Lets Talk About Bamboo Barriers (More Info in Description)
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2018
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In this video I talk about the kind a bamboo barrier that I use and how important they are if you plant running bamboo. Concrete can be used but it will crack over time and will fail to contain bamboo eventually. Unless its poured very thick (wide), but then it will be a lot more work and cost more than using a durable and unbreakable, thick plastic barrier like this.
If you have sandy or loose loamy soil and live in warmer climates, You will need to go deeper (up to 3 ft). Leaving a high barrier lip above ground makes it easier to see and prevent any rhizomes from jumping over it. Never put a barrier flush with the ground level.
You could dig a trench and back fill with mulch or gravel and then trim the ryzomes once or twice a year. But that method would only be for smaller groves. Don't give yourself that much work. Just drop in a thin plastic barrier and be never worry about it again.
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Thank you for the info! I have to build a barrier now because bamboo trees are growing into my neighbor’s yard. I’ve got about at least 200 feet of barrier I have to put up, plus cut down all the bamboo trees in my yard. Fortunately, the neighbors are helping me cut down some of the trees, but it’s still going to be a huge and time consuming project!
thanks for the good content
So in other words you are saying if I want to tick off my neighbors install this barrier all the way around my place and then plant vivax bamboo on the outside of the barrier so it spreads to everyone else’s pastures but gives me complete privacy! 😃
You are a genius
Petty level expert🤣
I read that some states theneighbor can file a lawsuit against you for bamboo spreading into their yard. It's considered an invasive species. I'm planting mine along the property fence line for privacy but do not care to piss off my neighbors. We all get along very well. That's why I'm here researching first
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Use a a 4 foot deep piece piece of culvert piping at planting.
Also if you don’t mind me asking since you are very knowledgeable is it ok to fill the contained bed with soil so the bamboo is is covered 2-3 inches deep with soil covering the existing bamboo so it evens my garden out? Or will the bamboo rot out eventually because of the moisture from being covered with soil?
Won’t hurt
afther watching youre video's i decided to started my own moso bamboo seedling this year, it is around 2 inch tall let's see what time will bring
How is it going
How big are they now?
My next door neighbor planted running bamboo and now I'm getting to deal with it... Going to have to run a barrier...
I noticed your video is five years old. Did you have success with the bamboo barrier? Is it fully contained now? I’m just curious if bamboo would hit the barrier and sometimes go down and keep growing around the barrier and go back up
No issue
@@GrowingAnswers thank you!
Right on Ryan! Good information; I use the cutting method. Thank you for NOT recommending people kick over the shoots...
Why don't you want to kick over the shoots?
Why??
@@jakeresor9990 because it's not a good idea..
How soon do you have to put the barrier in? My bamboo is 10ft tall and not sure if it's clumping or rhizome roots?
Doesn’t matter. Only matters how far you want it to spread. Whatever grows beyond that isn’t that difficult to remove if you don’t wait too long. Typically the roots spread as far as the canes are tall, but you won’t see new shoots emerge up from the full extension of the rhizome. So wherever the cane grows, you can expect the root to be extended underground at least 50% further away from it.
Is the fencing a necessary part of the barrier? Or does the root barrier suffice?
TheWulfPack fencing was just to keep deer out
@@GrowingAnswers deers eat bamboo leaves too?
@@oneness319 When the leaves are small, yes
@@GrowingAnswers I live In Massachusetts, recently I plan to grow bamboo in my backyard, since there are so many species, running or clumping, I wonder if you would recommend any bamboo which will survive also is easy to control.
@@oneness319 dont do it it is nice at first but in a few years can become a nightmare to control and if u have not so nice neighbors they can sue u to control it from there property i am a landscaper .and make big bucks on bamboo nightmares try something else
Hi. Thank you for this video, it has been very helpfull.
I wonder if you can help me with this, I have alot of bamboo growing in my yard, I bought the house 1 year ago and didnt realize how much care I need to give to them and now thay are takimg over, they have already taken over a plant and made it extinct in my yard. Now I have decided to install a barrier to keep them from doing any more damage but I have an issue, some roots have gone very far out from the rest of the bamboos l, like 20' away. What I was planning on doing is dig up a trench carefully so as not to cut the roots and then follow them and start digging up the roots that have grown in other directions and once I have dug all of them out I can rip them out and then install the barrier and know that theres no roots beyond the barrier and that I wont have any more bamboos popping up in places that I dont want them in. Though now I that I saw your video you said that if I just cut the grass thay will eventually die, if thats the case then I can do that instead of digging them up one by one and I can save myself alot hard work and sweat. What do you suggest?
Thank you!
dovid pomerantz just sever the root and keep cutting the new shoots as they emerge. The root will eventually die.
