replying to Elliott P , Bill N wrote:
Well I can see its been a long time since this thread was started, but you
may still be trying to get rid of that Bamboo.

What worked for me finally was to use SALT, yep salt. It soaks into the
soil and kills everything for several years (I think the Bible says 7
years). The salt continues to wash down into the soil with time though,
which is ideal for killing the Bamboo roots (which can be as much as 1 or
2 feet down), but lets ordinary grass grow on the surface in as little as
a year. Do not use road salt, since this usually contains an
anti-herbicide agent that neutralizes the harsh effect that salt usually
has on plants. Pure rock salt or sea salt can be purchased in 50 lb bags
from farm supply stores at about $4.50 per bag, which was economical
enough for me to treat about 1/2 acre of Bamboo. Must have used about
6000 lbs of the stuff to finally kill it all off, which comes to about
$540 for the treated 1/2 acre. If you are doing 1.5 acres, it might be
more economical to have someone deliver a big truckload to you directly.

The use of salt has far less of an environmental impact than herbicides,
since salt is naturally found in the soil anyway, and eventually the salt
will find itself back in the sea where it originally came from. Our
landscaper tried all kinds of herbicides that only a licensed professional
could even get, and the Bamboo just laughed at them (may have done some
surface kill, but then it just grew back from the deep roots). Not the
salt, which was found to be deadly (not a single stalk has grown back
after a year now).

--

On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:44:01 +0000, Bill N
wrote:

replying to Elliott P , Bill N wrote:
Well I can see its been a long time since this thread was started, but you
may still be trying to get rid of that Bamboo.

What worked for me finally was to use SALT, yep salt. It soaks into the
soil and kills everything for several years (I think the Bible says 7
years). The salt continues to wash down into the soil with time though,
which is ideal for killing the Bamboo roots (which can be as much as 1 or
2 feet down), but lets ordinary grass grow on the surface in as little as
a year. Do not use road salt, since this usually contains an
anti-herbicide agent that neutralizes the harsh effect that salt usually
has on plants. Pure rock salt or sea salt can be purchased in 50 lb bags
from farm supply stores at about $4.50 per bag, which was economical
enough for me to treat about 1/2 acre of Bamboo. Must have used about
6000 lbs of the stuff to finally kill it all off, which comes to about
$540 for the treated 1/2 acre. If you are doing 1.5 acres, it might be
more economical to have someone deliver a big truckload to you directly.

The use of salt has far less of an environmental impact than herbicides,
since salt is naturally found in the soil anyway, and eventually the salt
will find itself back in the sea where it originally came from. Our
landscaper tried all kinds of herbicides that only a licensed professional
could even get, and the Bamboo just laughed at them (may have done some
surface kill, but then it just grew back from the deep roots). Not the
salt, which was found to be deadly (not a single stalk has grown back
after a year now).
Nothing else will grow there either, and the salt can (and will) get
into the groundwater when applied at such a high rate. It will cost
you dearly if a neighbour's well turns brackish because of your weed
treatment.

As for the road salt having an additive to make it less dangerous to
plants - that my dear, is HOGWASH. Road salt is plain rock salt.

There may be other anti-icing agents in use where you are - but road
salt is straight rock salt.

On 12/24/2014 12:44 PM, Bill N wrote:
replying to Elliott P , Bill N wrote:
....

The use of salt has far less of an environmental impact than herbicides,
since salt is naturally found in the soil anyway, and eventually the salt
will find itself back in the sea where it originally came from. ...

Not even close...what salt concentrations are naturally occurring to the
point that plants other than those which are specifically adapted to
seashore or other brackish environments is quite low--to the point that
there's a serious problem in areas that irrigate with hard water that
with time the salt buildup ruins the ground for cultivation (or at least
has serious ramifications on productivity).

And, besides the comments of clare which are spot-on, once you've
introduced it, it's there for as long as it takes for it to finally
disperse whereas virtually all herbicides will breakdown chemically into
inert ingredients within a relatively short time (typically 90 day or
even less).

Just not a good idea for widespread treatment; can be effective and
cost-efficient on individual specimens, granted--I use it on isolated
prickly pear and yucca in the native grass pastures for the purpose.

