"Beecrofter" wrote in message
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"Snooze" wrote in message
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I have two different bamboo problems.

First is one of my neighbors has a bamboo plant, that occasionally likes
to
send a cane onto our side of the fence, this is a clumping variety, so
containing it, is usually a pruning of the cane.

The second problem is much more difficult. The previous owners had
planted a
variety of bamboo that sends runners. They had planted it in a buried
pot,
but of course it escaped the containment attempts. We've since removed
the
plant, but have been deal with the thousands of segmented runners, my
strategy so far has been to spray the canes with round-up, wait a few
days,
then dig up as much of the runner as I can find.

Anyone have any better suggestions? It's been 2 years now, and I don't
know
how many runner segments still have a will to survive.

Snooze

Why are you bothering with the roundup if you can't be bothered to
follow the label directions?

I've tried spraying round up on the leaves/canes and letting it die back, it
doesn't work. The leaves die back, and it sprouts new leaves along with more
canes. Spaying and waiting a few days seems to produce the longest results.

The shock produced by round up, plus digging up as many roots as i can find
causes the bamboo to use up as much of it's stored energy. But in the
interest of an experiment, I've left a patch of bamboo alone, after
spraying. Let's see if the directions work this time.

Snooze