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How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:28 pm
by Glen Gilchrist
Hi all
I have cut it back to the ground - now, failing getting a pick axe, how can I remove the roots/rhizomes??
Cheers
Glen
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:49 pm
by scrap
...tricky.
A herbicide like Roundup can kill it,but my guess is that it would take a lot.
New young shoots should come up anytime now.
You can try it with copper screws and vinegar.
...I've killed plenty of unwanted stuff that way.
Takes time though.
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 3:59 am
by Ellendra
If I lived closer I'd say send me a clump of those roots! I've been trying to grow bamboo on my land for a few years now, but every bamboo plant that I've ordered has been dead on arrival. I plant them anyway hoping maybe the roots might have some spark left, but nothing happens.
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:02 am
by frozenthunderbolt
Glen Gilchrist wrote:Hi all
I have cut it back to the ground - now, failing getting a pick axe, how can I remove the roots/rhizomes??
Cheers
Glen
build a fire on top of them then split any that are left with a pry bar so water leaks in to make them rot. When they sprout again anyway, rinse and repeat the steps above.
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:41 am
by Green Aura
Can you eat the shoots? I'm sure if you pick them regularly enough it'll eventually kill the plant - and free veg to boot.
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 1:40 pm
by hedgewizard
Dug mine out the hard way, by digging a moat round it and getting underneath with a crowbar. Even then some little fragments regrew - I persecuted them and finally won the day. The I learned I could have eaten the buggers :-(
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:52 pm
by cocobelle
I hear that vinegar soaked onto the chopped stalks is quite effective in killing bamboo. May take a few attempts though. Best of luck
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:58 am
by Glen Gilchrist
Ellendra wrote:If I lived closer I'd say send me a clump of those roots!
Hey -- if I send botanicals to the USA, don't men in suits come for me in the night? Am I even allowed to say that? lol
Cheers
G
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:00 pm
by Glen Gilchrist
Hi all
Copper Sulphate "borrowed" from school -- saturated solution should kill just about everything.....
Thanks all
G
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 8:49 pm
by scrap
Yup,same idea as my copper and vinegar ''therapy'',just a lot more concentrated.
You can knock up a batch of that stuff with some copper rods and a car battery.
If you add a sulphur-based (80%) fungicide to the vinegar the copper corrodes a lot faster.
But nickin' it is also an option...
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:48 pm
by Glen Gilchrist
scrap wrote:But nickin' it is also an option...
Surely its a valid home-school experiment, one which my Year 10 / 11 class would appreciate. Evaluate this hypothesis - "Does copper sulphate kill bamboo".
Cheers
G
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:02 pm
by scrap
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:32 pm
by Glen Gilchrist
That reminds me of the joke .... "Why are Pirates called Pirates?" "Cause they arrrrrrrrrrgh"
Re: How do I get rid of a patch of bamboo?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:48 pm
by Mabu
Get a panda.
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