Hi All, Many thanks for all your suggestions. My neighbour planted it at the back of his Koi pond (his pride and joy) and isn't going to dig it all up to get rid of it so I'll continue cutting it back and using weedkiller.
I am having the same problems and am desperate to find a solution without killing the plants it is trying to strangle. Why do people put htis stuff in their gardens and why on earth do garden centres sell it? It is a nightmare and seems to grow as you watch.
I will try to dig and use the weed killer. Which is the best to use? Do I water with it, spray it or what? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I have beautiful Peonies and Maidenhair ferns being slowly engulfed!
I've just moved into a house with this problem. It comes from my next door neighbour and the neighbour the other side has got runners his side too.! My whole lawn is covered in the damn things. So far I've cut down everything to ground level and mowed over them.
I've got 125ft back garden so can see this is going to be a huge job to eradicate. I've been to the recycling centre with over 20 huge bags of the stuff and it also seems to be a breeding haven for slugs and snails
I dug up most of my old garden (from a rented house which had a nightmare garden of nettles and brambles when I moved in too) and its all sitting in hundreds of pots at mums but think I will leave it there until I've got on top of this. Sounds sad but I'm desperately missing my well loved nurtured plants.
Amateur gardener, any glyphosate will do if you go down that path. Best to paint it onto exposed wood. Stick with the dosage indicated on the container. Don't be tempted to increase the dose on the basis that it will quicken the process. Too strong and the glyphosate will only kill off the growth in the immediate area of the application and not travel any further through the system.
I found digging the best solution with glyphosate as a fall back. Problem is, while the neighbour's plant remains, the invasion will just go on.
Did you mean to write 'exposed wood' rather than 'foliage.' Usually glyphosate won't work if sprayed on wood. But it will work if sprayed on young shoots.
I too have a bamboo problem, I cut the plant down as low as I can and inject stump killer into the stump. I'm sure I read somewhere that you have 20 seconds to inject it before it heals over and it wont work. Have yet to figure out if it is working or not.
In the meantime further along I have lots of shoots coming up from an area we cleared before i knew that trick so I might glyphosate on those new shoots.
We have a neighbour who has planted approx 20 bamboo plan s plus lots of Laurels two giant weeping willows and many other trees in approx 150ft garden. Pruning and cut back or any sort of gardening does not happen.ba very selfish person not approachable. We have the bamboo invading our garden and is now under the foundations of our greenhouse. We are spending all our time cutting back her foliage as it is killing off our own shrubs and trees. My greengage tree was so damaged by the bamboo crashing against in strong winds I have now lost it. The neighbour on the other side of has the bamboo at least 12 foot into her garden and we helped her cut some down which measured 25ft in height.what can we do????
You're stuck with dealing with the symptoms, not the problem, and it's always going to be a losing battle with bamboo. If the neighbour responsible isn't approachable, I'd try the local Council.
The problem is the lack of knowledge of many people buying plants. I was the same. I did some research before buying and realised I should be buying the clump ones, but given what I've learned since I would put one in the ground now at all. The two I bought where put in the ground but didn't do too well with the aspect and I changed my mind about design of garden so I took them out and put them in pots. In hindsight very glad I did! Luckily there was no spreading. They'll be staying in pots!
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Hi All, Many thanks for all your suggestions. My neighbour planted it at the back of his Koi pond (his pride and joy) and isn't going to dig it all up to get rid of it so I'll continue cutting it back and using weedkiller.
Amateur gardener.
I am having the same problems and am desperate to find a solution without killing the plants it is trying to strangle. Why do people put htis stuff in their gardens and why on earth do garden centres sell it? It is a nightmare and seems to grow as you watch.
I will try to dig and use the weed killer. Which is the best to use? Do I water with it, spray it or what? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I have beautiful Peonies and Maidenhair ferns being slowly engulfed!
I've just moved into a house with this problem. It comes from my next door neighbour and the neighbour the other side has got runners his side too.! My whole lawn is covered in the damn things. So far I've cut down everything to ground level and mowed over them.
I've got 125ft back garden so can see this is going to be a huge job to eradicate. I've been to the recycling centre with over 20 huge bags of the stuff and it also seems to be a breeding haven for slugs and snails
I dug up most of my old garden (from a rented house which had a nightmare garden of nettles and brambles when I moved in too) and its all sitting in hundreds of pots at mums but think I will leave it there until I've got on top of this. Sounds sad but I'm desperately missing my well loved nurtured plants.
Amateur gardener, any glyphosate will do if you go down that path. Best to paint it onto exposed wood. Stick with the dosage indicated on the container. Don't be tempted to increase the dose on the basis that it will quicken the process. Too strong and the glyphosate will only kill off the growth in the immediate area of the application and not travel any further through the system.
I found digging the best solution with glyphosate as a fall back. Problem is, while the neighbour's plant remains, the invasion will just go on.
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I too have a bamboo problem, I cut the plant down as low as I can and inject stump killer into the stump. I'm sure I read somewhere that you have 20 seconds to inject it before it heals over and it wont work. Have yet to figure out if it is working or not.
In the meantime further along I have lots of shoots coming up from an area we cleared before i knew that trick so I might glyphosate on those new shoots.
good luck !
We have a neighbour who has planted approx 20 bamboo plan s plus lots of Laurels two giant weeping willows and many other trees in approx 150ft garden. Pruning and cut back or any sort of gardening does not happen.ba very selfish person not approachable. We have the bamboo invading our garden and is now under the foundations of our greenhouse. We are spending all our time cutting back her foliage as it is killing off our own shrubs and trees. My greengage tree was so damaged by the bamboo crashing against in strong winds I have now lost it. The neighbour on the other side of has the bamboo at least 12 foot into her garden and we helped her cut some down which measured 25ft in height.what can we do????
You're stuck with dealing with the symptoms, not the problem, and it's always going to be a losing battle with bamboo. If the neighbour responsible isn't approachable, I'd try the local Council.
The problem is the lack of knowledge of many people buying plants. I was the same. I did some research before buying and realised I should be buying the clump ones, but given what I've learned since I would put one in the ground now at all. The two I bought where put in the ground but didn't do too well with the aspect and I changed my mind about design of garden so I took them out and put them in pots. In hindsight very glad I did! Luckily there was no spreading. They'll be staying in pots!