Also, right now my bamboos are growing on an area of around 500 square feet and I would like to downsize it to 250 or so, how I would like to do it is install a rhizome barrier around the area that I would like to keep and just cut the rest of the bamboos and keep on cutting them until they die out. What I am afraid of is that since the area that I plan on cutting is very full of bamboos, it will be too much to kill just by cutting it and they will spread all over wildly trying to survive. Perhaps another idea I have is to install the barrier on the entire 500 square feet and then eliminate the bamboo that I don't want from within so they cannot spread, do you think that is necessary or you think it is fine for me to just cut out the ones that I like even though there are many? Thanks!
dovid pomerantz if it’s that dense, you won’t be able to do that method. You can either cut them out and then bury the area in 18” of dirt if you need to rent a machine to dig them out. Cutting only works for maintaining and managing new growth. An already established area will keep growing back since there are so many roots.
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@@GrowingAnswers I piled 3 feet of dirt mixed with stone called "modified" and it grew right up through it from the rhizomes within a few months. Bamboo is the devils plant. We are cursed with it.
Hi! Could you tell us what kind and where to get the plastic barrier you referred to please. Already have a problem with my neighbor’s bamboo invading our yard so I guess we have to protect our yard now
Maribeth Castro I thought i had mentioned the info about that in the video. Maybe I’m mistaken.
@@GrowingAnswers yet failed to simply type it in the reply...classic
@@speakeasydoorman4966 It’s literally stated in the video and the links are in the description (as stated in the video). I make an effort to provide as much info as I can in my videos. Getting asked questions that’s are clearly already answered is just like talking to someone in person while they are playing on their phone and paying no attention. I really don’t want to sound mean about it, but I get questions asked all the time as if people don’t even watch the videos. A video serves as a my stand in so I don’t have to keep repeating myself. That’s one of many reasons as to why I make them in the first place.
Could you make this barrier so that it's flush with ground level? I don't really want an eyesore in my back yard, and it's still an area that I need to mow through.
Phil you could, but then roots will jump the barrier easily if you don’t pay attention. Just put stones around it if you don’t want to see it.
Growing Answers I tried installing this barrier stuff today. I couldn’t dig deep enough in the Mississippi clay soil. Ugh. I don’t know what I’m gonna do
@@bgaviator did you get it in??
@@anjanean no, I never could get a trench dug by hand deep enough. I only got it halfway in the ground. I have a landscape contractor that's going to dig the trench deep enough and hopefully get it looking better this summer
Maybe this is a dumb question but, can't you just mow regularly and it'll stay contained inside your mow line?
Yes. I just wanted to keep the runners going inside my area to keep it spreading faster inside the grove.
we should talk more about bamboo destruction 😫
Could I use vinyl siding for the barrier? Like bury it?
It will probably crack up. Might be ok if it’s not bending for a few years. Not reliable long term.
@@GrowingAnswers okay..., that's all I needed to know! Thank you!
is there any problem using foundation wrap as a bamboo barrier?
You dont want anything that can be penetrated with just a few pounds per square inch or anything that will break down within 20 years.
The plastic is only needed if it is close to structures. Otherwise you just break the new shoots once a year with your foot or mow over it if it is in the lawn and all is good.
Exactly
Mine are sharp as pointy wood. I'm in FL and the sand shifts and the cut bamboo are like knives under foot.
I have a 3 foot trench lined with heavy duty plastic and small river rock. The trench was placed on my property line and the fence that leads to my neighbors bamboo.
Guess what happened after 3k later, I am still excavating bamboo that made it they the trench and over the trench. I am on year 15 and a grand total of $5500 in controlling my neighbors bamboo growing my yard. . If you ask me, just get rid of itX
The depth of the the trench is determined by the climate and the type of soil. It will always try to jump the barrier no matter what. That’s where paying attention comes in to play. It doesn’t grow fast enough to where anyone needs to constantly watch it. Anything trying to grow over the barrier can be trimmed once a year. Twice at the most. In my soil (hard clay) nothing grows below 12 inches. I can dig anywhere in my yard and see a distinct line where roots from anything stay above that level. As far as the bamboo goes, I’ve dug it up to move it on several occasions and the runners are always in the top 6 inches. Below that the clay is too dense and anaerobic for roots. Bamboo in general does not grow fast enough (including the roots) to where it can’t be maintained manually. If it gets out of control it’s because someone is not maintaining their property. And also, if the wrong type of plastic is used it will crack and be useless. Concrete is also not a good option as it will crack and shift also over time. The location of planting it also matters. If the grass is cut around the patch it grows in and there is more than 10ft of grass surrounding it, it will never be able to expand. The soft new shoots that try to emerge in the spring get clipped while cutting the grass and the expanding runners die. In this climate I live in, the fastest growing bamboo takes several years to even expand and grow 15ft from the original transplant spot in ideal conditions. It is not hard to maintain at all. It’s harder for me to maintain my strawberry patch than my bamboo grove. In fact I’ve been spending most of my energy try to help it vs trying to stop it. The winter is hard on it and the deer destroy it too. I’ve seen it grow in many locations (properties) throughout the county I live in. It’s never appeared as though it’s growing out of control or invading. A lot of the places I’ve seen it grow don’t even use a barrier and the patches aren’t even that large. Some of them appear as if they were left and forgotten about. With my job I travel and work within a lot of properties so I have the opportunity to observe.
