How To Remove Running Bamboo

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Bamboo expert and owner of Bamboo Sourcery, Joe Ruffatto, instructs how to remove running bamboo.
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Music: Joe Ruffatto - 'Shut It Down'
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@hokeypokeypots 9 ай бұрын

This method may be fine if you want to remove escapees from the main growth...but if you want to remove the main growth, you'd kill yourself doing it this way. I have an old 200' x 15' stand of it between the lawn and wooded area in the back yard of a house I bought a few years ago, so digging it up by hand was not an option for me. Using a backhoe wasn't an option, either, because that would damage the roots of all of the oak trees in the wooded area. I dug out all of the runners that were growing into the lawn a couple of years ago and that was a lot of hard work, but was doable...but for the roots that are growing between the trees, I just cut the canes to the ground...one at a time...and immediately dripped concentrated Roundup into the stump with a syringe. I did this when hot, sunny, dry weather was expected for several days so that the Roundup would be absorbed by the stump and wouldn't be washed away by rain. The next year, a lot less new growth came up and I repeated the process with the new growth. Any short clumps of leaves that started to grow I sprayed with the Roundup, being careful to cover the leaves and not oversaturate the soil. This method is time-consuming, but very effective over several years if you do it religiously and don't neglect to do it immediately you see new growth. At least, you'll save yourself from getting a heart attack trying to dig it all up. As far as the dead roots that remain in the ground...they will rot with time and be easier to remove if you want to plant some shrubbery in the area, but I just sowed some wildflower seeds between the lawn and the wooded area. Looks nice and I'm attracting a lot of pollinators.

@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

So what did you use, an excavator?

@ericpanda 2 ай бұрын

@@bamboosourcerysounds like he just cut and herbicide

@mx.olivia 4 ай бұрын

great information, thank you! I’m dealing with a lot of bamboo that the previous owners planted. I did a lot of mistakes my first 2 years, mowing was especially a mistake - the bamboo just sprouts below the mowing deck and now to remove leaves I have to get down on hands and knees with scissors. There is enough now that I think I have to go with an excavator for removal. I do love the appearance of the plant, might try to barrier off a small section and remove everything outside of it.

@nightowl22304 16 күн бұрын

Were you able to get rid of them, or did you have to get an excavator to remove them? I'm dealing with the same issues, so I am asking.

@richardread8281 8 ай бұрын

Very helpful. Looks like I'm in for a long dig. 😢 I take I need to dig every single rhizome or it will grow back. It has gone under my neighbours drive - she is not happy.

@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

Yes, you will need to manually remove all rhizomes so they don't come back. I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with this.

@weecharlie01 23 күн бұрын

I feel your pain, I have a been digging it out for months.

@hawkkim1974 8 ай бұрын

Excavator works best! Just call a cheap excavator service. One day is enough for a small backyard. Dig out all the rhyzomes, let them dry, and burn them. I've tried almost every methods imaginable and nothing worked for me.

@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, excavators are great, but you can't always fit them in the space needed.

@HoneyHollowHomestead Ай бұрын

I just planted some bamboo to use to feed my goats. I planted in 2 different spots last year. Looks like the one location didn't survive because the chickens got in and scratch it up. I don't see any new growth any more. The other site has a few new canes, but I have caught a couple goats in side the fence. (obviously, they like bamboo) So far, it is still showing life. Just planted another area about a month ago. So far I have managed to keep critters away from it. I am thinking that the goats will help to control the spread. They are obviously eager to do so.

@geoffchandler8684 11 ай бұрын

Great channel ! Hope you can help me with this - I have just bought a place with a clumping bamboo grove whose 70mm culms have reached eight to nine metres in height which I want to reduce to around four to five Cannot get a cherry picker access Is there a machine in the market that does this lopping or am I going to need an arborist to set up scaffolding and manually lop ?

@bamboosourcery 11 ай бұрын

We don't know of any machine other than a cherry picker rig. You will need to get a lift somehow. Probably best to hire an arborist to set up scaffolding, we're afraid.

@keyboard_g 3 ай бұрын

Would it not just immedately start running again from where you cut?

@HelyzabethCampos 8 күн бұрын

Muito legal amei

@jochen.allardice-grein 9 ай бұрын

great video, I have a few runners in my garden and have been digging up rhizomes like a damn Mole Rat, and after I lost so many tools, I invested in a slammer tool, expensive, heavy and noisy bugger but works a treat. each time I do this I ask myself why am I putting myself through this... because bamboo is just a amazing plant, that is why 🙂

@bamboosourcery 8 ай бұрын

Great feedback!!... we'd like to try out a slammer tool

@tiziwind Ай бұрын

What tools did you buy?

@watzegjemedaarnouvan Жыл бұрын

Is spectabilis bamboo biger than bisetti bamboo and are there some other difrences?

@bamboosourcery 11 ай бұрын

Similar size, different cane color. To read more about the two species, see bamboosourcery.com/product/phyllostachys-aureosulcata-spectabilis-phas/ and bamboosourcery.com/product/phyllostachys-bisetii-phby/.

@ElementaryEsther 8 ай бұрын

I was able to source some black bamboo roots from someone that was trying to get rid of it. How do I pot it up? And how long will exposed roots stay alive? Mine have been sitting exposed in the rain for about a month.

@bamboosourcery 8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, since it's Black Bamboo, it's pointless. That species has been going into gregarious flower for years now. Whatever you get growing will eventually flower and die. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

@paulie2476 11 ай бұрын

Great video and information for bamboo removal. Regards, Sydney Australia.

@bamboosourcery 8 ай бұрын

Great to hear!! 🥰

@lamtrieu6710 11 ай бұрын

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@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

What about yellow bamboo?

@southernsweetie 5 ай бұрын

To save you guys to trouble I just watched a video where a guy covered the bamboo with plastic and it died you have to cut it first ofcourse keye is to starve it from sunlight

@bampidraws 26 күн бұрын

hi ty for the info. Do you have a link for the video pls.

@silvinacersosimo9520 8 ай бұрын

This is happening in my yard. A LOT! Is there any herbicide I can use?

@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not.

@josephswenson129 9 ай бұрын

try cutting all plants to ground level, then run over it with the lawnmower keep this up every spring, it works for me.

@Failedmusician 6 ай бұрын

Do you think your method will work for containing a running bamboo groove? I want to plant some and have equipment but I am terrified of it getting out of control.

@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

It will still spread. This method is not advised.

@bamboosourcery 6 ай бұрын

@@Failedmusician No, this is not a viable method.

@chrisewen3813 5 ай бұрын

@@bamboosourcery I've read it will work if there is no connected bamboo plants anywhere near that are getting any sun. In otherwords, if you control the entire grove and can maintain the shoots in a cut at ground level way for a season or two, the entire grove cannot survive. However, this takes vigilance and a certain set of circumstances. The technique in this video may work best in certain conditions. I've done both methods depending on circumstances. (I did not control the whole grove so I put in a root barrier but didn't dig up all the rhizomes on my side; just kept the ones on my side cut to the ground and they rotted in place).

@browneyedgirl5127 21 күн бұрын

@@Failedmusiciandon’t plant it !! We are digging it up now ! It is very invasive and we had to get a tractor tiller and we are still digging up roots , it’s your worst nightmare!!