On 15 Apr 2005 07:30:40 -0700, wrote:

Run over the new shoots your neighbors with the lawnmower and dig
down

I wish we could.
Our bamboo runs along most of the border of the fence, and along their
side of the fence they have a garden.

So the bamboo is coming up in the garden among their flowers.


and cut off the rhizome where it leaves your yard.

Hell, I dont even know where the bamboo is leaving from.

Some of the spots where it has appeared, there isnt even any bamboo on
my side!

I want to get rid of our bamboo too.
I wish there was an easy way...I want to invite a panda over and have
him go crazy in the yard.

Where are you guys located at and do you have any idea what sort of
bamboo it is? If its the RIGHT kind, you might be able to find
someone who WANTS it, for free, and will supply the muscle to dig up
much of the rhizomes.

As far as getting RID of it... I'm doing everything I can to grow the
stuff, but, if you're not opposed to a slight use of herbicides, you
could cut any new shoots very short with a pruner, and then apply
full-strength 'round-up' on the fresh cut. It's a systemic poison, so
the bamboo should begin to die off underground.


James, Seattle zone 8a, yellow grove, black, nigra henon, and, coming
soon... chinese walking stick.