What clumping bamboo for pots

MysteryMe

I used shrub and rose compost and a dressing of chicken manure each spring.
I would definitely do your costings as I can't see how a screen will work out dearer TBH, once you factor in plants, posts and compost. You would need to buy many large bamboo plants to have any sort of impact and that is going to be expensive. Fargesia Rufa would be fine but be aware they do not grow as quickly in pots as they do in the ground and will take a lot of watering, as would any bamboo in a pot.

Welsh_and_proud

MysteryMe said:

I used shrub and rose compost and a dressing of chicken manure each spring.
I would definitely do your costings as I can't see how a screen will work out dearer TBH, once you factor in plants, posts and compost. You would need to buy many large bamboo plants to have any sort of impact and that is going to be expensive. Fargesia Rufa would be fine but be aware they do not grow as quickly in pots as they do in the ground and will take a lot of watering, as would any bamboo in a pot.

If I was to buy a screen I would need 31 feet and it would have to be strong due to the wind. I was thinking of putting the bamboo in a 55 litre recycling box free from the council. I could plant it in the garden to start it off then move it to pots.

Emmia

Welsh_and_proud said:

MysteryMe said:

I used shrub and rose compost and a dressing of chicken manure each spring.
I would definitely do your costings as I can't see how a screen will work out dearer TBH, once you factor in plants, posts and compost. You would need to buy many large bamboo plants to have any sort of impact and that is going to be expensive. Fargesia Rufa would be fine but be aware they do not grow as quickly in pots as they do in the ground and will take a lot of watering, as would any bamboo in a pot.

If I was to buy a screen I would need 31 feet and it would have to be strong due to the wind. I was thinking of putting the bamboo in a 55 litre recycling box free from the council. I could plant it in the garden to start it off then move it to pots.

Won't you need multiple boxes set in a line and then planted up with bamboo in order to create a screen?

I'm also not sure whether bamboo would like being moved once planted, or if was ok for planting, there is a risk it might spread and become invasive if you plant it in the ground - which would be avoided with pots.

Davesnave

Emmia said:

Welsh_and_proud said:

MysteryMe said:

I used shrub and rose compost and a dressing of chicken manure each spring.
I would definitely do your costings as I can't see how a screen will work out dearer TBH, once you factor in plants, posts and compost. You would need to buy many large bamboo plants to have any sort of impact and that is going to be expensive. Fargesia Rufa would be fine but be aware they do not grow as quickly in pots as they do in the ground and will take a lot of watering, as would any bamboo in a pot.

If I was to buy a screen I would need 31 feet and it would have to be strong due to the wind. I was thinking of putting the bamboo in a 55 litre recycling box free from the council. I could plant it in the garden to start it off then move it to pots.

  there is a risk it might spread and become invasive if you plant it in the ground - which would be avoided with pots.

There is no great risk with clumping bamboo, which is why it's in the title of the thread. It stays put.

However if I had this job to do with plants I'd probably use Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica). You'd get the height with bamboo immediately, but it wouldn't be as dense as an evergreen hedge and might be too see-through. Where I live the prunus would be at human height in 3 years. If that's too long, you need a fence!