Bamboo Pro-Tip: How to remove bamboo and do away with it for good

[@OviHentea]

Exhausting the energy stored in the rhizomes - makes a lot of sense! We use this technique to try to eliminate field bindweed, it takes time but it's the only (non-chemical) way. Great footage by Luis, you'll have to get yourself a cameraperson now, Fred!

[@bambubatu]

Thanks, Ovi!

[@TheMomo2nd]

I’m trying this method on a very large encroaching bamboo thicket. Will a large forest have large energy reserves? I’m also trying the salt water bucket hack. ❤

[@bambubatu]

Yes @themomo2nd, a large grove with thicker rhizomes will store more energy, and take longer to exhaust. Just do this during the dry season, and let the shoots grow as much as possible, but before any leaves open. Good luck!

[@watzegjemedaarnouvan]

Can spectabilis get ass big as the normal yellow groove?

[@bambubatu]

Phyllostachys aureosulcata (yellow groove) can grow about 1.5 times larger than Spectabilis. (1.5 inches and 25 feet, vs 2 inches and 40 feet - give or take)

[@watzegjemedaarnouvan]

@@bambubatu ok ive seen spectabilis get over 30 foot but i think that is quite rare