great information, thank you! I’m dealing with a lot of bamboo that the previous owners planted. I did a lot of mistakes my first 2 years, mowing was especially a mistake - the bamboo just sprouts below the mowing deck and now to remove leaves I have to get down on hands and knees with scissors. There is enough now that I think I have to go with an excavator for removal. I do love the appearance of the plant, might try to barrier off a small section and remove everything outside of it.
@@nightowl22304What did you do about your bamboo issue? I was quoted a huge bill by a professional company to fully excavate it. The quoted a quarter of that by a tree surgeon who would use a digger to dig it up. Either way it's going to be a big, expensive job, and it's spread to locations on the sides of the house and at various places in the back yard too. A true nightmare.
Great channel ! Hope you can help me with this - I have just bought a place with a clumping bamboo grove whose 70mm culms have reached eight to nine metres in height which I want to reduce to around four to five Cannot get a cherry picker access Is there a machine in the market that does this lopping or am I going to need an arborist to set up scaffolding and manually lop ?
We don't know of any machine other than a cherry picker rig. You will need to get a lift somehow. Probably best to hire an arborist to set up scaffolding, we're afraid.
great video, I have a few runners in my garden and have been digging up rhizomes like a damn Mole Rat, and after I lost so many tools, I invested in a slammer tool, expensive, heavy and noisy bugger but works a treat. each time I do this I ask myself why am I putting myself through this... because bamboo is just a amazing plant, that is why 🙂
Very helpful. Looks like I'm in for a long dig. 😢 I take I need to dig every single rhizome or it will grow back. It has gone under my neighbours drive - she is not happy.
This method may be fine if you want to remove escapees from the main growth...but if you want to remove the main growth, you'd kill yourself doing it this way. I have an old 200' x 15' stand of it between the lawn and wooded area in the back yard of a house I bought a few years ago, so digging it up by hand was not an option for me. Using a backhoe wasn't an option, either, because that would damage the roots of all of the oak trees in the wooded area. I dug out all of the runners that were growing into the lawn a couple of years ago and that was a lot of hard work, but was doable...but for the roots that are growing between the trees, I just cut the canes to the ground...one at a time...and immediately dripped concentrated Roundup into the stump with a syringe. I did this when hot, sunny, dry weather was expected for several days so that the Roundup would be absorbed by the stump and wouldn't be washed away by rain. The next year, a lot less new growth came up and I repeated the process with the new growth. Any short clumps of leaves that started to grow I sprayed with the Roundup, being careful to cover the leaves and not oversaturate the soil. This method is time-consuming, but very effective over several years if you do it religiously and don't neglect to do it immediately you see new growth. At least, you'll save yourself from getting a heart attack trying to dig it all up. As far as the dead roots that remain in the ground...they will rot with time and be easier to remove if you want to plant some shrubbery in the area, but I just sowed some wildflower seeds between the lawn and the wooded area. Looks nice and I'm attracting a lot of pollinators.
I only have a 30x40 or so patch but it's been there for 20 years or so. It's thick. I cut all the canes down. Next move is to hire a excavator to come in and pull the roots out. Then I would go solo after and dig roots up.
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This what I am looking to do, I have a thick 20+ year growth you cannot even walk through or see light! It’s approx 80’ long by 30’ wide. I call it “Little Saigon”
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I am inundated with running bamboo. I have a huge forest to deal with. My question is this: I see so many people saying to cut the bamboo down to the ground, allow it to begin a shoot and cut that. So…does keeping the shoots stunted and cut back eventually kill the Rhizomes? I understand this method can take upwards of 3 years of mowing over these shoots? What is your opinion?
I just planted some bamboo to use to feed my goats. I planted in 2 different spots last year. Looks like the one location didn't survive because the chickens got in and scratch it up. I don't see any new growth any more. The other site has a few new canes, but I have caught a couple goats in side the fence. (obviously, they like bamboo) So far, it is still showing life. Just planted another area about a month ago. So far I have managed to keep critters away from it. I am thinking that the goats will help to control the spread. They are obviously eager to do so.
