I have the same problem, i.e. bamboo with a mind of its own.

Some tips, all using a product known as Roundup

1-As the shoots come up, break them off, drill a hole down the center
to the root and then spray roundup in there - it tends to liquiefy the
root, destroying it
2-Get a sprayer and spray roundup on the bamboo trees - it does stun
them and often kills them.

Note: all those shoots come from one bamboo so you must go afte the
whole bunch of them...If you break a root, it is stil alive and both
1/2s will still grow....

Use roundup literally or do what my friend is doing, i.e. hiring a
backhoe to dig out his entire yard.

joe
Ringwood NJ

On 14 Apr 2005 20:31:32 -0700, wrote:

About 10 years ago, my parents decided to harvest some bamboo from a
family friend.

We placed them along the border of our yard.

Flash forward a few years...they start appearing in our neighbors yard.

So I spent 3 years a day for a week pulling bamboo out of the ground.
I dug until I got to the bamboo then tried pulling it out.

As you all know their roots go out far (in all directions), so pulling
took ALOT of effort.

Now they are over running our yard and our neighbors yard again.

What can we do?

Is there a spray that we can use that wont kill our grass but will kill
the bamboo?

Is there a easier way to get rid of them?

Thanks

Joe wrote:
I have the same problem, i.e. bamboo with a mind of its own.

Some tips, all using a product known as Roundup

1-As the shoots come up, break them off, drill a hole down the
center to the root and then spray roundup in there - it tends to
liquiefy the root, destroying it
2-Get a sprayer and spray roundup on the bamboo trees - it does stun
them and often kills them.
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Bamboo is not a tree it is a grass.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

"Joe" wrote in message
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I have the same problem, i.e. bamboo with a mind of its own.

Some tips, all using a product known as Roundup

1-As the shoots come up, break them off, drill a hole down the center
to the root and then spray roundup in there - it tends to liquiefy the
root, destroying it
2-Get a sprayer and spray roundup on the bamboo trees - it does stun
them and often kills them.

Note: all those shoots come from one bamboo so you must go afte the
whole bunch of them...If you break a root, it is stil alive and both
1/2s will still grow....

Use roundup literally or do what my friend is doing, i.e. hiring a
backhoe to dig out his entire yard.


Using a backhoe is overkill, but it would give the neighbor's something to
laugh about....
Just keep knocking over/cutting each shoot as it comes up. The plant/grove
will eventually run out of energy & die. The rhizomes will then rot in the
ground.

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SamMan
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