How to get rid of invasive bamboo
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Kill it. Use janitorial strength vinegar, needs to be repeated after every rain or snow event. When dead, dig out, roots and all or it will grow back.
I know bamboo is very invasive and hard to kill. This video is one idea, then you can look at the other videos around it. Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7-mmi-QB0
Hello. Try putting boiling water or vinegar on it.
https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-get-rid-of-bamboo-naturally-2132939
Keep Digging it up...........
Varies with the type of bamboo. Generally broadleaf herbicides don't work, cause bamboo is a grass.
You will need to dig up the rhizomes (the root with nodules). Another method I have read about to get rid of bamboo is to cover it with heavy black plastic that will kill the sprouts. That problem is that you may not want a rock garden or mulch covered plastic where the sprouts are coming up.