HOW TO GET RID OF BAMBOO from your yard!

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Learn how I got rid of The Bamboo growing in my yard behind my compost pile.
If you have this plant overtaking your yard you might try this simple solution.
Don't let this stuff over take your yard or garden. Don't plant bamboo in your yard, you will not be able to stop it's growth.

[@davehigh6786]

Attention potential viewers of this video - the advice is to cover the bamboo and starve it of sunlight. I just saved you 8 minutes that I'll never get back.

[@onthedry8386]

your dead fucking right... told me nothing

[@Apexarmoryffl]

Thank you!!!

[@Robocoppat]

So what's the best thing to cover it with? My dickhead neighbor has bamboo and it started falling into my yard and BAMM I got bamboo everywhere!

[@Apexarmoryffl]

patrick mcglone Honestly I tried everything in this video and it didn’t work. The only thing that worked was cutting it all down and burning it. But even then, new sprouts will shoot up. The ONLY way to truly get rid of it is to dig it up. It’s a root system so it’ll just keep spreading and growing if you don’t.

[@8marienkafer8]

Dear lord thanks

[@mikanfarmer]

Here in Japan, we cut the bamboo off at about 1 meter high, and leave it. This should exhaust the root system as it keeps pushing sap up the stem. Then after a year or so you can just push and pull it out of the ground. A lot of the root will have died back, but whether or not this eradicates the whole underground system, ..........? However, we chip up the green bamboo stems, which makes the best mulch, (especially for fruit trees), to get sweeter, bigger fruit, and deep, soft free draining soil. Hope this helps.

[@MisterSoul99]

Slow and Natural life Japan Thanks for that info, it is always great to learn how things are done in different places.

[@MonyetG]

MisterSoul99 Reading the title makes me laugh so hard. Have you seen bamboo videos on youtube? By the way, here in asia, bamboo grow in almost everyone's backyard. We can live without bamboo,yes we can, but its easier when they are around. Bamboos are useful, man.

[@TimothyBarson]

Do you mean you keep trimming off the stems at 1m height? Or just once?

[@MisterSoul99]

The stumps last forever, cut it close to the ground, cover it up in warm/ hot weather and they will die.

[@MisterSoul99]

Maybe you have a different variety that what I have, ours will spread so much (in time) you could not open your door.

[@btcrazee1]

I will testify, NEVER plant this.

[@Tommyboypsp]

He gets to the point at 4:40. You're welcome.

[@Qingeaton]

I planted two clumps about 25 years ago. Last week I set half of my patch (50' x 100'?) on fire as it stood. The wind was at 15 mph and out of the south, and all ash would fall on my own land, and the road would be clear of smoke. Double Fire breaks around the area were mowed low so all was safe. The local police showed up on their own to watch the show and we yelled at each other to hear, 500' away from the blaze and fireworks. It was the biggest fire we have had in 30 years, and we do a lot of burning, working with trees and clearing land to plant out orchards. (Chestnuts, jujubes) We regularly use fire as a tool to maintain different areas for different things. Never burned bamboo down, but if it works to renew it and manage it, it is a lot of fun as well.

[@klmbuilders5385]

Just like others I came on here looking for options to control my bamboo. Glad the black plastic sheeting worked because that's what I was considering. I've already painstakingly cut all of it down but now little sprouts are appearing. Going to cover the area with a big tarp and hope it works like you described!

[@darrylmurray2261]

How did it work two years later...B^ )

[@nancybeaton]

So did it work? Would like to know. Thanks.

[@carrot64954]

How did it worked?

[@philoudude]

if you dont answer you most likely got staprd by the boo 🤣

[@klmbuilders5385]

Well, like the video said, it eradicated the growth where I put the tarp but this stuff grows underground and it just pops up in other places. I'm now controlling it by kicking down the shoots when they show up. So far it's keeping it confined to an area I can live with. You know the saying, "Life will find a way"? It's true!

