How to Get Rid of Bamboo

Bamboo plants can be attractive when you find them on the farmer’s market or a friend’s garden. They are green and simple and seem easy to care for. Unfortunately, a few years after you made the decision to grow bamboo plants you find that they have grown all over your property and now extend to the neighbor’s house. Certainly, your neighbor won’t like this and you are stuck with a bamboo removal problem. The thing is, getting rid of bamboo is never easy. It takes patience and commitment to tackle these resilient plants and win. There are a few ways you can try which we will discuss below. First, you must know that bamboo plants come in two types; the running bamboo or the clumping bamboo.

The running bamboo is probably your biggest problem now as they are known for their highly penetrating rhizomes and aggressive growth. The clumping bamboo does not spread so quickly. Hence, they are easily manageable with proper garden practices like pruning.

Bamboo containment strategy

When you are dealing with a bamboo plant, you must use smart effective methods. The bamboo containment strategy helps to stop the growth of the plant and kill them. It starts by cutting through the thickly-built rhizomes in the soil with lopping shears. Ensure that you shovel away these cut parts to prevent them from getting grounded. Use a thick plastic sheet to cover all surviving bamboo plants. This leads to suffocation and death in the absence of oxygen and water.

Starvation

In this man versus bamboo fight, you can take extreme measures like starvation. Dig a trench around the bamboo plants and fill it with wet concrete. The concrete sets quickly stopping the roots from extending or providing nutrients to the pant. In little time, the plants will die out. This is an effective bamboo removal method.

Nitrogen fertilizer

While you can hardly rely on pesticides for bamboo eradication, you can count on the power of nitrogen fertilizer. Put in some hard work by cutting down the bamboo shoots. Sprinkle nitrogen fertilizer on the cut bamboo. You can cover the setup with a plastic bag to obtain faster results. After some time the sheet and the nitrogen fertilizer would raise the temperature surrounding the bamboo plants to a limit the cutdown shoots cannot bear. Eventually, the plants die from been cooked from the heat. This is another effective way to achieve complete bamboo removal on your property.

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