Posted by john britain on August 30, 2011, 12:01 pm
Neighbour who is unable to do gardening work themselves, has a serious
bamboo invasion in the garden of the house they have just bought. It's in
the rear garden with only room enough to bring a machine in the width of a
wheelbarrow. (due to a neighbour on the shared rear communal passage moving
his fence and just grabbing extra room for his garden).
What they want is a garden with *minimum* maintenance. To clear the bamboo
first would it be better to pay someone to try and dig the roots up (the
rear passage way entrance is only wide enough for a wheelbarrow) or to just
keep chopping the bamboo down for a year or so, until it gets demoralised?
Grateful for any advice on this.
Also if the bamboo is finally cleared what would be a minimum maintenance
ground cover please?
Posted by Martin Brown on August 30, 2011, 12:39 pm
On 30/08/2011 17:01, john britain wrote:
> Neighbour who is unable to do gardening work themselves, has a serious
> bamboo invasion in the garden of the house they have just bought. It's in
What sort of bamboo? One of the nasty small invasive couch grass on
steroids ones or a nice big clumping one?
> the rear garden with only room enough to bring a machine in the width of a
> wheelbarrow. (due to a neighbour on the shared rear communal passage moving
> his fence and just grabbing extra room for his garden).
> What they want is a garden with *minimum* maintenance. To clear the bamboo
> first would it be better to pay someone to try and dig the roots up (the
> rear passage way entrance is only wide enough for a wheelbarrow) or to just
> keep chopping the bamboo down for a year or so, until it gets demoralised?
> Grateful for any advice on this.
If it is a decent clumping bamboo or better still a named variety you
may be able to sell it off in chunks...
> Also if the bamboo is finally cleared what would be a minimum maintenance
> ground cover please?
Weed resistant fabric and 6" of coarse gravel on top. That will be fun
to install if all you have is one wheelbarrow.
Regards,
Martin Brown
Posted by john east on August 30, 2011, 4:56 pm
> On 30/08/2011 17:01, john britain wrote:
>> Neighbour who is unable to do gardening work themselves, has a serious
>> bamboo invasion in the garden of the house they have just bought. It's
>> in
> What sort of bamboo? One of the nasty small invasive couch grass on
> steroids ones or a nice big clumping one?
>> the rear garden with only room enough to bring a machine in the width of
>> a
>> wheelbarrow. (due to a neighbour on the shared rear communal passage
>> moving
>> his fence and just grabbing extra room for his garden).
>>
>> What they want is a garden with *minimum* maintenance. To clear the
>> bamboo
>> first would it be better to pay someone to try and dig the roots up (the
>> rear passage way entrance is only wide enough for a wheelbarrow) or to
>> just
>> keep chopping the bamboo down for a year or so, until it gets
>> demoralised?
>> Grateful for any advice on this.
> If it is a decent clumping bamboo or better still a named variety you may
> be able to sell it off in chunks...
>>
>> Also if the bamboo is finally cleared what would be a minimum maintenance
>> ground cover please?
> Weed resistant fabric and 6" of coarse gravel on top. That will be fun to
> install if all you have is one wheelbarrow.
> Regards,
> Martin Brown
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Thanks. Though I'm wondering what happened to my original post. Since you
have responded to it, but i cannot see it showing up on my computer. (It was
sent via the 'eternal-september' provider).
Posted by Charlie Pridham on August 31, 2011, 3:28 am
> Neighbour who is unable to do gardening work themselves, has a serious
> bamboo invasion in the garden of the house they have just bought. It's in
> the rear garden with only room enough to bring a machine in the width of a
> wheelbarrow. (due to a neighbour on the shared rear communal passage
> moving his fence and just grabbing extra room for his garden).
> What they want is a garden with *minimum* maintenance. To clear the
> bamboo first would it be better to pay someone to try and dig the roots up
> (the rear passage way entrance is only wide enough for a wheelbarrow) or
> to just keep chopping the bamboo down for a year or so, until it gets
> demoralised? Grateful for any advice on this.
> Also if the bamboo is finally cleared what would be a minimum maintenance
> ground cover please?
If you cut the bamboo down, when it regrows hit it with Roundup type weed
killer (bamboo is sensitive to this as its really just grass) once its dead
it can be dug out.
I would urge against chippings, they are certainly not low maintenance -
everything seeds into mine, and so called weed suppressant fabric only takes
a season to form good humus over it and weeds grow perfectly well then
--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Posted by JonH on August 31, 2011, 2:53 pm
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:28:29 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
>> Neighbour who is unable to do gardening work themselves, has a serious
>> bamboo invasion in the garden of the house they have just bought. It's in
>> the rear garden with only room enough to bring a machine in the width of a
>> wheelbarrow. (due to a neighbour on the shared rear communal passage
>> moving his fence and just grabbing extra room for his garden).
>>
>> What they want is a garden with *minimum* maintenance. To clear the
>> bamboo first would it be better to pay someone to try and dig the roots up
>> (the rear passage way entrance is only wide enough for a wheelbarrow) or
>> to just keep chopping the bamboo down for a year or so, until it gets
>> demoralised? Grateful for any advice on this.
>>
>> Also if the bamboo is finally cleared what would be a minimum maintenance
>> ground cover please?
>If you cut the bamboo down, when it regrows hit it with Roundup type weed
>killer (bamboo is sensitive to this as its really just grass) once its dead
>it can be dug out.
>I would urge against chippings, they are certainly not low maintenance -
>everything seeds into mine, and so called weed suppressant fabric only takes
>a season to form good humus over it and weeds grow perfectly well then
Having invested earlier this year in a shedload of bark, I cannot but
agree.
I have just taken delivery of a quantity of suppressant fabric (with
hold downs which look on inspection to me likely to be ineffective).
Because I've procured it, I'm going to have a go. The local urban
foxes will probably make a mess of it - the illegitimi jumped on top
of a small (reinforced with chicken wire) agriframe last night
containing my last outdoor lettuce and coriander sowing and a small
number of dwarf beans.
So, Charlie, how do keep the weeds down around your fruit bushes?
Regards
JonH
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