[@loncho5079]

Black plastic as ground cover prior to starting your vegetable garden is the best way to eradicate unwanted vegetation. But it's the heat that kills the plants down to the roots, long before they die due to lack of sun light. During the hot summer months the ground only needs to be covered for a week or so and then you can remove the plastic and nothing that was previously growing there will survive. (Then til, fertilize, and start your garden) BTW, don't cover the plastic with leaves or foliage, The black color attracts more heat from the sun and kills the unwanted plants quicker.

[@joeygemini6390]

Been fighting it for 15 years in Columbia SC. Sledge hammer and or pick ax gets out stalks from after cutting. Here bamboo has a growth spurt in spring and more after a rainy period. Have to cut everything that grows up. Kick over new sprouts once or twice a day. (It's called the cane walk.) Key is to stop photosynthesis. All stalks in the colony feed each othet thru the root system. Even cut stalks will make bamboo 'bushes'. Cut these with shingle cutter (hook blade). Bamboo is supernaturally strong. Be careful. Respect it. I once broke a finger against it cutting it. Stuff will push up thru just about anything. It is pretty but if you want it in your yard, get bunching type bamboo, not the running type, which is the kind everyone hates . Bunching is also prettier and does not invade. Roger on This Old House did a segment about it on an episode once. My condolences to those with running type bamboo. Almost as bad as getting cancer.

[@morte3252]

In China we pour cement on them, and build expensive follies that nobody uses.

[@kevinmencer3782]

Bamboo can grow through concrete. It'll take longer, but I've seen it happen.

[@dtrrtd774]

I had snow and ice hanging down from a second story roof, and needed to knock it off, so I went out back to the bamboo grove, found a thirty footer that keeled over, and used it to sweep off the ice dam from afar. Came in handy for that; strong yet light enough to swing around easily. Also used it as a replacement brace for a broken turn signal stalk on my motorcycle; it's neat because you can get whatever diameter you want since it progressively grows thick at the base to thin at the top.

[@pellyhardin4053]

Don't ever let anybody put bamboo anywhere around your property

[@crunchycrispybacon]

You didn't have to show us the pic of Rosie O'Donnell!!

[@prepperdaddydavis1745]

+Gabriel S. AGREED lol wtf it caught me off guard and I literally flinched

[@mfuji02]

+Gabriel S. her face needs to be bagged -_-

[@ihiaama5]

+Gabriel S. Rosie unchained..As in throw a cat in with her. Wait...Not a good comparison. She's definitely not "Mans best friend"

[@UberAV]

The Rosie pic was dead on!

[@eriknelson432]

O'Dummy was necessary to demonstrate just how friggin' hard it is to get rid of bamboo. Can we cover her with a tarp too?

[@theyrecomingtogetyoubarbar7007]

OMGosh! Thank you so so much for sharing! We bought a house that the woman before us would dump all of her dead plants in a corner of the backyard, and I thought the same, I'll just cut it down. Well, no1 told me (But they didn't care to watch me do it, until I was finished. I guess they thought it would only span my own yard. ), that it would come back 100x's worse. Well, jokes on them now because each neighbor on either side have groves, and the 3 houses behind that span me and my 2 neighbors ALL have groves now. That's kinda funny to me, even though we've ALL now been combating this Bamboo for 14 yrs! 🤣 But also had tried everything but the backhoe idea, and plastic, so we're gonna give your plastic idea a go! I'll let you know how it works out! Wish us luck...🤞🏼.

[@victoriaferrer7016]

This is my 3rd house I bought and I never had to deal with bamboo I did the grass a month ago moved all in went today to do it and theres so many pointing stumps omg

[@theyrecomingtogetyoubarbar7007]

@@victoriaferrer7016 OH I KNOW!! It's SO fast!! I've found that as long as they still have the sheaths on them, even when like 5ft tall, you can still push them over at the ground with your foot because that sheath stays on until the stalk hardens. When the sheaths fall off, they're hard as bricks...lol. They're soft enough, you can just mow right over top of them thank goodness. Good luck to you! 🤞🏼

[@theyrecomingtogetyoubarbar7007]

@@victoriaferrer7016 Oh...I meant to tell you too that my neighbor got rid of a patch 3ftx20ft with a sawzall in no kidding 30 min with family making a burn pile while he cut. I'm getting one of those!

