On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:05:07 GMT, "Snooze"
wrote:

You will come to regret the day you planted bamboo. Bamboo comes in two
varieties. Clumping, and running. Clumping tends to just make a dense area
of bamboo near where you planted it. Running on the otherhand will spread
everywhere.

You can't kill it either. The previous owners had it in the back yard, I've
been trying to remove it for a year now, I've tried round-up, uprooting it,
but there are thousands of root fragments that have spread across the yard.

Decide where you want your bamboo forest to be, then dig a trench at least 8
inches deep around the forest and fill it with concrete. Make sure the
concrete rises at least 2 inches above the surface of the soil.

Bamboo, kudzu and vinca are all my list of plants that should only be
planted in the yards of your mortal enemies.

Idly wondering if bamboo would choke out Vinca. I'd be willing to give
it a shot. :-) At least bamboo can be used for crafts and whatnot.

I have vinca growing under some Phyllostachys decora and around the
edges of one of the ground cover Plieoblastus bamboos.
Eventually I think it will shade them out.

HI HI- wrote:

wow didnt know they were this serious. i just wanted a wall of them in my back along the border line. hmmmm
another thing i realise is that its imposible to find these for sale anywhere.


We had had much the same thought and were going to use bamboo as a screen. After investigating it, though, we decided to go with one of the taller ornamental grasses. I think it gives much the same effect with a lot less trouble.

--
Caren

On 15 Apr 2003 10:46:44 GMT, ojunk (Brs36) wrote:


Idly wondering if bamboo would choke out Vinca. I'd be willing to give
it a shot. :-) At least bamboo can be used for crafts and whatnot.

I have both. They seem to get along quite well with one another. The vinca
seems to hide the old bamboo stubs just enogh so that I trip over them.

Another dream gone bust. :-)