I fancy planting some bamboo.

The text says " surround the roots with a non-perishable barrier "

What do you green fingered gurus recommend?

I dont want it in tubs. Should I bury large plastic crates and plant
in there? If so, what about drainage? If I make holes for water to
get out, so will the roots !

Help!


Thanks all..!!

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wrote on 8/2/03 6:12 pm:

I fancy planting some bamboo.

The text says " surround the roots with a non-perishable barrier "

What do you green fingered gurus recommend?

I dont want it in tubs. Should I bury large plastic crates and plant
in there? If so, what about drainage? If I make holes for water to
get out, so will the roots !

Just today we had a customer who wants a bamboo but doesn't want it to
invade. We discussed the matter with him at some considerable length -
probably about 30 or 40 minutes with other customers chiming in (including
the head gardener of a nearby estate who's used a lot of bamboo in his time)
and the general consensus, to suit his particualr requirements, was to plant
it in a large container *of some kind* but plunged into the soil so that the
container is invisible. Any roots that then 'escape' can be more easily
chopped off with a sharp spade when shoots appear - if they do. IOW, go for
it, using the largest pot you can buy or the largest solid sided crate,
punching in holes at the bottom for drainage.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk

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The text says " surround the roots with a non-perishable barrier "
What do you green fingered gurus recommend?

Paving slabs edge on may be cheaper than a large pot and will do the job.

I dont want it in tubs. Should I bury large plastic crates and plant
in there? If so, what about drainage? If I make holes for water to
get out, so will the roots !
I think its runners going sideways rather than roots going down that are the
problem. A barrier a foot deep should be enough.

Martin

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I fancy planting some bamboo.

The text says " surround the roots with a non-perishable barrier "

What do you green fingered gurus recommend?

I dont want it in tubs. Should I bury large plastic crates and plant
in there? If so, what about drainage? If I make holes for water to
get out, so will the roots !


The sort of permanent plastic stuff builders use as damp courses will do,
it's 11 inches wide and comes on a roll. Just bury it side on around the
plant.
Alternatively don't plant true Bamboo, plant Nandina domestica (Chinese
sacred bamboo) so you get flowers and red berries and autumn colour.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.

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...
I fancy planting some bamboo.

The text says " surround the roots with a non-perishable barrier "

What do you green fingered gurus recommend?

I dont want it in tubs. Should I bury large plastic crates and plant
in there? If so, what about drainage? If I make holes for water to
get out, so will the roots !

Help!


Thanks all..!!

There are numerous, clump forming, bamboos available, many of these are not
at all invasive and will quite happily sit in their own little corner of the
garden anyway, just pick one whose eventual size matches the area you have
available.
Duncan