Building And Planting Up Two Bamboo Beds With Rhizome Barrier

In this video I document my progress of digging out and lining two bamboo beds. I plant a Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' and a Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo), as these are both running bamboos I line the beds with a 600mm deep 2mm thick rhizome barrier to ensure the bamboo plants will remain contained.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Site last year
01:35 Phyllostachys edulis (Moso)
03:04 Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'
04:43 Bamboo barrier
06:17 Bamboo runners
07:54 plan for bamboo beds
11:29 Day one progress
15:11 Digging time lapse
15:59 Day two, inspecting soil
21:32 Dug out bed
24:30 Phyllostachys edulis (Moso) planted up
28:42 Second bed dug out
30:32 Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' planted up
32:44 Conclusion
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[@phqnomenon]

Amazing work! You need to keep us updated.

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks, I will do.

[@Eastbaypisces]

@@Gardeningat58N what are ur thoughts on the golden bamboo and also if i get a running bamboo can i just do one side barrier and leave other side open since the other side the street

[@freyarobbins4201]

Great video, can’t wait for the update!

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks, I will probably make another update later this summer once the new bamboo canes are fully grown.

[@VanGorogh]

Good effort!

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks!

[@Maykil107]

wow cool

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks, I will make yearly updates on my bamboo plants.

[@Maykil107]

@@Gardeningat58N no problem 😊😊😊

[@p0ln]

and I worry about growing mints...

[@KGwideangle]

spectabilis will "jump" out...video coming soon.

[@karmaline]

I see your video is a year old did you manage to prevent the roots and rhizomes? What’s the 24 inch deep barrier?

[@Gardeningat58N]

Yes, however the bamboo plants are still young and are not up against the barrier yet, however I don't expect the plants to escape this type of barrier, even after many decades. Its HDPE plastic that is UV resistant and is 2mm thick. I used stainless steel bolts, (no corrosion) to clamp the ends together in two places and used over a meter of overlap.

[@barnbersonol]

Bamboo and ponds are the perfect marriage because one dries out the soil encouraging crawling insects and the other produces frogs which eat the insects. I dug holes with a gravel bottom then put in the bamboo in plastic buckets with holes in the bottom. Plastic pots at a no-no cuz the brittle plastic splits allowing the roots to escape.

[@conspirisi]

Cool video, but if I wanted to avoid this much work, how tall is possible in a large pot?

[@ronniemillsap]

lol lazy wanting the rewards without the effort put in. laughable.

[@conspirisi]

@@ronniemillsap like it says in the question, I'm not expecting the same height, or "rewards " as you put it.

[@Gardeningat58N]

It really depends on the size of the pot and the species of bamboo. You could get up to 3m with a large pot, but the risk is the pot might break eventually as it's not designed to contain bamboo rhizomes. You would be better planting a clumping bamboo, some Chusquea and Fargesia can grow over 4m tall without spreading much.

[@conspirisi]

@@Gardeningat58N Thanks I might build a large planter which might be the best of both worlds, although I'm guessing I can't expect max height still.
I've got Phyllostachys aurea and phyllostachys bissetii, the bissetti was 1ft last year, and is about 6ft this year in a small pot. The Aurea (in the largest pot I can find) shoots are still growing so I so see how high that grows in a month. I'll let you know.

[@Gardeningat58N]

Both those species can reach 8m as a maximum, but even with some root restriction they could reach 6m if you feed and water them well and you live somewhere with warm summers. I've seen a Phyllostachys aurea patch at 2m by 1m in Edinburgh, Scotland reach 5m. The bigger the planter the better, and make sure it's deep enough to stop any runners. Phyllostachys size up very quickly, that aureosulcata of mine was a foot high this time last year, it grew two canes up to almost 6ft last summer and this year it has 10 new canes which look slightly thicker than last years.