--

replying to clare , BillN wrote:
You have no idea what you are talking about, all three of you. If you
actually researched this, you would find out from the suppliers themselves
that their road salts have ingredients in them to counteract the usual
plant killing effect. This is certainly true for anything you would get
at the big box stores, and most states now also use such road salts for
the same reason. It may even be an EPA requirement by now. So please
don't tell me a fact is not a fact until you actually know that it's not.

As for killing Bamboo, good luck trying to use herbicides. For those of
us that have actually done this, we simply know better. Yes, salt will
take years to dissipate, but a one time dose will certainly do so with
time. Did you not notice the part where I said that grasses are growing
on the surface after only one year?

The chances of ground water contamination are virtually nonexistent in
most areas, as most groundwater comes from well below where the salt is
present. Even if there was some mixing, it would happen at such a slow
rate that it would take a test lab to even measure the miniscule increase.
Since this is just salt, the amount the someone eats daily would be
dramatically greater than what they could get from even the worst such
contamination. Frankly, I would much rather have a neighbor using salt
than extremely powerful herbicides, as some of these will not break down
so fast once they get underground.

I've just recently joined this forum thinking it would be helpful for
those of us actually trying to solve real problems, but it seems there are
a lot of trolls here who want to argue more than solving them. Guess I'll
drop this tool as broken.

--

On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:44:01 +0000, Bill N
wrote:

replying to Elliott P , Bill N wrote:
Well I can see its been a long time since this thread was started, but you
may still be trying to get rid of that Bamboo.

Speaking of Towson, I knew someone about 5 miles north of Towson. I
think he was head of the MD CLU about 25 years ago, and once a year had
a party at his house. He had started with a little bit of bamboo at
the edge of his property and it was spreading. If unchecked it would
kep his his neighbor from entering via the back yard, but that wasn't
really a need. I don't know what he eventually did.

What worked for me finally was to use SALT, yep salt. It soaks into the
soil and kills everything for several years (I think the Bible says 7
years). The salt continues to wash down into the soil with time though,
which is ideal for killing the Bamboo roots (which can be as much as 1 or
2 feet down), but lets ordinary grass grow on the surface in as little as
a year. Do not use road salt, since this usually contains an
anti-herbicide agent that neutralizes the harsh effect that salt usually
has on plants. Pure rock salt or sea salt can be purchased in 50 lb bags
from farm supply stores at about $4.50 per bag, which was economical
enough for me to treat about 1/2 acre of Bamboo. Must have used about
6000 lbs of the stuff to finally kill it all off, which comes to about
$540 for the treated 1/2 acre. If you are doing 1.5 acres, it might be
more economical to have someone deliver a big truckload to you directly.

The use of salt has far less of an environmental impact than herbicides,
since salt is naturally found in the soil anyway, and eventually the salt
will find itself back in the sea where it originally came from. Our
landscaper tried all kinds of herbicides that only a licensed professional
could even get, and the Bamboo just laughed at them (may have done some
surface kill, but then it just grew back from the deep roots). Not the
salt, which was found to be deadly (not a single stalk has grown back
after a year now).

If I remembered his name, I'd mail this to him, but the house may be
totally covered by bamboo now, and I hope they got out the front door.

BTW, I notice you capitalize Bamboo. Do you, perchance, think it has a
will of its own?

On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:44:01 +0000, BillN
wrote:

replying to clare , BillN wrote:
You have no idea what you are talking about, all three of you. If you
actually researched this, you would find out from the suppliers themselves
that their road salts have ingredients in them to counteract the usual
plant killing effect. This is certainly true for anything you would get
at the big box stores, and most states now also use such road salts for
the same reason. It may even be an EPA requirement by now. So please
don't tell me a fact is not a fact until you actually know that it's not.

