Help with bamboo plant?

I have a large bamboo plant that is nice but it has completely overtaken my garden. The roots have grown like crazy and bamboo is popping up everywhere. Is there any way to contain it?? I like the plant but I don't want it in my entire yard.


Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Help with bamboo plant?
It sounds like you planted a runner, which can be invasive if not properly contained.





What you need to start out doing is digging down around the primary stand with a shovel to sever any rhizomes that are spreading out trying to establish a grove. You don't need to dig up the yard, just insert shovel, remove, and continue around the plant until you end up where you started. You may also try using a gas powered edger, as most runner's rhizomes are within the first inch or so of the soil.





Next you will need to sever the rhizomes that have escaped. Start where the new shoot has popped up. Carefully dig around it to find the primary rhizome. Then simply start yanking it out of the ground. Again, the rhizomes are shallow so it should come up easy.





Once you have completed this you will need to CONTAIN your bamboo using some kind of root barrier. These guys sell an awesome product that will keep your bamboo contained for life. http://www.lewisbamboo.com/barrier.html





Now that your bamboo is contained you will have to maintain your new mini-grove buy thinning it out every couple of years. You also may find that you did not get rid of all the rhizomes that had escaped, so you may find yourself battling this for a few months to a year, but it will subside and you will succeed.





Hopefully you are rural and it has not escaped into your neighbors yard...
Reply:determining what bamboo would be good too, but hte best thing is to go to where the part is you want to stop it and dig down just a little bit put rocks or something flat such a s concrete brick or a pc of wood down to stop the roots/plants from trailing underground kind like a mini fence pulling and digging it up wont help because bamboo trails thats how it produces with the sprouts. also where the main root is you can cut all the main shoots off that will help too to contain it. but try the "fence" it works for us.
Reply:Bless your heart! You have a big problem there. Bamboo is famous for doing this. Click this link for help:





http://www.ehow.com/how_172213_rid-bambo...