busbus wrote:
Hello,

The neighbor up the hill decided to plant some bamboo to cover the
steep hill behind his house. It has quickly come down the hill over
the years and it dangerously close to my yard.

What can I do to stop this junk? I don't think much of anything, is
there? Do local governments sometimes ban this junk?

I want to burn the crap but I know it won't do anything to stop it. Where
can I find some Agent Orange?

It wouldn't help.

1. Dig a trench. A *DEEP* trench.

2. Insert steel plates...the heavy duty, corrugated ones used for sea walls
would work well. That would stop the bamboo from running onto your land.

3. Monitor the area from time to time and keep any surface volunteers from
growing.

Take heart in the fact that at some point the bamboo will go to seed and
when it does it will die regardless of where in the world it is.
Unfortunately, the life span varies by species...with some, it is 300 years.
Then there are all those pesky seeds it emitted prior to gasping its last
breath.

Perhaps you could make lemonade? Resurrect the lost art of making split
bamboo fly rods? Start a "cut your own bamboo fishing pole" farm?



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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:15:48 -0400, dadiOH wrote:

1. Dig a trench. A *DEEP* trench.
2. Insert steel plates...
3. keep any surface volunteers from growing.
the bamboo will go to seed and when it does it will die

DadiOh is on the money.

Assuming the opportunistic seed-once-and-die wait-for-that-to-happen
option isn't viable for you, you have no other choice but to kill the
underground runners when they invade your space.

The trench won't stop them but it will make it easy for you to cut them.
Likewise, the metal plates (angled so that the runners will follow that
angle) will deflect them and/or make it easy for you to chop them.

And, as stated, pull or glyphosate anything that shows up on your lawn.

Good luck!

PS: "My" 12-foot-tall bamboo is very well behaved because it is enclosed
in a concrete pen (all under the surface so it's not noticeable).

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
Perhaps you could make lemonade? Resurrect the lost art of making split
bamboo fly rods? Start a "cut your own bamboo fishing pole" farm?



Actually, this ain't such a bad idea as bamboo rods sell for literally
thousands of dollars:

http://www.farnorthrodsmiths.com/?gc...FUMTNAodM3pq_w

http://oysterbamboo.com/bamboo-fly-rods.html

http://www.rwsummers.com/newrods.htm