Chemicals to Kill Bamboo

[Ralf11]

I need to kill some bamboo growing under a deck, so it cannot be dug out.

Any ideas on a chemical I can spray on it?

I want to do it before spring has sprung, so have a while to research it.

Thx.

 

[pi_guy]

Agent orange.
first plant to come back at Hiroshima
Mechanical or drowning is the only way

 

[mikec35]

Cut it to the ground then cover it with black plastic where it won’t get any sun.


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[Bad Habit]

Propane torch

 

[sickjuice]

Tordon RTU

 

[nadogail]

Try Dioxin

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Agent orange.
first plant to come back at Hiroshima
Mechanical or drowning is the only way

Drowning? It grows in a jar with just water...

The only effective way I know toe eliminate it is to dig it out, usually about 12" down.

Tommy

 

[Prospecter]

Glyphospate (Roundup), but it only works when the plants are actively growing. Spring growth is the best time.

 

[ljhhontx]

A friend who does landscaping used roundup (generic ok) and remedy, had to reapply for a few times. Mixed them with water pretty strong.

 

[niget2002]

Sell the house.

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[rjacobs]

Glyphospate (Roundup), but it only works when the plants are actively growing.

Is bamboo not ever "actively growing"?

 

[tarmy]

Fire...kill it with fire. If it doesn’t die, burn the place to the ground.

Round Up should work...it did for me.

 

[bighouse01]

Napalm

 

[swomack66]

Ya I would just hit it with a solid 5% roundup and be done with it. Plan on hitting it each time it gets enough growth to justify spraying. The goal is to starve the plant of carbohydrates and actually kill it.

 

[DHCrocks]

get a panda, I'm pretty sure the eat the stuff.

 

[Kaizen]

Op under a deck....can it be mowed?


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[mcbane]

While agent orange has been suggested, if you can get your hands on a more concentrated form of dioxin that would be more effective. As always, please abide by all applicable safety labels as you use the relatively safe product to control the hazardous bamboo.


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[Legion Prime]

I may be mistaken but isn't salt traditional?

 

[dogdog]

Hire a panda ... duh.
but I would just dig it out or a lot of salt e those tree stump remover (potassium nitrate) maybe...

 

[pi_guy]

Drowning? It grows in a jar with just water...

The only effective way I know toe eliminate it is to dig it out, usually about 12" down.

Tommy

That is Lucky Bamboo a Dracena.
Outside of mechanically removing it, I will type this once.
You need to remove all the green leaf and above ground canes. Soak the area for 30 days allow no green or it will live.
Had over 130 types have lectured at many horticultural locations in the US on bamboo.

 

[pi_guy]

Is bamboo not ever "actively growing"?

Bamboo grows when ground temp is in 40's. I would check that it really is bamboo if it flowers or creates seeds yearly it is not bamboo.
There are several different categories for bamboo depending on your temperature not all types will grow every where.
The most difficult to remove is the Sasa varieties as they are ground cover and small sections will grow into big plants area wise.

 

[frank001]

At my previous house I had a stand of bamboo about 50 ft long and 3 ft deep and 10ft high boarding my neighbor. I wanted to get rid of it because it made such a mess dropping leaves on both of our properties.
I cut the bamboo down to ground level but within a week it had already grown back a foot high. Sprayed it twice with Roundup at 4 times the recommended strength which only served to kind of make it look a little wilted for a week or so and then started to grow again. Bamboo grows really really fast.
Cut the shoots back down to the ground and got 40lb bags of plain water softener salt at Home Depot and spread the salt about 2" thick on the bamboo. I watered the salt a little bit each day, just enough to dissolve it bit by bit.. This killed the bamboo after about a week and a half, never to return.

 

[glentre]

I guess it depends on the type of bamboo you have. Some are easier to control and others not. I had a stand about 20' x 20' of the kind with stalks about the thickness of a finger. Used as saws-all and cut all the stalks flush or just below ground level and it never came back. Another stand I keep for privacy wants to spread in the grass but my mower keeps it where I want it.

Glen

 

[Jsf721]

I am fighting this stuff for 3 years now.

