Bamboo is nice as long as its in someone elses yard........I like the
look, the way it forms a wall..........but I hate how it spreads... We
have lots of cane here and its a problem. cut it off and it gets like
pungai stakes, and pokes a hole in a tire in a heart beat.......it
does not get as bushy as bamboo does , but I assume its in the same
family....About all its good for is making a cane pole for float
fishing, or a long pole to pull spanish moss out of tree's.......


I have seen old carpeting, news papers, tarps and just about anything
you can imagine used under a liner.........I do not know how deep
bamboo roots go, but is it feasible to assume the root system wil be
destroyed or knocked way back if the pond is dug at 3 fet depth? 3
feet deep root systems is fairly deep. I have alkso heard of foks
installing aluminum or galvanized sheet metal flashing material
arund a pond to prevent roots / runners etc from going any
further.......I guess I spelled "aluminum" correctly.......or would it
be ALUMINIUM for the brits ;-)

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:30:29 +0000, Gill Passman
wrote:

~ jan wrote:


Runners, I believe is the term you're looking for, and true, clumping
bamboo is not a problem around liner ponds.

Yes, you are right....maybe I should make my sig "I've forgotten more
about gardening than I ever knew".....lol


You might want to dig around one of the edges of the bamboo just to make
sure, but I don't think they put out a spiked runner. ~ jan

I guess after 5 years in situ if they were going to do this the whole
part of this garden would be over run with bamboo....but I truly want
this project to be a success....hence all the questions....and plenty
more to come ;-)

So, to get back to the question - do you think sand, a fabric liner
(pond safe) and a heavy duty pond butyl liner is good enough?

Gill



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!