bamboo

[BAY KINGFISHER]

what is the easiest way to transplant bamboo? I want to get some started to help with a barrier between me and some potentially bad neighors( may have the hood behind my new house one day!!!) so not really worrying about the bamboo taking over, I plan to start the patch on the otherside of the fence....if you know what I mean

[DanP]

If you find an existing patch look for a new shoot coming off a root and cut out the shoot and about a 6" section of root. Plant that and keep it watered and you should get it established. We transplated 6 bamboo shoots a couple of years ago in starkville for the same reason and 4 lived but they are rapidly spreading.

BTW, don't let it get started on your property that stuff is tough to kill.

[BAY KINGFISHER]

thanks for the advise, I figured that would be the best way to do it, but Ive heard others say to cut a stalk ad bury the whole thing, or cut into sections and plant, I have about 400 ft to plant so looking at the easiest way to do it..

[4dawgma]

If you have a tiller, make a swath where you what your bamboo screen. Till it well enough to loosen the soil to a depth of about three inches. This makes it easier for the roots to find a home. Take the shoots off of existing patch and bury or rake them into your new "bamboo patch". Then fertilize with root stimulator. Throwing out some granular triple thirteen wouldn't hurt either. Then a light coat of mulch or pine straw will help keep moisture in the ground and the roots from dring out. Water 2-3 times a week for 6 weeks or until you see shoots coming up. Good luck!

[Wingman]

I had a patch of cane (the kind like you see down in LA) on my neighbors property. I took the backhoe and dug a long trench on the ditchbank. Then I dug up some of the roots and stalks and planted them. In about 5 years, it went from a few rows of "fishing poles" to an impenetrable cane forest about 15 feet thick and 100 yards long.

But like DanP said, once it starts, it's virtually unstoppable.

[bestes]

Just remember, You can't git rid of it once it gets established

[Hooks]

Bamboo is not a good idea. It CANNOT be contained. It can produce runners and infest every bed in your yard and infest many of your neighbors yards as well.

On the plus side it is the fastest growing plant on earth and can grow up to 32" in ONE day. If you really want it just dig some up and plant it, it will take root. LOTS of water

[BAY KINGFISHER]

thanks for the help not really worried about the neighbors, the land Im trying to block off has the potential to one day have tax credit development or even public housing, so I hope it will really take off..on there side of the fence that is!!!!!!

[Warren]

move

[timberjack]

32" in ONE day

Seriously??

We've got a patch of it and it does spread like kudzu.........but I just keep it clipped back with the bushhog.

[q.back4]

believe there are varieties of bamboo that are not invasive.....clumping type.

[BAY KINGFISHER]

moving is not an option, the house has just been completed, ad i hope it takes off like a wild fire!!!!

[chattahoochee]

If you really want to plant something for a barrier try a tree called a leland cypruss. We plant these to block views alot. Give them about three years and they will get pretty tall. Also plant them about 1-2 feet apart.

[MSDawg870]

Bamboo or cane as I call it, isn't all that bad, I know a bunch of old folks that have set it out on the North side of their houses for a wind break.

There's a variety of privet you can buy and set out, pretty expensive though.
Our neighbors set out some plants down the backside of their fence. Maybe its a sign.
Its about 12ft tall right now and 6-8ft wide.

[4dawgma]

If you really want to plant something for a barrier try a tree called a leland cypruss. We plant these to block views alot. Give them about three years and they will get pretty tall. Also plant them about 1-2 feet apart.

Leyland cypress have a growth habit of 25' wide so planting them 1-2' apart is a bit of an overkill. I've been landscaping for 15 years now and I wouldn't plant these. Their root systems do not develop properly in the south and just when they start screening what ever it is your want screened, A good wind comes along and blows them over. If you have full sun some less invasive screens may be pampass grass or Eleagnus. Both are fast growing and form a very dense barrier. Hope this helps.