It just keeps popping up. I stopped spraying now and I am just digging it up and following the roots. Seems to be slowing it down but still get new shoots. Under a deck this will be hard I know.

 

[pepi]

Cut it low and dig it up.

Good stuff to plant if someone wants revenge

LMAO

 

[Gummi Bear]

Remedy and diesel. It is popular with Texas ranchers to control mesquite and cedar, as well as what I know as sea cane (kinda like bamboo)





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[Ralf11]

Op under a deck....can it be mowed?


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No - the deck is just a foot off the ground

I paid a guy to dig it out and now it's worse....

 

[pi_guy]

Where are you located?

 

[Ralf11]

PNW - on the wet side

 

[ODIS]

Try Crossbow. I've used it on Horsetail and is very effective on this invasive woody weed.

Crossbow acts on "woody" plants and is selective for such plants and "won't" kill most grasses.

https://www.domyown.com/crossbow-herbicide-p-1514.html

Good luck in your endeavor.

 

[Kaizen]

No - the deck is just a foot off the ground

I paid a guy to dig it out and now it's worse....

My normal attack is similar as noted above from pi guy. Keep scalping it to kill any green growth.
If you can’t get to it I would use a brush killer like suggested and then use ground clear to salt the earth so nothing grows under there. In your area probably gonna take a year.
Good luck. Hey fun fact. Safest place in an earthquake is in the middle of a fully grown bamboo forest.


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[lolaetype]

I need to kill some bamboo growing under a deck, so
I want to do it before spring has sprung, so have a while to research it.

Thx.

There was a lot of it in my yard, it's gone now. Here's how I did it.

Get a spray bottle and mix up Roundup 8oz. to 8 oz. tap water.

Using a limb saw cut the bamboo off close to the ground.

IMMEDIATELY spray the cut liberally with your Roundup/Water solution being sure to completely wet the cut area.

I did this to about 200 shoots, some 2-3 inches in diameter 8 years ago and it's still gone from my yard.


I read about this on the internet. When you cut a bamboo stalk the fluid in the stalk immediately, within about 15 seconds, begins to withdraw from the cut. If you spray it immediately the Roundup/water mix is drawn into the plant and eventually into the rhizome 0(the common root that the stalks of bamboo come from) which then dies.

For the stuff growing under the deck cut the shoots that are emerging and spray them as described above.

 

[kinglew]

the 4 h came out got rid of our bamboo .injected roundup in to the base of the stalks with syringe.free program by county .they been gone for a couple of years now

 

[JohnKal]

Tordon RTU

This. Just make sure there are no other plants nearby that you want to live.

 

[pi_guy]

PNW - on the wet side

Bamboo country.

use a pole saw under deck to make sure there is no top growth.
Run a spade along the perimeter of deck make sure no rhizone is growing out side of deck area.
Check every two days for top growth, remove any and water do this till you see no new top growth for two weeks. If you leave any top growth it will survive as it is all connected.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

We have some stuff called Torpedo Grass here in Florida.
Gets in the lawn and is impossible to eliminate. Thick roots that go deep. I think it is a type of bamboo. We dug it out a couple of years ago and it returned rapidly.
Like someone said about bamboo, concentrated RoundUp made it look wilted for a few days.

 

[wssix99]

get a panda, I'm pretty sure the eat the stuff.

Yes, that's the natural and green solution. They will also fertilize the lawn. Just don't let the kids touch.

 

[pi_guy]

Yes, that's the natural and green solution. They will also fertilize the lawn. Just don't let the kids touch.

They are very picky as to the types of bamboo they eat. They prefer mountain bamboo and they only eat shoots. Plus the running bamboo your trying to control shoots in spring so they be hungry all the time.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

That is Lucky Bamboo a Dracena.
Outside of mechanically removing it, I will type this once.
You need to remove all the green leaf and above ground canes. Soak the area for 30 days allow no green or it will live.
Had over 130 types have lectured at many horticultural locations in the US on bamboo.

Thanks for the info! You can learn something new every day if you're willing to just listen...

Tommy

 

[Old Man Roger]

Heard some nightmare stories about bamboo in my old neighborhood. One guy says he had it in the corner of his yard, the root traveled 10 feet away, underground, and now it's popping up all over his yard.