I know for a fact that what windsor salt supplies as road salt is pure
rock salt. From Windsor Salt's web page:

Salt has been used in de-icing since the 1940s, providing safety and
mobility for motorists, as well as for commercial and emergency
vehicles. Without it, winter would be hazardous and chaotic. In
Canada, the primary type used is rock salt, which is mined directly
from the earth and requires no additional processing. In excess of 4.5
million tons of salt is used yearly to keep roads safe in Canada
alone.
It works by a simple principle. The brine solution created when salt
is applied to ice and snow has a lower freezing temperature than the
surrounding ice, making travel safe.
In fact, it's the safest, most economical and efficient de-icer
known, and has the added advantage of being in plentiful supply. Look
for our memorable Safety Salt bag at a retailer near you.

Some consumer "ice melter" products are Urea based, some are Calcium
Chloride,

Only their Sate-T-Plus EcoSafe Ice melter has additives to make it
safer for plants. This is a consumer product .

Products like Polar Ice have blue die crystals so you can see where it
has been applied, but it is still just calcium chloride and sodium
chloride mix.

As for killing Bamboo, good luck trying to use herbicides. For those of
us that have actually done this, we simply know better. Yes, salt will
take years to dissipate, but a one time dose will certainly do so with
time. Did you not notice the part where I said that grasses are growing
on the surface after only one year?

The chances of ground water contamination are virtually nonexistent in
most areas, as most groundwater comes from well below where the salt is
present. Even if there was some mixing, it would happen at such a slow
rate that it would take a test lab to even measure the miniscule increase.
Since this is just salt, the amount the someone eats daily would be
dramatically greater than what they could get from even the worst such
contamination. Frankly, I would much rather have a neighbor using salt
than extremely powerful herbicides, as some of these will not break down
so fast once they get underground.


Youi should heed your own advice. From the Green Venture website:

In August 2000 Environment Canada completed a five-year study of the
effects of road salt on the environment. They concluded that road
salts (sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride,
magnesium chloride, and ferrocyanide salts) are toxic to the
environment, particularly in large concentrations. In the United
States, deicing salt is considered a possible pollutant under the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

The heavy use of road salts can lead to damage to vegetation, to
organisms in soil, to birds, and to other wildlife. Almost all
chloride ions from road salts eventually find their way into
waterways, whether by direct run-off into surface water or by moving
through the soil and groundwater. In surface water, road salts can
harm freshwater plants, fish, and other organisms that are not adapted
to living in saline waters.

But it doesn't stop there — road salts also threaten drinking water
security. For example, the region of Waterloo has found chloride
levels in its municipal water wells as high as 233mg/L, close to the
unsafe level of 250mg/L set by the Ministry of the Environment.

Because most ice melters contain salt, they can also injure pets and
children. Doctors and veterinarians routinely treat cases of poisoning
and painful skin and jaw lesions that are caused by these salt
deicers. Animals can be poisoned when they lick ice-melting products
off their feet, so be sure to use a damp towel to wipe your pet's paws
and underside after being outside.


I happen to live in the region of Waterloo - in the middle of the
central antario "rust belt"
I've just recently joined this forum thinking it would be helpful for
those of us actually trying to solve real problems, but it seems there are
a lot of trolls here who want to argue more than solving them. Guess I'll
drop this tool as broken.

To kill running bamboos - from the Royal Hortacultural; Society web
page:

•With very tall bamboos, which can be difficult to spray, cut down
canes to soil level in late winter and then apply a glyphosate-based
weedkiller (e.g. Scotts Roundup Ultra 3000, Scotts Tumbleweed, Bayer
Tough Rootkill, Bayer Garden Super Strength Weedkiller or Doff Maxi
Strength Glyphosate Weedkiller) to the young growth in late spring and
early summer. Several treatments may be needed
•Alternatively, cut canes to ground and treat with a stump and root
killer containing glyphosate (e.g. Scotts Roundup Tree Stump &
Rootkiller, Bayer Tree Stump Killer, Doff Tree Stump & Tough
Weedkiller and William Sinclair Deep Root Ultra Tree Stump &
Weedkiller) or triclopyr (Vitax SBK Brushwood Killer). Treat foliage
of any regrowth

When a new shoot is "aborted" - by cutting it off, kicking it off, or
by whatever other means it will not resprout. Diligent attention
during the early growing season is the easiest and most effective
method of controlling the growth and spread of even the most invasive
and hardy bamboos. Cutting off and removing ryzomes within the area
you want to contain the bamboo growth is advised.
You can throw the sprouts you "abort" into your stir-fry.