No bamboo species is on the invasive species list for this state either. The only way it spreads is by roots. If it spread by seeds (annually) like certain plants, weeds and trees then we’d be in trouble. You can’t even take a cutting of it and get it to root. All the above considered, that’s why it’s not invasive. I’d be more concerned about my neighbors oak tree roots destroying my driveway or the tree itself shedding and clogging my gutters every year or the trees themselves falling on my house. Those are real concerns, but no one is stopping anyone from planting them. We as people accept a level of work and risk from nature. Think about how much it costs to cut and maintain a lawn. People spend 10’s of thousands on lawn maintenance over a lifetime. The cost of a lawnmower alone is a few grand for a good riding one. So is turf grass invasive? Cuz It’s certainly costly no matter which way you look at it. Id rather have a forest of bamboo on my property that costs nothing annually and doesn’t need cut every week than have a lawn. Because in that case, bamboo would actually be less work.
very good!)) we spend a lot of money and time on lawn just to look good and standard..)) still beautiful of course
I dont like giving out trade secrets. But.....if u want to kill this plant ...get a drill with a six inch auger bit drill down to rizones and put a funnel and select your favorite. Brush killer. Southern Ag. Ground clear. Rizzones. Die. Bamboo gone may take a while but it will do it to it good luck and as i tell all my customers. If u want bamboo keep it in containers or dont keep it
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*This will not work because:*
1. Life of bamboo is beyond 100 yrs. So obviously it cannot contain it beyond that.
2. The life of the company which tested it is not beyond 100 yrs.
3. It will break down after 100 yrs. Then the bamboo will spread.
4. Think of how much earth has to be dug up.
5. Think of how much material you will need to buy & it would cost more due to thickness & high durability.
6. Its good for landscaping companies. They put it on other people's property and its the owner's headache after 100yrs. Do landscaping companies think beyond 100yrs?
*Its better to use clumping bamboo for fencing every feet than using running bamboo.*
For running bamboo it would be better to:
1. Dig a huge trench (1mtr deep& 1 mtr wide)
2. Keep the trench as your barrier or boundary.
3. Then plant the bamboo fence a meter inside your farm.
4. Every month walk around the property in the 1mtr trench and cut out the bamboo roots coming out into the trench.
*But all this is too much work. Its far easier to plant clumping bamboo very very close to each other.*
PlugInCaroo clumping bamboo doesn’t do well in this region. Clumping bamboo is a tropical variety. Also I see a lot of bamboo around that has no Barriers and it doesn’t spread nearly as much as it’s thought to. Honestly in a 100 years I think bamboo spreading will be the least of humanity’s problems. In this climate bamboo spreads very slowly due to the winters. So long as someone cuts the grass here, it will never spread. It has one chance to spread in the spring when it puts up shoots. Even without a Barrier as soon as the new shoots get ran over by the lawn mower, they are done.
Is growing in containers or raised beds enough?
williwonti raises beds no. Containers yes.
Getthefuckoffmylawn cuz with raised beds, the roots will go under the edges.
I heard , from a professional, that concrete will not hold back bamboos. Ughhhhh! Bamboo, i even hate that word now 😡
Hi, I will lay concrete on side of home in back yard but not all the way to street fence..I will have about 4 and a half feet of dirt between concrete slab and fence facing street. I live in the city of clovis ca in a corner lot house...I wanna know if planting bamboo for privacy will be good in my case? I want something that does not grow too big and also something easy to maintain. Been looking at evergreens too..to be honest don't know what to plant there?
Another option was to lay concrete all tje way to fence and put trees, plants or whatever on pots for privacy..
The bamboo Roots will grow under the slab if you don’t use a barrier. In California you will probably need to go 24 inches deep. Bamboo will grow taller there too.
@@GrowingAnswers thank you very much. I think I will go with a different plant then, maybe 🌲
All this video is an AD? WTF
Yeah I guess if anyone ever talks about any products that they use, it's an ad.
BS it will grow over them, or under them NEVER PLANT BAMBOO I DIG ALL OF MINE OUT WITH A MACHINE
the Best Bamboo barrier is a Napalm Strike. Dont plant this CRAP
Nature planted bamboo before humans existed.
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