Where to get herbicide for a bamboo crazy plant.

DelBoyPhil

I have a bamboo plant in the front of my house and its gone from the place it was put to all over the front.

I was told herbicide is good. Anyone know what to use?

posted here cos i didnt know where to post this.

Davesnave

This is a post for Greenfingered really, but what they will tell you over there is that you need glyphosate. You can either pay through the nose and buy Round Up or you can get a generic, such as those made by B&Q or other big chain. Look for the active ingredient section on the pack and don't buy it pre-mixed, but get the concentrated liquid.

If I were trying to kill bamboo, I would want to knock up the glyphosate double strength and then use something to stick it to the plant, such as wallpaper paste. Then I'd paint it onto the leafy bits, as the stems won't absorb much chemical. If you must spray, be careful, as drift may kill other things, maybe in someone else's garden. If you are spraying, then a squirt of washing up liquid in the mix, and maybe a tablespoon of cooking oil, will help fix the solution to the naturally water-resistant leaves. Keep shaking the sprayer if you use additives like that, which tend to separate.

Glyphosate takes up to three weeks to show the full effects, so don't think "It hasn't worked." Bamboo is pretty resilient, so it's more than likely that you'll need to repeat the treatment next year on surviving bits, but if you've ever tried to dig bamboo up, you'll know that is still the best option!

carefullycautious

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myhouse_2

Given that bamboo doesn't grow freely in this country, are you talking about Japanese Knotweed which apparently has the appearance of bamboo (according to wikipedia)?

Davesnave

myhouse wrote: »

Given that bamboo doesn't grow freely in this country......

Bamboo has hollow stems and spreads by rhizomes, and so does JK, but there the similarity ends.

As for bamboo not growing freely in this country, where did that gem of info come from? Try telling that to someone who has had their neighbour plant one of the more invasive species on a boundary! :rotfl:

martindow

Another technique for applying glyphosate is to wear rubber gloves with cotton gloves over them. The cotton absorbs the chemical and you can then smear it over the plants with your hands.

jjlandlord

DelBoyPhil wrote: »

I have a bamboo plant in the front of my house and its gone from the place it was put to all over the front.

Some species of bamboo will do that if their roots are not restrained by a root barrier.
I would suggest you install one then ruthlessly uproot anything outside of it, plus herbicide.

Aquatronixjenny

I've got this problem, next door had bamboo near the fence line and its spread into our garden. I'm going to get to work on it this afternoon!

carefullycautious

whoops just realised we are talking bamboo here and not pampass grass as I thought