On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 9:22:08 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:44:01 +0000, BillN
wrote:

replying to clare , BillN wrote:
You have no idea what you are talking about, all three of you. If you
actually researched this, you would find out from the suppliers themselves
that their road salts have ingredients in them to counteract the usual
plant killing effect. This is certainly true for anything you would get
at the big box stores, and most states now also use such road salts for
the same reason. It may even be an EPA requirement by now. So please
don't tell me a fact is not a fact until you actually know that it's not.

I know for a fact that what windsor salt supplies as road salt is pure
rock salt. From Windsor Salt's web page:

Salt has been used in de-icing since the 1940s, providing safety and
mobility for motorists, as well as for commercial and emergency
vehicles. Without it, winter would be hazardous and chaotic. In
Canada, the primary type used is rock salt, which is mined directly
from the earth and requires no additional processing. In excess of 4.5
million tons of salt is used yearly to keep roads safe in Canada
alone.
It works by a simple principle. The brine solution created when salt
is applied to ice and snow has a lower freezing temperature than the
surrounding ice, making travel safe.
In fact, it's the safest, most economical and efficient de-icer
known, and has the added advantage of being in plentiful supply. Look
for our memorable Safety Salt bag at a retailer near you.

Some consumer "ice melter" products are Urea based, some are Calcium
Chloride,

Only their Sate-T-Plus EcoSafe Ice melter has additives to make it
safer for plants. This is a consumer product .

Products like Polar Ice have blue die crystals so you can see where it
has been applied, but it is still just calcium chloride and sodium
chloride mix.

As for killing Bamboo, good luck trying to use herbicides. For those of
us that have actually done this, we simply know better. Yes, salt will
take years to dissipate, but a one time dose will certainly do so with
time. Did you not notice the part where I said that grasses are growing
on the surface after only one year?

The chances of ground water contamination are virtually nonexistent in
most areas, as most groundwater comes from well below where the salt is
present. Even if there was some mixing, it would happen at such a slow
rate that it would take a test lab to even measure the miniscule increase.
Since this is just salt, the amount the someone eats daily would be
dramatically greater than what they could get from even the worst such
contamination. Frankly, I would much rather have a neighbor using salt
than extremely powerful herbicides, as some of these will not break down
so fast once they get underground.


Youi should heed your own advice. From the Green Venture website:

In August 2000 Environment Canada completed a five-year study of the
effects of road salt on the environment. They concluded that road
salts (sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride,
magnesium chloride, and ferrocyanide salts) are toxic to the
environment, particularly in large concentrations. In the United
States, deicing salt is considered a possible pollutant under the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

The heavy use of road salts can lead to damage to vegetation, to
organisms in soil, to birds, and to other wildlife. Almost all
chloride ions from road salts eventually find their way into
waterways, whether by direct run-off into surface water or by moving
through the soil and groundwater. In surface water, road salts can
harm freshwater plants, fish, and other organisms that are not adapted
to living in saline waters.

But it doesn't stop there -- road salts also threaten drinking water
security. For example, the region of Waterloo has found chloride
levels in its municipal water wells as high as 233mg/L, close to the
unsafe level of 250mg/L set by the Ministry of the Environment.

Because most ice melters contain salt, they can also injure pets and
children. Doctors and veterinarians routinely treat cases of poisoning
and painful skin and jaw lesions that are caused by these salt
deicers. Animals can be poisoned when they lick ice-melting products
off their feet, so be sure to use a damp towel to wipe your pet's paws
and underside after being outside.


I happen to live in the region of Waterloo - in the middle of the
central antario "rust belt"
I've just recently joined this forum thinking it would be helpful for
those of us actually trying to solve real problems, but it seems there are
a lot of trolls here who want to argue more than solving them. Guess I'll
drop this tool as broken.