[@illegallyblonde232]

M43 tractor supply ..kills it

[@theyrecomingtogetyoubarbar7007]

@@illegallyblonde232 Thank you so much for sharing that! Really...👍🏼👏🏼

[@michaelhansen698]

how loud will they sound if cut down and put on the fire, we had lots of the smaller version here in EU but they are less than a cm in diameter they make a decent bang

[@pat20905]

You're right on. I went through the same process - cut it down, sprayed RoundUp on the re-sprouts, then cut another grove down and painted straight RoundUp on the stumps. Ran a continuous war against the re-sprouts. Four years later I seem to have won the wars and now have areas covered with dead bamboo stumps. I'm renting a mini excavator in a week or two to remove the stumps and rhizomes. Should have done that years ago! The good news is that the bamboo has converted hard, sticky clay into friable soil great for gardening. I still love bamboo, for all the reasons you stated. But, Not In My Back Yard!

[@melodyvoss]

How did that work out for you with the excavation?

[@pat20905]

@@melodyvoss The excavator worked great... in less than eight hours I dug up all the massed rhizomes. (Playing with the excavator was a side benefit). There was a lot og manual labor left to do, moving the dug-up stuff to a big pile in the back of out lot. It'll slowly decompose, probably take 20 yrs!. I paid $500 to rent the excavator, saving me hundreds of hours with a pick ax.

[@pat20905]

Also, for a couple of years after digging it all out, it was easy but necessary to immediately dig out any new shoots. And I saved one large pot of black bamboo, now on the deck.

[@computerweenie]

I did the same thing you did and finally got rid of the bamboo but it was a painstaking task. Several years later I sold that house and a landscaper wanted to put bamboo in the corner of the back yard. He said that he would bury it in containers. I told him on no uncertain terms that I would never allow bamboo to be introduced to another one of my properties.

[@JohnLeaf]

Did you tried to remove the plastic and sees if comes back?

[@jondoe8o]

I'm so glad that you shared that hot tub picture. Thank you so much!!!

[@archiguitarchi]

About twenty years ago a previous owner of our place (get this), a biologist, thought it would be nice to have bamboo. I began to attempt to eradicate it three years ago. I followed your regimen exactly. The result is that I daily have a new crop of sprouts all over, and each day I cut them down. I can't do any landscape work because renegades are sprouting up 50 feet from the original grove among desirable plants. I'll try your method. I have no choice. Pray for me!

[@dianparrotta2118]

I was thinking of putting down that plastic and then creating a dry creek on top of it. What do you think?

[@alan30189]

That's just what I was going to recommend, thick, 6mil or thicker, black plastic. Good job and great video! Then, after you kill it with the black plastic, pull up the black plastic and cover the ground with several layers of cardboard or about 4 or 5 layers of newspaper, and then wood chip mulch, which you can get free from companies cutting down trees. Put the wood chips down at least four inches thick. Use 4"x4" (actually 3-1/2" square) or 6"x6" (actually 5-1/2" square) timbers as thickness guides so you do not put it down too thin in areas. This will assure no surviving roots re-sprout and will decompose eventually into dirt.

[@Kathleen253]

I cut it down and dug up as many roots as I saw. A few weeks later sprouts came up in several areas.I read it has to have some green on the sprout to take anything down to the roots. I put a few drops of gas on the sprouts. Its been 5 years, no more bamboo anywhere in my yard.

[@XaqFixx]

how long did you have to leave the plastic on

[@pootandbeans5956]

Which plastic do you use? Landscaping fabric or plastic that doesn't let water through it?

[@fakeusa]

Lol,, dude those pictures where hilarious!!

[@claireandersongraham3581]

Aloha from a Maui Native....we have a bamboo forest, and half of Maui on the Hana side is toast, all bamboo. My best friend and I spent the day designing a sweet little food forest garden, yoga area, and shaded seating area today, until we realized her bamboo hedge had other plans. Plans that no amount of poison would change. Now, we are considering pots, decks, hugel culture beds...& crying we are laughing so hard. The magnitude of the problem was clear: Over 297,000 views of this video!

