Le_Jars Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 ...without killing everything else ? Is it possible? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Sounds unlikely - what is it growing among that you want to keep? If it just needs keeping in bounds then sinking paving stones or similar around the limits works. It is not very deep rooting - you should be able to dig it out from the areas where you don't want it (though you may uproot other things in the process and have to replant them). Or do you want rid of it altogether?Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-cat Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 If it's possible & you want to keep some Bamboo, this might help. We were advised to keep the Bamboo in a plastic pot & then plant it in the garden - to stop it spreading. I know it may be a little late now, but if you transplant some into a pot, it would keep it under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 We once tried to restrain a phyllostachys with a plastic pot and it burst through it.Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 www.jungleseeds.co.uk have special 'guards' to make sure that bamboo stays within bounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Jars Posted May 18, 2006 Author Share Posted May 18, 2006 Sounds like I'll just have to dig up what we don't want then. Ohwell... I assumed (knowing the French) that they'd have a chemicalsolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 [quote user="Le_Jars"]Sounds like I'll just have to dig up what we don't want then. Oh well... I assumed (knowing the French) that they'd have a chemical solution.[/quote]Or some massively powerful chain saw.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Or a bonfire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Or a bonfire![/quote]Should burn nicely with some old car types.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Sorry Ian/Deimos, I've been meaning to ask for ages - is that a calzone pizza?PhilPS Apologies for going off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 http://www.nineplanets.org/deimos.htmlYou are not the first to ask, some of us wondered if it was a prawn cracker or a flying cornish pasty, but we were told it is Deimos a moon of Mars.Right Ian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Of course. How silly of me ...[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 My neighbour is desperately trying to grow bamboo as a screen from the road but it keeps getting eaten by deer. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-cat Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Any chance of sending the offending deer to Le Jars house? It would solve both problems!! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirpy Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Don,t panda's eat bamboo?-if so it would be a nice idea for you.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 [quote user="Ab"]Don,t panda's eat bamboo?-if so it would be a nice idea for you.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]There was a joke about “the panda” with the punch line “eats, shoots and leaves”. However, the rest is not repeatable on a public forum !! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Better check with Chris first - he's the bear expert. But then he'll probably point out pandas aren't bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Cassis - I see that you joined the Forum on Christmas Day? Why weren't you under the table that day with your 'voisins' drinking cassis?! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Cos Jude was working flat out in the kitchen making stuff for said neighbours to eat and I was all on my lonesome. And I'd had a few kirs, it's true![B][B]Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameol Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 We have a huge bamboo and like it very much however it has a habit of producing new shoots at this time of year and they seem to appear a little too close to the shed and the swimming pool...any suggestions? We have been told that the best way to deal is to dig a trench around it and then what? Help please..nothing too compicated or backbreaking as we're both have dodgy backs!! C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 We have one bamboo and considered buying another 3 to form a screen, but I only want something 'light' looking. The 'big plant' nursery that we would buy from said it was fine just to thin out the older canes, I assume they meant prune them at ground level ? Although you may need a fairly hefty pair of pruners for the job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 [quote user="cameol"]We have a huge bamboo and like it very much however it has a habit of producing new shoots at this time of year and they seem to appear a little too close to the shed and the swimming pool... We have been told that the best way to deal is to dig a trench around it and then what? [/quote]Stick paving slabs (or slates - lighter on your back) vertically into the trench then backfill. The slabs/slates need to be twice as deep as the normal root depth of your bamboo. Don't leave any gaps between slabs or the devils will escape. For slates overlap them slightly. This forms a (usually) impenetrable physical barrier.Running bamboos (I don't now whether yours is one, so ignore this if it isn't) shouldn't be planted where they haven't got room to run - you'd be better off with a clump-forming type if this one is too rampant. Even the clump-formers want to spread eventually, though.Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]We have one bamboo and considered buying another 3 to form a screen, but I only want something 'light' looking. The 'big plant' nursery that we would buy from said it was fine just to thin out the older canes, I assume they meant prune them at ground level ? Although you may need a fairly hefty pair of pruners for the job ![/quote]I love bamboos. Fargesia murieliae is quite light and feathery, grows to about 3-4 metres and is good as a screen. It grows fairly quickly but we've always found it easy to keep under control as it's a clump former. If it got too big we used to hack a bit off the edge and give it away. The plant we brought over here from our old garden isn't at that stage yet, unfortunately.We used to buy one large sized pot then chop it into three with a sharpspade or an old bread knife to make more of a display or screen - mostbamboos will soon fill out. Keep well watered until established butdon't feed or they can become floppy.If you're getting more of whatever you've already got then chopping out at ground level, or as near as you can, is fine if what you want to do is make the stand more airy. Alternatively you can strip the lower leaves which also reveals more of the stem if it's an attractively stemmed type. Phil[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameol Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Thanks for all of that, unfortunately ours is huge,albiet very 'handsome' and greatly admired. I think its a 'clump' type and has probably been there for some years. We bought the house 2 years ago and now realise we will have to do something to stop it spreading its roots as we had the shed and the above ground pool installed since we moved in and the bamboo is in fairly close proximaty. The slab suggestion sounds the nearest to a solution, may have to wait until out sons come over and inform them that they need to work for their board and lodging!!!I have a digital photo of it but not sure that I can include it in this post? Please feel free to contradict me should this not be the case.C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 [quote user="Le_Jars"]...without killing everything else ? Is it possible? Many thanks.[/quote]Let me look after it for a while. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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