"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 7:13 am, "johngood ............." wrote:
Could anyone please give some practical advice or crafty tips on getting
rid
of a lot of tall invasive Bamboo plants (and runners that push up new
shoots
from the lawn) from a small suburban garden?

Remember that the mechanical advantage comes from getting the pivot in
really close to the thing you are trying to lever out. And be careful
not to get hurt by leaning uncontrollably on the end - when the bamboo
gives up and snaps it will do so at the time when it can do you most
damage.

I was thinking of some scaffolding pole cut flat at one end and being
used
as a long lever resting on a block of wood. Would appreciate advice from
someone with practical experience of removing Bamboo. Thanks

Not worth tweaking the scaffold pole at all it will weaken it, just
dig out and jam the pole in hard under the root, and get the pivot
brick or 6x6 timber in as close as you can. It will sink into the soil
as you lever.

If you have an opportunity to acquire a scaff pole, get a putlog. It has one
end flat already. It's meant to go on the brickwork, but hey, brickwork,
bamboo, it's all the same when you're a pole.

(That's pole, not Pole).

Steve