money for a decent sized specimen plant.
The nasty invasive couch grass on steroids don't count.
> You neighbour needs some herbicide (oh, if only Roundup were still
> around but I'd suggest Tumbleweed) and a brush.
Any generic glyphosate formulation will be OK, but it is probably
already too late in the season now to get any useful effect. Best to try
in spring/early summer when ti comes into growth again.
> Allow the bamboo to regrow a bit and form leaves. When dry weather is
> forecast for a couple of days, paint the leaves with Tumbleweed and
> leave for a week or so to allow it to start attacking the top growth.
> Then get the tumbleweed and brush handy again and chop off a stem a
> couple of inches above ground and immediately (that's important) paint
> the cut end liberally with Tumbleweed. The bamboo sap is drawn down
> quickly after the stem is cut and the idea is that the Tumbleweed will
> be sucked down with it. Repeat this with all stems. Then be prepared
> to repeat the treatment as new stems emerge. It may take a while but
> eventually your neighbour will manage to kill it off.
> Others may offer differing solutions but that's my suggestion - take
> your pick of any alternatives offered and have fun.
It's probably already going dormant now with it being so cold so the
glyphosate will be much less effective than when in full growth.
The OP would do well to look for the earlier thread.
Regards,
Martin Brown
Posted by Charlie Pridham on September 14, 2011, 3:47 am
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:04:00 +0100, "john western"
>>Neighbour has just taken over house with small garden with over three
>>years
>>of rampant *all over the garden* Bamboo growth to deal with. Has had the
>>garden cleared and the Bamboo all strimmed down.
>>
>>He needs to create a garden with *minimum* maintenance. Obviously the
>>strimmed bamboo will just shoot up again. Will regular ongoing strimming
>>discourage it enough to kill it?
>>
>>What would you recommend for an ongoing 'Minimum Maintenance' design of
>>garden in these circumstances? Thanks.
>>
> Sounds like your neighbour has an invasive type of bamboo (some are
> easily contained, others are not!). Chopping them down was a mistake
> but we have to deal with that.
> Digging out the roots will be difficult to say the least and the
> regular trimming approach will be partially successful at best.
> You neighbour needs some herbicide (oh, if only Roundup were still
> around but I'd suggest Tumbleweed) and a brush.
> Allow the bamboo to regrow a bit and form leaves. When dry weather is
> forecast for a couple of days, paint the leaves with Tumbleweed and
> leave for a week or so to allow it to start attacking the top growth.
> Then get the tumbleweed and brush handy again and chop off a stem a
> couple of inches above ground and immediately (that's important) paint
> the cut end liberally with Tumbleweed. The bamboo sap is drawn down
> quickly after the stem is cut and the idea is that the Tumbleweed will
> be sucked down with it. Repeat this with all stems. Then be prepared
> to repeat the treatment as new stems emerge. It may take a while but
> eventually your neighbour will manage to kill it off.
> Others may offer differing solutions but that's my suggestion - take
> your pick of any alternatives offered and have fun.
> Cheers
> Jake
You can still buy Roundup Jake, and there are many others of the same
chemical action but with different trade names
and they are all very effective on green and growing bamboo
--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Posted by Jake on September 14, 2011, 5:46 am
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:47:49 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
>You can still buy Roundup Jake, and there are many others of the same
>chemical action but with different trade names
>and they are all very effective on green and growing bamboo
Hmmm. I went to my local place to get some on Monday and they said
they weren't allowed to sell it any more so I assumed it's on some
recent banned list that I haven't seen.
Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.
www.rivendell.org.uk
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>of rampant *all over the garden* Bamboo growth to deal with. Has had the
>garden cleared and the Bamboo all strimmed down.
>He needs to create a garden with *minimum* maintenance. Obviously the
>strimmed bamboo will just shoot up again. Will regular ongoing strimming
>discourage it enough to kill it?
>What would you recommend for an ongoing 'Minimum Maintenance' design of
>garden in these circumstances? Thanks.