Getting rid of bamboo

PennyDD

If possible soak the containers in water.  A very large bucket, so soften the soil.  This will make it easier to extract.

Katiehound

PennyDD said:

If possible soak the containers in water.  A very large bucket, so soften the soil.  This will make it easier to extract.

Bamboo is in the garden, not in a container (AFAIK)

YoungBlueEyes

As the original post is well over a year old I suspect it's been sorted by now.

FreeBear

YoungBlueEyes said:

As the original post is well over a year old I suspect it's been sorted by now.

I still have a few clumps of bamboo to deal with. So more to do when the weather is good and I feel up to it.

RockyRock

Hello dear members, I badly need some valuable advice from you all on a seriously neglected garden of the neighbour who also has some kind of bamboo in it. I recently bought the property slightly below market value and now need your valuable advice to deal with this and control measures I can take for my property to avoid problems going forward. I learned from the current owner that the neighbour's property got the bamboo on the other side from my property for about 30 years now and the level 3 survey conducted on my property confirmed that there is no bamboo infestation in my property boundary yet but he warned it could arise in the future... And the neighbour absolutely don't care, non-cooperative and lives alone by himself in the property. I plan on installing bamboo barrier inside my fence line and the property patio line to avoid the roots going into the patio and property foundation. Which is the best I can do at this point and would love to hear your thoughts on the bamboo type and what more I can do practically and also from legal front to deal with this problem. Appreciate all your valuable inputs.

workingboy

I had Bamboo plant in my garden in a pot buried to control the roots, that worked for 5 years or so.
Then found shoots coming up around.
They pop up where the roots spreads through a network of underground rhizomes.
Took me a week to trace and dig every bit of the roots over a 2mt/sq otherwise any bit left will reroot.

For your picture of the growth, think you need a professional to eradicate the roots or even dig out and renew the soil with machinery in the garden. Its not the growth above the surface that's the worry but the root network underground which can travel several metres.