To kill running bamboos - from the Royal Hortacultural; Society web
page:

*With very tall bamboos, which can be difficult to spray, cut down
canes to soil level in late winter and then apply a glyphosate-based
weedkiller (e.g. Scotts Roundup Ultra 3000, Scotts Tumbleweed, Bayer
Tough Rootkill, Bayer Garden Super Strength Weedkiller or Doff Maxi
Strength Glyphosate Weedkiller) to the young growth in late spring and
early summer. Several treatments may be needed
*Alternatively, cut canes to ground and treat with a stump and root
killer containing glyphosate (e.g. Scotts Roundup Tree Stump &
Rootkiller, Bayer Tree Stump Killer, Doff Tree Stump & Tough
Weedkiller and William Sinclair Deep Root Ultra Tree Stump &
Weedkiller) or triclopyr (Vitax SBK Brushwood Killer). Treat foliage
of any regrowth

When a new shoot is "aborted" - by cutting it off, kicking it off, or
by whatever other means it will not resprout. Diligent attention
during the early growing season is the easiest and most effective
method of controlling the growth and spread of even the most invasive
and hardy bamboos. Cutting off and removing ryzomes within the area
you want to contain the bamboo growth is advised.
You can throw the sprouts you "abort" into your stir-fry.

Quite correct. The key is repeated applications on any new shoots seen. It took me about 4 years of diligent patrolling to finally kill the last shoots of a Black Locust (they have a bad 'copsing' habit).

Anyone advocating mass applications of salt has rocks in his head.

Harry K

replying to clare , BillN wrote:
What you are using are arguments based on mass scale road salting, which
do not apply to HOMEOWNERS salting individual bands of bamboo. For us,
the usual supply of road salt in the USA are the bags of €œice melt€�
found in hardware stores, which TYPICALLY contain additives to inhibit
plant damage, or use €œalternative salts€� (other than sodium chloride)
with inherently lower plant impact. This is not for environmental
reasons, but simply to reduce plant damage for homeowners wanting to salt
their driveways and sidewalks. Examples are the mass market ice melts
found in Lowes and Home Depot, Graingers ice melts, Ace Hardwares,
etc.. All I was doing in my original post was to helpfully inform folks
to watch out for these, buying instead the pure rock salt products that
are also available.

Yes it has been known for years that nationwide road salting has increased
the salt content in ground water to undesirable levels in places. This is
why some authorities have switched to alternatives. We could have a
protracted debate as to how widespread this practice has become, but it
would be pointless for the problem at hand. Most of us will get our salt
from the hardware stores. If a homeowner does deem it more cost effective
to buy a truckload of road salt from the same supplier that the
authorities use (if they would even sell it individually), he would be a
fool not to at least check that they are still using just rock salt.

Stands of bamboo are rare enough that if ALL the bamboo were salted
nationwide AT ONCE, the amount of salt that would end up in the water
table would be MINISCULE compared to even one year of nationwide road
salting. And this would happen only ONCE, whereas road salting happens
year after year. So it is not even worth discussing the overall
environmental impact of homeowners salting their bamboo. Again, the
amount of salt getting into a neighbors well by salting an isolated 1 or 2
acres of bamboo, would be so miniscule (under almost any circumstance) as
to be virtually undetectable.

As far as herbicides, our landscaper has a masters in horticulture and 30
years experience, including treating bamboo several times using the same
methods as the research you quoted. Thats just what he did for our
bamboo, for TWO YEARS. Well, IT DID NOT WORK!!! Why? Because there are
THOUSANDS of different bamboo species (there are even 10 different genus),
and so what worked on the few species that the research covers did not
work for what we had. So, WE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR NOTHING!!!
He finally then used SALT as the last alternative. Salt is a lot cheaper
than professional herbicides that require hiring a licensed professional
to even purchase and apply. But he did not want to kill off a 1/2 acre
sized area in our grassy meadow for years, which is why he tried the
herbicide first. Dang it, I wish he had asked us first, since weve got
no problem with only grasses growing in those spots for a while, and after
all we are talking about a €œgrassy meadow€�. So anyone who thinks they
are going to kill off deeply rooted bamboo themselves with only the stuff
they can get at hardware stores, are simply delusional.