[@christinafisher3836]

I have the same issue and I live in central NC. I have used the box blade on my tractor to try and pull some up. It is taking over some of my driveway. I do not have a backhoe, but may consider hiring someone. After that, I can cover it with plastic. Thank you for your video.

[@patrickp992]

Release a panda or two to the unwanted bamboo area. They eat bamboo like no tomorrow.

[@1998gst4611]

yeah and they shit alot after eating all of them!

[@pitpotdeeerste]

1998 why are you upset with free compost ?

[@yeagermcbipper9008]

You really don't understand the VOLUME panda's have to eat, and shit out. Its a nasty white diarrhea because bambo has so little nutritional value their gut has to process it quickly and pass it out.

[@punker4Real]

then you will have a panda bear problem GLOBAL warming will take care of them though

[@bhaddock9277]

Loved the panda option. They've not too interested in breeding either so little chance of a panda population explosion to deal with. Hate to think what would keep panda numbers down if you unfortunately got the one pair of pandas in the world interested in "physical romance", elephants to surpress the pandas? You can see where this is going.

[@MrRocco_]

Do you think I could plant this in the middle of a mowed yard

[@fckfracking6409]

i seem to control mine to wear i want it to grow!! use to grow out into the yard every yr and id just mow it , now it seems to grow the other way like it knows it wont last going towards the yard... going to try to grow it in boxes around my new patio im putting in this spring..hope it works

[@andremonroejr.3969]

do you have to keep the plastic down at all times; or is there a point where you wouldn't need it anymore?

[@user-ny4ig9qh2e]

I have a question for you. If you cut down the bamboo and cover the ground with Rock Salt will that kill bamboo forever? Need to get rid of it. I believe it is pushing in the tiles in my GFs Swimming pool.

[@PaulOrientedotcom]

Yes, bamboo is very invasive. Depending on if it's a runner variety or clumping style will determine how to contain it. To contain it in a garden some people will trench 4ft deep and pour a concrete barrier. I used to dig a trench around black bamboo and then put leaves in the trench to cover it. Every few months, you remove the leaves and cut anything that might have started to cross the trench. We like to use it for building fences.

[@1d1hamby]

Even the clumping varieties spread if they are happy.

[@PaulOrientedotcom]

Yes, the clumping styles are easier to prune out the new growth. I like to us a reciprocating saw with a long pruning blade.

[@PedroReyes-pr5er]

Do you spli it in half?.

[@davescheer5038]

Some people told me to put salt on the area after you cut down the stalks it changes the soil ph or vinegar, I think if you use salt pellets like for water softeners it might work?

[@larryprestimonico7854]

I would like to know how long to do have to keep the bamboo covered with black plastic? Thanks

[@hobbskwh]

Our neighbor planted Bamboo on our property line. A few years later it has killed all the Pine trees that were almost tall enough to provide coverage. We had to dig a trench and put down a plastic barrier to keep it off our property.

[@theanthonyfrancis]

thank you for this. What a genius idea and you showed it works. I needed this. You saved my back yard and possibly my house 😅

[@veros.7168]

HOW LONG DO YOU LEAVE THE PLASTIC ON BEFORE YOU CAN REMOVE IT

[@mason2971]

if in spring you just go out and look for the new shoots growing out in rows you can dig down to find the runner and pull it up going as far back as you want then cut the runner off that will keep it from spreading, i do it every spring and its worked well for me.

[@blunt3068]

Why would you show a picture of Rosie O'Donnell man? I almost threw up my breakfast.

[@littlemoo52]

if i just had Rosie lay down on top of it would it kill it any quicker?

[@bambusadomine]

Does this work for thick species like dendrocalamus asper or oldhamii?

[@herbertmorris2848]

I like your idea of using black ground cover. I will try it. I am in the process of digging up my "bamboo garden" will a Maddox then with a tiller. It is to soon to tell if this work.