Similar size, different cane color. To read more about the two species, see bamboosourcery.com/product/phyllostachys-aureosulcata-spectabilis-phas/ and bamboosourcery.com/product/phyllostachys-bisetii-phby/.
To save you guys to trouble I just watched a video where a guy covered the bamboo with plastic and it died you have to cut it first ofcourse keye is to starve it from sunlight
Do you think your method will work for containing a running bamboo groove? I want to plant some and have equipment but I am terrified of it getting out of control.
@@bamboosourcery I've read it will work if there is no connected bamboo plants anywhere near that are getting any sun. In otherwords, if you control the entire grove and can maintain the shoots in a cut at ground level way for a season or two, the entire grove cannot survive. However, this takes vigilance and a certain set of circumstances. The technique in this video may work best in certain conditions. I've done both methods depending on circumstances. (I did not control the whole grove so I put in a root barrier but didn't dig up all the rhizomes on my side; just kept the ones on my side cut to the ground and they rotted in place).
@@Failedmusiciandon’t plant it !! We are digging it up now ! It is very invasive and we had to get a tractor tiller and we are still digging up roots , it’s your worst nightmare!!
Excavator works best! Just call a cheap excavator service. One day is enough for a small backyard. Dig out all the rhyzomes, let them dry, and burn them. I've tried almost every methods imaginable and nothing worked for me.
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great information, thank you! I’m dealing with a lot of bamboo that the previous owners planted. I did a lot of mistakes my first 2 years, mowing was especially a mistake - the bamboo just sprouts below the mowing deck and now to remove leaves I have to get down on hands and knees with scissors. There is enough now that I think I have to go with an excavator for removal. I do love the appearance of the plant, might try to barrier off a small section and remove everything outside of it.
Were you able to get rid of them, or did you have to get an excavator to remove them? I'm dealing with the same issues, so I am asking.
@@nightowl22304What did you do about your bamboo issue? I was quoted a huge bill by a professional company to fully excavate it. The quoted a quarter of that by a tree surgeon who would use a digger to dig it up. Either way it's going to be a big, expensive job, and it's spread to locations on the sides of the house and at various places in the back yard too. A true nightmare.
Great channel !
Hope you can help me with this - I have just bought a place with a clumping bamboo grove whose 70mm culms have reached eight to nine metres in height which I want to reduce to around four to five
Cannot get a cherry picker access
Is there a machine in the market that does this lopping or am I going to need an arborist to set up scaffolding and manually lop ?
We don't know of any machine other than a cherry picker rig. You will need to get a lift somehow. Probably best to hire an arborist to set up scaffolding, we're afraid.
great video, I have a few runners in my garden and have been digging up rhizomes like a damn Mole Rat, and after I lost so many tools, I invested in a slammer tool, expensive, heavy and noisy bugger but works a treat. each time I do this I ask myself why am I putting myself through this... because bamboo is just a amazing plant, that is why 🙂
Great feedback!!... we'd like to try out a slammer tool
What tools did you buy?
Very helpful. Looks like I'm in for a long dig. 😢 I take I need to dig every single rhizome or it will grow back. It has gone under my neighbours drive - she is not happy.
Yes, you will need to manually remove all rhizomes so they don't come back. I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with this.
I feel your pain, I have a been digging it out for months.
This method may be fine if you want to remove escapees from the main growth...but if you want to remove the main growth, you'd kill yourself doing it this way.
I have an old 200' x 15' stand of it between the lawn and wooded area in the back yard of a house I bought a few years ago, so digging it up by hand was not an option for me. Using a backhoe wasn't an option, either, because that would damage the roots of all of the oak trees in the wooded area.
I dug out all of the runners that were growing into the lawn a couple of years ago and that was a lot of hard work, but was doable...but for the roots that are growing between the trees, I just cut the canes to the ground...one at a time...and immediately dripped concentrated Roundup into the stump with a syringe. I did this when hot, sunny, dry weather was expected for several days so that the Roundup would be absorbed by the stump and wouldn't be washed away by rain. The next year, a lot less new growth came up and I repeated the process with the new growth. Any short clumps of leaves that started to grow I sprayed with the Roundup, being careful to cover the leaves and not oversaturate the soil.
