"johngood" wrote in message
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Have quite a lot of bamboo growing in a small garden and a lot of it is
rather out of control. I thought I would try ammonium sulphamate to try
to
kill some of it. Is that the best thing? Also is it an idea to trim it
down short to within a few leaves nearest the ground?

The reasoning being that this ammonium sulphamate is 'systemic' and this
way
it would have to travel less distance to get to the roots? Thanks for
any
advice.


It depends on the bamboo, but some do not produce leaves near the ground. Do
you wish to get rid of it altogether or just restrict it?
Down here it has become a pest in a few of the bigger gardens the two
methods they use are, dig out and weed killer regrowth or cut down to ground
and mown over weekly for two or more years to prevent regrowth.

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea