> >Perhaps this is not the place to come to find out how to kill something, >but the bamboo in my back yard has just about got me buffaloed. > >I can only use so many fishing poles. Any suggestions on how to get rid >of it short of major excavation? >
Hi,
Ah, I'd love to have your bamboo in my yard. Instead, I have ancient
lilacs of the same ilk, that sucker and drive me mad and spread around
my yard and through the fence....
Will a new bamboo spring up from every piece of root? If not, I'm
wondering if getting a stump-grinder in to grind everything into tiny
bits about 2 feet down and then covering the area with black plastic
for a couple of years (covered with decorative mulch for appearance)
would work? It's beaten back one section of lilacs and I'm about to do
the rest next year.
Maybe some of the bamboo experts could comment on this.