All the theory in the world is no substitute for practical experience. So
Ive spent hours of my time fighting off folks with no practical
experience in this problem, so the poor folks who have to actually deal
with it dont get buried in a mountain of BS. For all the trolls here
who seem honor bound to kibitz, when someone pipes in who has actually
solved a problem, LISTEN, dont talk. I'm done with this except to
answer questions from folks who actually need to treat a stand of bamboo.
Otherwise don't expect me to waste another second of my time defending my
reporting of what actually worked (just ignore the crap folks).



--

On Thu, 25 Dec 2014 08:12:20 -0800 (PST), Harry K
wrote:

On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 9:22:08 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:44:01 +0000, BillN
wrote:

replying to clare , BillN wrote:
You have no idea what you are talking about, all three of you. If you
actually researched this, you would find out from the suppliers themselves
that their road salts have ingredients in them to counteract the usual
plant killing effect. This is certainly true for anything you would get
at the big box stores, and most states now also use such road salts for
the same reason. It may even be an EPA requirement by now. So please
don't tell me a fact is not a fact until you actually know that it's not.

I know for a fact that what windsor salt supplies as road salt is pure
rock salt. From Windsor Salt's web page:

Salt has been used in de-icing since the 1940s, providing safety and
mobility for motorists, as well as for commercial and emergency
vehicles. Without it, winter would be hazardous and chaotic. In
Canada, the primary type used is rock salt, which is mined directly
from the earth and requires no additional processing. In excess of 4.5
million tons of salt is used yearly to keep roads safe in Canada
alone.
It works by a simple principle. The brine solution created when salt
is applied to ice and snow has a lower freezing temperature than the
surrounding ice, making travel safe.
In fact, it's the safest, most economical and efficient de-icer
known, and has the added advantage of being in plentiful supply. Look
for our memorable Safety Salt bag at a retailer near you.

Some consumer "ice melter" products are Urea based, some are Calcium
Chloride,

Only their Sate-T-Plus EcoSafe Ice melter has additives to make it
safer for plants. This is a consumer product .

Products like Polar Ice have blue die crystals so you can see where it
has been applied, but it is still just calcium chloride and sodium
chloride mix.

As for killing Bamboo, good luck trying to use herbicides. For those of
us that have actually done this, we simply know better. Yes, salt will
take years to dissipate, but a one time dose will certainly do so with
time. Did you not notice the part where I said that grasses are growing
on the surface after only one year?

The chances of ground water contamination are virtually nonexistent in
most areas, as most groundwater comes from well below where the salt is
present. Even if there was some mixing, it would happen at such a slow
rate that it would take a test lab to even measure the miniscule increase.
Since this is just salt, the amount the someone eats daily would be
dramatically greater than what they could get from even the worst such
contamination. Frankly, I would much rather have a neighbor using salt
than extremely powerful herbicides, as some of these will not break down
so fast once they get underground.


Youi should heed your own advice. From the Green Venture website:

In August 2000 Environment Canada completed a five-year study of the
effects of road salt on the environment. They concluded that road
salts (sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride,
magnesium chloride, and ferrocyanide salts) are toxic to the
environment, particularly in large concentrations. In the United
States, deicing salt is considered a possible pollutant under the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

The heavy use of road salts can lead to damage to vegetation, to
organisms in soil, to birds, and to other wildlife. Almost all
chloride ions from road salts eventually find their way into
waterways, whether by direct run-off into surface water or by moving
through the soil and groundwater. In surface water, road salts can
harm freshwater plants, fish, and other organisms that are not adapted
to living in saline waters.

But it doesn't stop there -- road salts also threaten drinking water
security. For example, the region of Waterloo has found chloride
levels in its municipal water wells as high as 233mg/L, close to the
unsafe level of 250mg/L set by the Ministry of the Environment.

Because most ice melters contain salt, they can also injure pets and
children. Doctors and veterinarians routinely treat cases of poisoning
and painful skin and jaw lesions that are caused by these salt
deicers. Animals can be poisoned when they lick ice-melting products
off their feet, so be sure to use a damp towel to wipe your pet's paws
and underside after being outside.