This method is time-consuming, but very effective over several years if you do it religiously and don't neglect to do it immediately you see new growth. At least, you'll save yourself from getting a heart attack trying to dig it all up.
As far as the dead roots that remain in the ground...they will rot with time and be easier to remove if you want to plant some shrubbery in the area, but I just sowed some wildflower seeds between the lawn and the wooded area. Looks nice and I'm attracting a lot of pollinators.
So what did you use, an excavator?
@@bamboosourcerysounds like he just cut and herbicide
I only have a 30x40 or so patch but it's been there for 20 years or so. It's thick. I cut all the canes down. Next move is to hire a excavator to come in and pull the roots out. Then I would go solo after and dig roots up.
This what I am looking to do, I have a thick 20+ year growth you cannot even walk through or see light! It’s approx 80’ long by 30’ wide. I call it “Little Saigon”
I am inundated with running bamboo. I have a huge forest to deal with. My question is this:
I see so many people saying to cut the bamboo down to the ground, allow it to begin a shoot and cut that. So…does keeping the shoots stunted and cut back eventually kill the Rhizomes? I understand this method can take upwards of 3 years of mowing over these shoots? What is your opinion?
I just planted some bamboo to use to feed my goats. I planted in 2 different spots last year. Looks like the one location didn't survive because the chickens got in and scratch it up. I don't see any new growth any more. The other site has a few new canes, but I have caught a couple goats in side the fence. (obviously, they like bamboo) So far, it is still showing life. Just planted another area about a month ago. So far I have managed to keep critters away from it. I am thinking that the goats will help to control the spread. They are obviously eager to do so.
Is spectabilis bamboo biger than bisetti bamboo and are there some other difrences?
Similar size, different cane color.
To read more about the two species, see bamboosourcery.com/product/phyllostachys-aureosulcata-spectabilis-phas/ and bamboosourcery.com/product/phyllostachys-bisetii-phby/.
i will try this with my bamboo but I think i am going to use glyphosate as well
Great video and information for bamboo removal. Regards, Sydney Australia.
Great to hear!! 🥰
Man that looks like fun !
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What about yellow bamboo?
To save you guys to trouble I just watched a video where a guy covered the bamboo with plastic and it died you have to cut it first ofcourse keye is to starve it from sunlight
hi ty for the info. Do you have a link for the video pls.
Would it not just immedately start running again from where you cut?
yes it'll make new rizhomes but it'll take a year or 2.
This is happening in my yard. A LOT! Is there any herbicide I can use?
Unfortunately not.
try cutting all plants to ground level, then run over it with the lawnmower keep this up every spring, it works for me.
Do you think your method will work for containing a running bamboo groove? I want to plant some and have equipment but I am terrified of it getting out of control.
It will still spread. This method is not advised.
@@Failedmusician No, this is not a viable method.
@@bamboosourcery I've read it will work if there is no connected bamboo plants anywhere near that are getting any sun. In otherwords, if you control the entire grove and can maintain the shoots in a cut at ground level way for a season or two, the entire grove cannot survive. However, this takes vigilance and a certain set of circumstances. The technique in this video may work best in certain conditions. I've done both methods depending on circumstances. (I did not control the whole grove so I put in a root barrier but didn't dig up all the rhizomes on my side; just kept the ones on my side cut to the ground and they rotted in place).
@@Failedmusiciandon’t plant it !! We are digging it up now ! It is very invasive and we had to get a tractor tiller and we are still digging up roots , it’s your worst nightmare!!
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Excavator works best! Just call a cheap excavator service. One day is enough for a small backyard. Dig out all the rhyzomes, let them dry, and burn them. I've tried almost every methods imaginable and nothing worked for me.
Yeah, excavators are great, but you can't always fit them in the space needed.
anyone planting this thing should be in jail
you're crazzy, bamboo are easy to manage. You just need to know how. The guy in this video obviously dont know.
I couldn't agree more.
They should ban this garbage
They should start by banning guns.
This is happening in my yard, unfortuantely :(
Aw, bummer! 😖