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Post by jojo2676 on Jan 23, 2011 20:11:34 GMT -6
Does anyone have any tall cane or bamboo that they would want to sell? I think it would provide good shade and hawk barrier for my chicken pen.
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Post by cks4me on Jan 24, 2011 13:11:22 GMT -6
I have one I am going to plant it out around my houses this summer. I will be glad to share. A friend brought this over and literally stuck it in the ground.
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Post by spamela on Jan 24, 2011 15:21:24 GMT -6
Make sure you put it where you want it to be forever. I've heard once it's established it's worse than monkey grass to get rid of.
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Post by gardendaddy on Jan 24, 2011 16:56:22 GMT -6
jojo2676,
I was going to say the same thing...where ever you plant it make sure you have concrete on one side and a field on the other...no kidding but it will and does take over. It will even grow under a driveway and come up on the other side. It will run and run and run. It might disappear for a few feet or yards then pop up 20-feet away. So spamela is right when she said to put it where you do not care about anything else. It will come up inside the run, it can come up and push up your fencing, etc.
Now to say something positive...it makes a great screen, gives some green even in winter and adds a nice diversity in your garden with its diverse foliage and shapes, shadows, etc. I have some in the alley behind my house that is really in the neighbor's yard but it gives a nice fence break where the yard behind me is not as kept as mine and it makes a good screen to cover up the yard view that is often unpleasant. One good way to make it easier to control is to either plant it in some large metal-type wash tubs, large plastic tree pots (like trees come in from a nursery) or other similar container and then plant the entire container just at the ground level so the top of the container is level or slightly above grade and cover lightly with some mulch. That way you are in control of where it is planted and where it will go.
But I say use it if you have the room and let it go. The birds will probably control, by way of their eating, any tender shoots that pop up in the run. So have fun and hope you get some starts. Maybe I can dig up some and pot up for you sometime later in the spring to help at least get a few starts to spread around from across the alley behind me and bring some to a spring swap sometime soon.
Mike
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Post by rinksgi on Jan 24, 2011 21:50:04 GMT -6
Yes, bring some to a swap. I think I'd like some,too. We have a gulley behind our house and I would rather see cane than weeds.
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Post by herb on Jan 25, 2011 8:43:19 GMT -6
Before you plant bamboo, make sure you know how to get rid of it. The old man that gave me mine said "Herb, you don't want this!"
I have been trying to finish it off for 5 years. I have a few pieces left, you can come dig them if you really want it.
I tried looking for ways to get rid of it and the best source I found said to get a backhoe, dig it out down to 15 feet and haul it off and bring in new fill dirt to the hole. YEP- that's about what it takes.
Let me know if you want to come dig the last little bits as I hope to finally win this year. It sounds like such a good idea and until you have 40ft tall bermuda grass growing greens - you'd think so.
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Post by spamela on Jan 25, 2011 9:31:51 GMT -6
It's a very resilient plant. It is beautiful, but Herb's right, it will send up shoots 15 feet from wherever it's planted if it's not kept in check. This site has some pretty good information on how to contain it. www.bamboogarden.com/care.htmIt's not all bad, Pandas love it.
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Post by gardendaddy on Jan 25, 2011 11:56:31 GMT -6
See...and you guys thought I was sounding crazy with my safety warnings...
Mike
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Post by Timbo on Jan 25, 2011 13:55:01 GMT -6
It works good and grows like wildfire. But makes reallllly good fishing poles.
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Post by jojo2676 on Jan 25, 2011 14:07:05 GMT -6
Thanks guys. I may take you up on that when the weather gets right Herb.
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Post by rinksgi on Jan 25, 2011 15:21:57 GMT -6
I think that just might be the ticket for my gulley
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Post by cks4me on Jan 25, 2011 15:22:40 GMT -6
The "bamboo" I have is not the real bamboo. real bamboo grows outward which is why it pops up all over. You are right it is very invasive. This bamboo does not do that. I call it bamboo because it looks like it but you can tell it is not the real kind. It grows up but not out.
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Post by lakota574 on Aug 25, 2011 20:33:10 GMT -6
i have green bamboo and black bamboo if anyone is interested, i would like to swap some for some hens
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