I happen to live in the region of Waterloo - in the middle of the
central antario "rust belt"
I've just recently joined this forum thinking it would be helpful for
those of us actually trying to solve real problems, but it seems there are
a lot of trolls here who want to argue more than solving them. Guess I'll
drop this tool as broken.

To kill running bamboos - from the Royal Hortacultural; Society web
page:

*With very tall bamboos, which can be difficult to spray, cut down
canes to soil level in late winter and then apply a glyphosate-based
weedkiller (e.g. Scotts Roundup Ultra 3000, Scotts Tumbleweed, Bayer
Tough Rootkill, Bayer Garden Super Strength Weedkiller or Doff Maxi
Strength Glyphosate Weedkiller) to the young growth in late spring and
early summer. Several treatments may be needed
*Alternatively, cut canes to ground and treat with a stump and root
killer containing glyphosate (e.g. Scotts Roundup Tree Stump &
Rootkiller, Bayer Tree Stump Killer, Doff Tree Stump & Tough
Weedkiller and William Sinclair Deep Root Ultra Tree Stump &
Weedkiller) or triclopyr (Vitax SBK Brushwood Killer). Treat foliage
of any regrowth

When a new shoot is "aborted" - by cutting it off, kicking it off, or
by whatever other means it will not resprout. Diligent attention
during the early growing season is the easiest and most effective
method of controlling the growth and spread of even the most invasive
and hardy bamboos. Cutting off and removing ryzomes within the area
you want to contain the bamboo growth is advised.
You can throw the sprouts you "abort" into your stir-fry.

Quite correct. The key is repeated applications on any new shoots seen. It took me about 4 years of diligent patrolling to finally kill the last shoots of a Black Locust (they have a bad 'copsing' habit).

Anyone advocating mass applications of salt has rocks in his head.

Harry K
And should possibly have a good dose of rocksalt applied to his rear
end coutesy of a 12 guage

replying to Harry K , BillN wrote:
turnkey wrote:

Quite correct. The key is repeated applications on any new shoots seen.
It
took me about 4 years of diligent patrolling to finally kill the last
shoots
of a Black Locust (they have a bad 'copsing' habit).
Anyone advocating mass applications of salt has rocks in his head.
Harry K


Black Locust isn't even bamboo you horses a**.

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replying to clare , BillN wrote:
clare wrote:

On Thu, 25 Dec 2014 08:12:20 -0800 (PST), Harry K
And should possibly have a good dose of rocksalt applied to his rear
end coutesy of a 12 guage


hahahaha.......Ouch!

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On Thursday, December 25, 2014 2:44:05 PM UTC-8, BillN wrote:
replying to Harry K , BillN wrote:
turnkey wrote:

Quite correct. The key is repeated applications on any new shoots seen.
It
took me about 4 years of diligent patrolling to finally kill the last
shoots
of a Black Locust (they have a bad 'copsing' habit).
Anyone advocating mass applications of salt has rocks in his head.
Harry K


Black Locust isn't even bamboo you horses a**.

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But the process is identical. You gotta kill the roots and that is what RU type stuff does. Your recent example of trying it for two years! Of course it failed. It takes many years of patrolling, not a half assed 2 year attempt.

By now you should be doing something about that stupidity attack you are having.

Harry K

replying to Bill N, Bamboointhepark wrote:
Bill, I have a bamboo issue in Severna Park. No standing bamboo on my
property, just traveling rhizomes. Do you feel the salt treatment would be
effective in killing those?

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replying to BillN, Mary K. wrote:
Hi Bill N., I see your post is over 4 years old, so I wonder if you or anyone
will see my post now. I live in Maryland and we have a stand of bamboo 20ft
tall on neighbor property at edge of our property at fence. We have been
stomping it down as it shoots up for years next to our driveway and near our
garage. It causes a real mess from droppings on our side and on our vehicles.
Now I understand the roots which seem as hard as steel to try and cut, I'm
afraid for our foundation of garage and house. I've read the roots can hurt
the foundation of buildings. So my question is what to do. I'm trying to get
neighbors to understand the problem. So I think you are saying the solution
is to cut it all down and apply large amounts of plain salt. My question is
the roots have spread further out than the stand and I think under
ourdriveway. So will salt kill all roots?

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