DIYbanter - View Single Post - Can someone recover damages for my plants growing on their property?

wrote:
you might call your homeowners insurance company and ask. they are
probably experts on stuff like this.

I would get an insurance company involved as an absolute last resort.
People are getting policies canceled or raised for trivial reasons or
no reason at all. It's extremely unlikely that any insurance policy
is going to cover this. And even if it did, the typical deductible now
is $500+, so what's the point?

I'd still like to know the answer to a basic question. Does the OP
really like this pain in the ass bamboo? Is it that attractive that
it's worth a lot of trouble? Are you willing to spend the money it;s
going to take to either contain it or constantly kill some of it off
over the years?

A simple solution is to get rid of it with $20 worth of roundup and a
$30 tank sprayer. Of course this could become more diificult if there
is desirable vegetation around so that you can't easily spray it. But
even then, IMO, it's still not that hard and it's better to solve it
once and for all.

call your local agrictural extension office and they can help you
identify which species of bamboo you have and how best to keep it in
check