[@chuckdachuckster2480]

Hey Mister Soul, That looks like the off ramp (Lawyers rd and 485 Mint Hill, NC), just wondering?

[@daisyparadis9910]

Thanks!--we have a bamboo problem in NYC. Every 15 feet is a new neighbor and the neighbor with the bamboo is selling. They didn't plant it either--I think the previous people did. I found one 9 foot shoot in my yard, Cut it, and now I found another 9 footer 6 feet to the right..on it's way to the next neighbor. Oy veh (as we say here). I'll try your solution.

[@Southernshaker]

makes good fishing poles, caught my first fish on one.

[@bledlbledlbledl]

just over the border into VA, got some bamboo (might be "giant cane"), and whenever we have a harsh winter where it gets down to about 0 degrees F, most of it freezes to death

[@swordsinging1709]

What mil thickness plastic did you use?

[@gomallyr]

Thanks so much for this video!!! I have a 40 Ft wide mini forest in my backyard....my neighbors have it on their side of the property line as well. This video gives me HOPE!!!! Thank You!

[@wisestudent1463]

How well do they last in the weather ?? Can they grow in Idaho ??? I want bamboo poles for the garden....I just payed $9.00 for three 6', 1" poles. So it is not free in Idaho....

[@lucybellescott7531]

Different Ideas: Extractigator - Uprooter(USA) - Pullbearer(Canada)- Tree Popper - Root Talon - Weed Wrench - Soak rhizome ends in bucket of Rock Salt Water or Salt Water - Pour 20% vinegar into cut bamboo to shock it plus Solarizing when it’s hot by covering with Black Plastic til it's all dead. The Uprooter or extractigator you can probably pull everything up in a weekend.

[@susanflores9118]

thanks I'm going to try the black pastic with round up under it .I live in upstate N.Y.

[@peterle4465]

And I really like your pictures of presentation. I hope that I can get your information of those bamboo, thank you

[@patriciatucker4043]

How long did you keep the black plastic on the cut bamboo?

[@xMrMarkx]

How long do you hove to cover it with tarp to kill it???

[@MisterSoul99]

I would rake the mulch back and cover the area with black plastic and put the mulch over the plastic. I guess if the tree is new, not established you could water it at the opening but after a tree gets roots it draws moisture from the ground and not the surface. The soil is like a sponge and will draw moisture from the surrounding area.

[@jeffreyyeager1398]

We planted some in hopes of creating a sound bearer and fence in the back yard and we can't get it to grow more than 4 to 6 feet then after the winter that dies and new Shutes come up. how to get them to get bigger?

[@mattpierson7017]

Jeffrey Yeager just

[@rambog5534]

Cut it down then burn what you have cut when its dry on the area you cut it.After rain when any new shoots are about 1 foot high roundup at recommended mix and add a little detergent and some soluble fertilizer.You may have to repeat the roundup mix a few times but it works.Good luck

[@Funstuff13613]

This video is awesome, made me laugh and I found it insightful

[@Funstuff13613]

If only your neighbor had planted "clumping" instead of "running" bamboo huh? Shazam! Lol.

[@alanasthomas]

Do you have to leave the stumps covered forever?

[@snc9584]

Neighbor - where the bamboo originally came from - used a bobcat to get it up, two years later some still came up. Also in NC. Black plastic not an option as it's in area where grass also grows high.

[@RobCrue2266]

I have bamboo growing between my house and my neighbor's house. The bamboo was planted about 20 years ago and stretched about 50 yards long. I found the easiest way to get rid of it once and for wall is to dig up the stems and getting the large root out of the ground. Before refilling the hole with dirt, (because you dig up a good square foot section when you dig up the root), spray the hole with round up. This will kill the roots that were severed when you dug around the main root. I have not had any roots come up after doing this. It's a lot of work, but it gets the job done.

[@hughhadfield9115]

You probably won't have anything else grow there either.

[@genevievebarker943]

@@hughhadfield9115 roundup deactivates in soil. Only affects the plant it touches.

[@saadtee1356]

Good information, thank you for sharing!

