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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    If you can get hold of a large trough / pot you could try replanting a clump into that if you want to retain the bamboo but prevent it spreading.
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    As KT53 says.
    If its not a clumping variety put some in a large pot or pots if you want to form a screen along a wall for privacy then its contained.

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    I planted some bamboo because I love it swaying in the wind.

    I had two shoots start about 3 foor from the original plant which I didnt want.

    I poured boiling hot water over them and they died si control is possible.

    Good luck Tiny Feet.
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • I also have a Fargesia of some sort. I rescued it from the rubbish heap at the school where I worked, think it had been in the entrance foyer, and that was over 20 years ago. It looked a bit dry and miserable then, but now it is growing happily right on the edge of a stream, and like KT63's, it is well behaved, though the clump has grown. I've had many worse runners to contend with :)
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    One plant I do regret allowing anywhere near my garden is Stachys (Lambs Ears) it's the most invasive plant I have by a long way.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    It all depends. The bamboo we inherited was a thug and an absolute beast to dig out, but I have trouble keeping stachys alive from one year to the next. Invasive? I don't think so!
  • SuesynSuesyn Posts: 664

    This is my bamboo in a container which OH made from decking boards. As you can see it does try to escape but I just cut the shoots off before they get too big. We planted it there to provide some shade for the south facing conservatory, and it does just that. 
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Posy said:
    It all depends. The bamboo we inherited was a thug and an absolute beast to dig out, but I have trouble keeping stachys alive from one year to the next. Invasive? I don't think so!

    Fair comment Posy, but the Stachys attack in my garden is really bad.  It even grows in the lawn, and also smothers any slow growing plants in the borders.  I obviously have growing conditions that it loves - unfortunately.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Yes KT53 I understand! It's not easy to predict what any plant will do, is it. I often find people worrying that they cannot grow my weed-like thugs while I can't grow their spreaders!
  • UpNorthUpNorth Posts: 376
    It can be removed if you really must.  Personally I think bamboo are great.   If you want to remove a pickaxe is invaluable Nd you basically need to dig deep and undermine it then the pick will help leverage it.   If you join Facebook group for tropical style planting then someone nearby will love to have the excavated plant from you......would make you feel better than just killing it.
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