How do you......?

Question

get rid of bambo roots. Just cutting the bambo down doesn't work. It grows back from the roots.
Thank you

Thanks all of you for your responses. You're great.

Answer 1

In Vietnam they used napalm. This is probably the hardest plant to kill. The only thing I have found that will work and its still 50-50 is Ortho Ground Clear or Ortho Season Long Weed killer. Both kill plants for up to a year so if there is anything around the bamboo you don't want to kill you probably shouldn't use it.

If you do want to kill the bamboo at all costs what you have to do is cut it down about 8" above the ground. The use either of the above weed killers and fill the hollow open spaces in the stems. Use it undiluted. You can use an old turkey baster to do it. It's a lot of work but bamboo is a horrible plant to kill. If any does come back from this treatment do the same thing to the new shoots. Lot's of luck.

Answer 2

Wish I could tell you an easy way to get rid of them. But I don't think there is an easy way. Digging the roots out is the only thing that worked for us.

Answer 3

Pave it.

OK, just kidding. But in addition to the other suggestions, my friend had good results with goats. Yes, goats. Goats are browsers, not grazers. They will eat grass if forced but prefer brush, twigs, weeds, and yes - bamboo. You must keep them fenced around the patch long enough for them to nip off every new shoot until the plants say Uncle. Good luck!

Answer 4

You have to dig out the roots.

In Asia they can grow by 3M per day