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Replant my bamboo - or kill and start again?
I have a tall (4-5 m) bamboo screen between our garden and the neighbours. It is fantastic as a screen, but the problem is that it has spread aggresively and the rhizomes are popping holes through the patio.
My plan is to install a thick rhizome barrier all around it, but because of where it is next to the fence I would need to get rid of the bamboo first.
Is it worth me trying to save some of the bamboo and replanting it? Would it survive. Or should I just kill it all and start again?
If I want to transplant it are there any tips on how I could do it? Thanks!
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i we have transplanted our from the garden bed (we did have it contained by really thick plastic sheeting) but it was a bugger to get out, we spent a whole day as it is all connected by the runners underground but in the end because it was really hard to get out separately we sawed/separated by spade into easier section to get it out, we transferred it to planters i made on wheels so i can have a mobile screen wherever i want it and they survived ok, we planted it in john innes no.3
I love the idea of the movable screens. Looks great!
Given how entrenched my bamboo is I think the best plan is to kill it all and start again. It's growing in a really tight area between a raised patio and a fence so digging there will be a real pain
The killing starts today!
My plan is to cut it all back to as low as possible, then drench what's left in a strong weedkiller every few weeks over the summer.
The rhizomes go under the patio in lots of places so later in the summer when I redo the patio I will be able to find and dig up all of those I hope.
It sounds like Sasa bamboo, as that is invasive. Fargesia bamboo is much better behaved, so I would use that one instead.
We planted Phyllostachys aurea 3 years ago. It is clump forming. So far no problems. Fantastic growth and great screening. We have just planted some more.