[@sdlock83]

Thanks for the great tips!

[@MisterSoul99]

Hard to say really, I kinda covered mine and left it since it covered over with leaves and I don't notice it. I would say a couple months anyway. Roll up the plastic and if it starts to returns roll it back out.

[@wazzup105]

Did you ever remove the plastic? And what happened?

[@EduardRitok]

what about using them for making flutes? :P :D

[@soloscripturo5982]

A PVC cutter makes a pretty clean cut if you are using the bamboo for projects. You can sell the poles to people that don't have there own source, for use it garden and other projects.

[@MisterSoul99]

Since it is a vacant area and mostly covered with leaves, I just left it down. It has been down for a few years.

[@pizzamemes7434]

How long did you leave the plastic down?

[@silviamercado9853]

Thank you so much for sharing !

[@carolynrisen6212]

Well! last week I went out to the back yard - and lo and behold - the bamboo had sprouted right through the black plastic which I laid down several years ago. So it wasn't a solution for me! It is such a terribly tedious job to dig it all up -- so I put an ad on Craigslist for free bamboo roots -- with a beautiful picture (not mine lol but stock photo) -- and got four different sets of people out who were all so enthused about planting it in their back yards. After they left, though, I had to go over to the neighbor's to ask if I could finish retracing the roots from their side -- not easy at all! I expected a 10 minute job -- it was over four hours and there was still a lot of bamboo there, but I was too exhausted to finish. And then I discovered that it had gone to two other neighbors' places as well. Bad deal - that bamboo - I bought a house next to an apartment where it was planted. There seems to be no end of the grief it causes - and yet I need a certain bit of it for privacy from the apartment!

[@altond511]

I live in southeastern Massachussetts and we have bamboo all over the place but the type we have around here is absolutely worthless. The frost kills it in the winter but it comes up the following year. It grows so damn fast you can practically see it growing.

[@livelaughandlove1984]

Hey there... this video was 2012.. how is it now. I have a whole yard of bamboo

[@ashleycoaxum9091]

This was very helpful will definitely try the starvaton.

[@goobledeegoop]

We have a small patch in our yard. If we lay plastic how long do we have to keep the plastic down. Have you tried a test spot to see if the bamboo starts to grow again after five years of sunlight deprivation? Please let us know, we want to address this soon. Thanks and great video.

[@easyshredding4077]

Thanks you saved me from ton of work

[@KalpeshPatel78]

Adopt a Panda. Those suckers can destroy bamboos like a vacuum cleaner against fine dust.

[@royjonesrampage6684]

Kalpesh Patel do they destroy ppl and where do you get a nearly extinct animal secret black market for excentric rich ppl?

[@KalpeshPatel78]

rodger so endangered maybe.. not extinct for sure. And why do you think i wrote adopt a panda and not buy a panda. I am responsible for only what I write... not what you understand dude.

[@kimhundley7575]

I'm sure you don't have to keep it covered for 5 years. I left for the summer last year & one of my bamboo groves (only about 3-4 feet) was inadvertently prevented from getting direct sunlight by sun blinds overhead. It was 80 percent dead when I got back. It's still not recovered.

[@deliasmith44]

Great video, straight talking and funny too! Nice to hear it delivered that way.

[@adoracle1]

I have a clump grove super dense about 13 feet in diameter that a friggin stump grinder is having trouble taking out. I love it around the edge of the property as it doesn't have runners and stays put, great privacy but that big grove is by the house, three times the height of my roof. I will be keeping what I can salvage for projects but mother of mouse! its a s*^tload of bamboo. I d on't think its EVER been thinned or pruned... I also don't think a stump grinder will kill the root but its doing a decent job on cutting through a grove so thick you can't fit a small hand in to it. the poles are as all braided up and twisted around each other as straight poles can possibly be. Nightmare. when they are done with the cut down/grinding I am going to dig up the root [I know there will be some left], then lay plastic over that whole area for several months as well. thanks for the black plastic tip for sure. My advice to those who love the look of it, and use it, if you plant it, for the love of pinky toes and of course roofs, prune it, top it, control it and do not plant it near your house . its prettier as a perimeter anyway

[@jonathanespanol2109]

does it also work stubborn grass growing on our backyard ? ok I'll do it anyway to test for my self if its really working . Mabuhay

[@MisterSoul99]

Grass can be killed with round-up but any open ground will reseed its self by wind and nature if you do not mulch it or grow something on it.

