I have a Bamboo problem?

Question

A few years back the people behind my house planted Bamboo as a privacy fence since then they have sold the house and the new owners put up a actuall fence but the bamboo has wrecked my yard and is every year getting worse its too expensive to dig up my whole yard and put down metal does anyone have any ideas?? Maybe someone has gotten rid of it in their own yard I now hate the stuff and even hate when people have it in their house for good luck its a weed that is killing my whole yard PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! I have a dog and a child so I can not use anything that is toxic

Answer 1

The only way I know to kill the stuff is just mow mow mow mow as much as you can. It will go away after a while but you have to stay on it with a mower. Good luck

Answer 2

Yeah the words Bamboo and Problem are synonymous. lol.

My grandmother planted bamboo in her yard about 50 years ago, and it still shows up about 5 blocks down the street. The neighbours love that! The house beside her is a grove because he didn't try to kill it.

You need to use a strong herbicide if you want to successful control your problem.

We use Roundup. Cut off a shoot at the ground and pour a small amount into the stem. It will kill approximately 3 square feet of the plant around it. Unfortunately, underneath the ground is a network of roots and shoots that criss cross all over the place, just waiting to take over and pop up. If you stay on top of it, you should be able to get some control over it.

Keep your kids/dogs away the day you are using the roundup. Good luck. You will need it.

Answer 3

This page recommends a series of activeties that should help.http://landscaping.about.com/od/tropicalplants/f/remove_bamboo.htm

My friends bought a house with black bamboo, an elegant but running grass. Now she walks the bamboo line and shovel prunes anything sticking a shoot up. But it took her more than a year to remove all the culms that had grown into her yard, but she has a great supply of dried bamboo for garden stakes now.
To cut grown culms a cordless sawz-all is the best to use. A neighbor may have one or rent one. I consider it the best tool for dividing tough roots.
I agree do not use herbicides as they are neurotoxins usually 2,4-D (agent orange) or related compounds, that are lethal to more than plants, some with more that a week or two for 1/2 life.

Answer 4

the poison wont kill your dog, and your child might have to stay inside for a few weeks. if you want to get rid of this stuff, you better go down to a home/garden store and tell the clerk you need a brush killer that wont kill narrow leaf plants *grass*. its either that or dig it up roots and all. thats the only way your going to get rid of it. i own land that borders a creak. the stuff is all over my place. i have to spray every year just to keep it from taking over. makes good fishing poles though. :)

Answer 5

Blind it ...If its got no light it wont sprout or grow
The best way is old carpets and then put leafe mould or grow bags on top it should be gone in 12 months or so