How do you get rid of bamboo

by Charlene Whalen

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My grandmother planted bamboo years ago and it just spreads. I have tried different things to get rid Of it tono avail, do you have any ideas on this? Thank you

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Ann on Apr 29, 2018

Check with a local university that tests soil, runs master gardening pgms. Some Bamboo is so invasive, it’s illegal in some states.

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Diane Forte Barfield on Apr 29, 2018

Do you know what kind it is?

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- Charlene Whalen on Apr 30, 2018
  
  I do not know what kind it is but someone said running bamboo, I live in Maine... it has tons of roots and spreads like wildfire.... it is also hollow in the middle, sorry that is about all I know about it, except it is very invasive and when it dies it still stands... I have been trying for a few years to get rid of it.... thank you..
  
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- Diane Forte Barfield on Apr 30, 2018
  
  I was asking because our local native Anerican tribes use it for weaving and they have a hard time finding it.
  
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Tanne on Apr 29, 2018

Makes good privacy fence or wind break. Wish I had some.

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- Charlene Whalen on Apr 30, 2018
  
  this is true, as a kid at my grandmother's we used to love it to hide in and built roads through, but now not so much, lol.... I even built a garage and it found it's way through the cement and into the garage..
  
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Janet Pizaro on Apr 29, 2018

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/bamboo/kill-bamboo.htm

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- Charlene Whalen on Apr 30, 2018
  
  thank you, will check that out...
  
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Amanda on Apr 30, 2018

Is it bamboo, or its nefarious look-alike Japanese knotweed? https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=218

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Kim K. on Apr 30, 2018

Idk where you live, but here in GA, our zoo would be happy to take some off your hands for the Giant Pandas. Idk how to tell you how to get rid of it forever. : (

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