[@procon4]

What mil plastic did you use?

[@webwillie1]

Did it...worked, Thanks

[@memerider9410]

Our bamboo is growing up through the black plastic. We had even put dirt on top of it. I'm going to apply glyphosate as another video suggested--putting it down inside the stalks--and then put down some more black plastic.

[@gman0768]

Thank you so very much for sharing. That is sure a simpler way and cost effective for my budget. Have a great day. I will post again to let you know how I did. ( - ;

[@anthonygiorgio8711]

Hello I was having a chat with my mother in law and she said, that she and her husband, who both have been working and living off the land they have and she said that they always used salt, plenty of it. I was about to try that, if it does not work I will try your method. Thanks

[@andrewhunter3070]

Bamboo is just a large grass so after cutting it down to the ground all you needed to do was cut the grass weekly until it ran out of energy.

[@stlouisx50]

I need to do this at my dad's. Thanks

[@edburns8637]

Clever video and informative.

[@yashmarie7]

ok, I have a lot of skinny bamboo in my house. we bought it last year and the bamboos were already there, but not I have to many and I want to control them. what kind of Plastic I can use? where I buy it? I need help please I'm desesparate

[@thatilluminati_3421]

Go to Lowes and ask the guy for black plastic by the roll.

[@c50ge]

sometimes you can find black tarps on craigslist that were used for bill board signs. they are very heavy duty and can last for years. one side has the add on it and the other will be all black. they also sell white ones, but that would not get as hot. good luck.

[@wolfyk95]

Going to try this. Have 500 feet of road frontage about 4-6' deep in bamboo that's annoying to look at just because it's non-native and I'm afraid of it pushing further into woodland. Someone on the mountain must have planted it because all and all along the road theres probably acres.

[@melodyvoss]

It's a RENEWABLE RESOURCE because it sends off new shoots even when you cut it to the ground!! Give it a few months & it will prove itself to you. I did find the idea of cutting the canes at about 3ft (or a meter) & cutting all the shoots with leaves off had caused the canes to turn brown & hard eventually. I pulled those right outta the ground a year or so later& they were dead. But not sure if they had sent rhizomes under ground to try & keep themselves alive, as one area is in a little bit of a slope & the bamboo is basically planted on top of itself (like 2 teenagers in love...lol) It's disgusting!

[@jeannienguyen4133]

Thank you for your info!

[@andrewtucker7990]

Seems like the easiest and most viable way to me. Will be trying.

[@VasilyKiryanov]

It's called 'sheet-mulching'. Works great almost in any case.

[@morrylauder7534]

Fire! I was burning leaves next to a large bamboo patch I'd been trying to cut back (on Guam). I thought it was out, but the next day it was smoldering and smoking all under the bamboo. To make a long story short, I let it go on awhile (hose nearby), Bamboo died, never came back.

[@musaadfelton3909]

I would love a bamboo Grove like this. I would go crazy with this bamboo. From fencing to trellises to archery equipment. Bows and arrows. To furniture. Flooring etc. I am actually looking to grow this because where I'm from you don't find proper bamboo. Only river cane here and there. But to buy this stuff is expensive here in South Africa. So I want to grow it. I will create a border with concrete or something down I the ground to create a boundary so that it doesn't spread that far. However great info that can be used just I case this ever happens to me in the future if I do get it right to grow it

[@wakawaka1976]

Damn this is going to take me years? Well better start sooner than later

[@kenknutson1598]

Check out solarizing soil videos using clear plastic. Can heat soil to over 100 degrees.

[@jamesdickson3616]

Thanks mate a good tip

[@itoharuki9507]

you can make charcoal with all the small branches of bamboo :)