Bamboo Can Spread All Over!

Even with a high stone retaining wall, our nuda and yellow groove running bamboo has spread under the wall and sent new shoots up into our upper front yard garden. Drats! We keep cutting the shoots off as they come up, but that means we'll have plenty of new bamboo plants growing under our garden. What a mess. Suggestions anyone? For home decorating help (we're obviously better INSIDE the house!) go to Design2Share.com for videos, tips, resources, and expert help.

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[vdubwhore]

Young shoots are very tasty if you boil till soft ,then toss in any asian dish or salad.I grow both running and clump type bamboo.I dug a 18inch down to 10inch wide trench then fill cement and then cover with dirt or rock and that has kept the bamboo inside the trench what ever shape you make.Cheers from Holland.

[westend104]

@vdubwhore Wow - what wonderful ideas! I will definitely try these out. And cheers back to you from New York City.

[stevelau1933]

If you want a hedge, I would suggest growing some less invasive bamboos than nuda/yellow groove. I'm in NY, and grow many species, and for the ones that run just rhizome prune in the fall which keeps them well behaved.

With a little knowledge and experience bamboos are not very invasive.

[westend104]

@stevelau1933 Thanks so much for your insight! Our bamboo has grown under the retaining wall, so we don't have a flat area where we can prune the rhizomes. Not sure if there's a recourse. BUT for our next home, what other bamboo species do you recommend that might be less prone to world domination of the yard?

[stevelau1933]

@westend104

The least invasive running bamboo I'm growing is moso, & maybe moso bicolor, but I haven't had that long enough to tell. It does run about a foot in each direction each year, but the rhizomes are very short compared to others such as bissetii which can run 5-7ft in one year.

You can check out how it looks like by clicking into my flickr account which is lau1922 and it can be found by clicking in moso bamboo in the search bar and then choosing most recent pictures.

[westend104]

@stevelau1933 Great! Many thanks.

[Sheikyerbouti8]

Running bamboos are a mistake. Luckily I'm in Florida, and I can grow Bambusas. "If you are in zone 8 or lower, many of the cold tolerant clumpers (i.e. Fargesia, Chusquea, and Borinda species) require shade. If you have full sun, Thamnocallamus tessellatus is a good choice." I'm not sure what zone these species are hardy to.

[carynrickel]

Oh my god ! Spent an hour trying to reset my you tube password to warn you, Have to rhizome prune yrly, & are doomed.Barriers fail.Your neighbor will be invaded.Grows more aggressive each successive year..Driveway is toast . Can be contacted for help.Running bamboo is a huge mistake, & you have to work very hard now to be rid of it. Banning it rapidly town by town, it will invade fast to neighboring property & destroy assets fast.When you find out its a problem its almost too late.Phyllostachys

[Hotwaterremedy]

@OzClawhammer

Know GMO's in your garden 

[OzClawhammer]

Man, Poison that stuff NOW...with 'Round-up' and start digging it out. It'll start pushing up through the road next... it spreads like cancer!