Bamboo forest?

Hey. Our neighbor has a bamboo forest growing in her back yard, and some of it is spreading into ours. (5 stalks) I would like to know how to grow a bamboo forest myself and how rapidly it grows, how to make pathways through it, and basically all there is to know about growing bamboo. if you know any good sites or have a bamboo forest yourself, I'd appreciate your answers.





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Orenda

Bamboo forest?
http://www.bamboos.com/


http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/gard...


http://www.bamboonursery.com/maintenance...


http://www.americanbamboo.org/index.html





Those should get you started. Bamboo is actually a grass and it can (under the right conditions) grow feet a day. Most take a season to take but flourish afterwards.





Hope it helps.
Reply:We have a bamboo forest that spread from an adjoining pasture. Right now we are trying to figure out how to stop it because it has encroached on our yard and is growing in a flower bed next to our patio. It seems to grow faster once any of the plants are cut. A few years ago the boys cut some of the old growth bamboo (which can get to about 2-21/2 inches in diameter or more) and that seems to have set it off growing in our direction. The stuff can grow a foot a day and puts out runners from the main root which grow out vertically. They put out shoots and runners and it just keeps growing like a Hydra's head. I've heard the only way to stop it is to plow up the roots or build a barrier to keep the roots from spreading. But you have to use some kind of material that the roots can punch through, heavy plastic or concrete or something like that, and it has to be sunk in the soil for a depth of about 24-30", according to one newspaper article I've read. That may be real reason why the Great Wall of China was built!
Reply:Bamboo is heading the list of one of the most invasive, destructive plants in the US. The bamboo chokes out all native plants around it and as you can see, it creeps. It's creeping habit is what is making it so invasive. It eliminates anything in its path. A bamboo forest may seem like cool thing but it is terrible for our ecosystem. We don't have native panda bears to eat the suckers.
Reply:Wait until next year. The stuff spreads like a weed when it is watered and fertilized. Water and fertize those than came across and your backyard will look like your neighbors shortly.





My neighbor has some of the stuff along with spider-plants. Between the two, I'll digging up runners in my plant area a few times a year.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo
Reply:I hope you really like bamboo because once you have it you have it forever. It grows by runners and it runs everywhere and be warned- rats and other vermin love it!

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