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Bamboo as a living privacy screen
Posted on 5/8/19 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 5/8/19 at 2:13 pm
So I have a neighbor who is really getting on my nerves and I want to give myself some privacy from him and his weird/strange habits/antics. On 2 of my other fence lines I have planted 15 savannah hollies to build an evenutal 20' hedge. On his side I have a concrete driveway, 10" of limestone gravel, and then a wooden fence. I'm debating digging up the gravel and planting bamboo.
Is that enough space for the bamboo to grow? I'm debating going to the "Bamboo Nursery of Louisiana" to get more suggestions but thought I'd check here first. Any other suggestions to give me 20'H x 50'W of privacy?
Is that enough space for the bamboo to grow? I'm debating going to the "Bamboo Nursery of Louisiana" to get more suggestions but thought I'd check here first. Any other suggestions to give me 20'H x 50'W of privacy?
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Posted on 5/8/19 at 2:16 pm to Neauxla
Don’t. Do. It.
You will regret it
You will regret it
Posted on 5/8/19 at 2:21 pm to Neauxla
There are non-running, clumping varieties, but they're still quite thick and shrubby, with a fairly unkempt appearance. Is the wooden fence not tall enough? You could do a row of a fabric or lattice privacy screen atop the fence. If the fence is too "see thru", add a layer of bamboo roll fencing tacked to the existing fence.
I'd plant a very shrubby, very thorny climbing rose to grow on the fence.
I'd plant a very shrubby, very thorny climbing rose to grow on the fence.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 2:23 pm to Neauxla
EL OH EL check the other bamboo thread on here..its on like page 3
Posted on 5/8/19 at 3:28 pm to Neauxla
What is he doing on the other side that disgusts you so?
Maybe it is worth the hassle of bamboo.
Maybe it is worth the hassle of bamboo.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:18 pm to Neauxla
I've thought about using clumping bamboo for the same thing but after reading reviews I was too afraid I'd get running bamboo instead of clumping. The risk isn't worth the reward in my opinion. I'll go with something else once I figure out what that something else is.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 4:50 pm to Neauxla
quote:
10" of limestone gravel
10" or 10'?
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:35 pm to Neauxla
Reminds me when I first moved into our new house in brand new subdivision in 93 and asked builder and landscape architect he assigned, about bamboo as a living fence in the backyard (I like the look of bamboo) and they both said it will work fine, but how do you like rats? Both said they are rat magnets. Don’t know if this is true, but needless to say I nixed the bamboo. 
Posted on 5/8/19 at 7:23 pm to Neauxla
I'm sending one of my forestry mulchers next week to mow down a 4+ acre lot (maybe bigger, not sure yet) of cane with a diameter equal to that of a folgers coffee can.
Same thing: 20 years ago the guy thought he needed some privacy.
Then he got sick for a long while.
Then he died.
Nice place, other than the cane that nobody stayed on top of, specially after he got sick; now his kids are having a problem selling it because of the invasive nature of the cane and the way the property looks and is perceived because of it.
That's where I come in.
I'll net a minimum of $5000 IF they're lucky- just to get their problem to the point of "manageable." After the monstrous thicket is mowed down, they better hope that some idiot buys it; because if they don't, they better have a bushhog handy every spring, and, preferably, if it were me, a total burn down mix of herbicide to sterilize the soil.
Even then it's not a guarantee.
Do. Not. Graft. Cane. Into. Your. Property's. Dirt.
Or you'll be sorry.
But I won't.
*Hate to sound like an overly dramatic smartazz, but it's true. Don't do it man. Plant some redbud or cedar or something, but do not plant cane.
Same thing: 20 years ago the guy thought he needed some privacy.
Then he got sick for a long while.
Then he died.
Nice place, other than the cane that nobody stayed on top of, specially after he got sick; now his kids are having a problem selling it because of the invasive nature of the cane and the way the property looks and is perceived because of it.
That's where I come in.
I'll net a minimum of $5000 IF they're lucky- just to get their problem to the point of "manageable." After the monstrous thicket is mowed down, they better hope that some idiot buys it; because if they don't, they better have a bushhog handy every spring, and, preferably, if it were me, a total burn down mix of herbicide to sterilize the soil.
Even then it's not a guarantee.
Do. Not. Graft. Cane. Into. Your. Property's. Dirt.
Or you'll be sorry.
But I won't.
*Hate to sound like an overly dramatic smartazz, but it's true. Don't do it man. Plant some redbud or cedar or something, but do not plant cane.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 5:21 pm to Neauxla
We bought bamboo from the bamboo nursery for privacy fencing. The problem was it was the type that freezes and dies... Sucks. Make sure you get the kind that's freeze tolerant
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